Jio bypasses telco role, as Radisys, NGIC team up to boost Africa's 5G infra

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Mint that further investments will be made in the coming years.“The Ghanaian government is an enabler of this initiative, which will bring digital services, e-learning and mobile finance products to the country. It will not be the one fuelling investments though—that will be enabled through the PPP model of NGIC," Owusu said.

"The eventual objective will be to create the infrastructure and use an established technology model to roll out latest-generation telecom services all across Africa. The initial investment of $200 million is earmarked for Ghana—expansions beyond us will draw more investments into the region, which can also help create more jobs in the digital economy across Africa," he added.To be sure, Bharti Airtel, too, has significant presence as a telecommunications infrastructure provider in Africa.

However, it is not a part of the NGIC coalition.Ghana is strategically important for infrastructure expansion, said Radisys chief executive Arun Bhikshesvaran. “We are keen to explore any geography around the world where network infrastructure expansion is imminent.

The opportunity to build an open, shared network infrastructure that can be licensed by TSPs offers a major area of expansion for us." "Such initiatives will allow us to bring our fully self-developed, indigenous 5G network software stack, as well as the collaboratively-built hardware infrastructure to the region. This will help us leverage our vast network infrastructure and replicate India’s telecom model across global markets," Bhikshesvaran added.In FY23, Radisys India reported net operating revenues of $103.9 million, and is looking to expand further in FY24 and beyond.