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Mozambique: Movitel begins deployment of telecom service in 30 new locations
Mozambican mobile operator Movitel has begun deploying voice...
21 September, 2017 / No comment
Africa: Econet Media to build more content delivery networks in Africa
A subsidiary of Econet Group, Econet Media, is seeking to de...
21 September, 2017 / No comment
Ethiopia: Ethio Telecom Gears Up Monopoly
The monopoly telecom operator, Ethio telecom, will begin reg...
21 September, 2017 / No comment
Namibia: MTC Apologises for System Upgrade Hiccups
MOBILE operator MTC yesterday apologised for the hiccups tha...
21 September, 2017 / No comment
Telecom Egypt officially begins marketing mobile services
Telecom Egypt (TE) has officially unveiled its new mobile vo...
21 September, 2017 / No comment
Rwanda: Tigo Eyes Top Spot By Year’s End As It Continues to Make Gains On Market Leaders MTN Rwanda
Rwanda’s telecom industry has reached a critical stage...
20 September, 2017 / No comment
Tanzania: State Injects 85bn/ – in Rural Communication, Benefits 3,000 Villages
About three million Tanzanians in rural areas have accessed ...
20 September, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: NCC reveals that internet users in Nigeria are decreasing
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) revealed that t...
20 September, 2017 / No comment
Cote d’Ivoire gives users six months to update registration
Cote d’Ivoire’s Ministry of Communication, Digital Econo...
20 September, 2017 / No comment
Zimbabwe: Econet Eyes to Build More Content Delivery Networks in Africa
Econet Media – a subsidiary of Econet Group, plans to dep...
19 September, 2017 / No comment
The future of the telco business model
Deloitte on Monday 18 September 2017 released their “the f...
19 September, 2017 / No comment
Kenya: Huawei has decided to invest in all its consumer segments both to increase its market share
Derek Du, managing director of Huawei Technologies Kenya, an...
19 September, 2017 / No comment
Zambia seeks new rival to MTN
Zambia is seeking bidders for a fourth mobile network licen...
19 September, 2017 / No comment
Uganda’s UTL must pay UGX6bn to MTN
Uganda’s state-owned fixed and mobile operator Uganda Tele...
19 September, 2017 / No comment
Namibia: CRAN increases control over entry of ICT and Telecom equipment in the country
Namibia’s Communications Regulatory Authority (CRAN), ...
18 September, 2017 / No comment
Cameroon: Vodafone worries about loss of 1055 jobs after suspension of activities
Following a notification by the Telecommunications Regulator...
18 September, 2017 / No comment
Kenya: Safaricom announces fresh investments in customer care
Safaricom has announced renewed investments in its Customer ...
18 September, 2017 / No comment
Ghana: Stakeholder frustration builds over pending Tigo-Airtel Ghana merger
Adding to mounting dissatisfaction among stakeholders over d...
18 September, 2017 / No comment
Uganda to supplement optic fibre using satellite internet
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) plans to expand i...
18 September, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: Telkom’s plan to take on Vumatel’s R89 township fibre
In a move that has stunned the market, fibre-to-the-home op...
18 September, 2017 / No comment
Gabon to boost rural mobile coverage
The government of Gabon has launched a ‘Universal Service ...
15 September, 2017 / No comment
Tanzania: Wananchi Group Enhances Internet Services with Triple Play Offer
Zuku Fiber, the fiber optic home internet service provider, ...
15 September, 2017 / No comment
Congo: Minister Léon Juste Ibombo announces the creation of the universal service fund
In a communication given this week, Léon Juste Ibombo, the ...
15 September, 2017 / No comment
Zimbabwe: Telone Applies for Vod Broadcast Licence
State owned telecommunications company, TelOne has applied f...
15 September, 2017 / No comment
Huawei Launches the First All-Cloud, Network-wide Smart Video Cloud Solution
At Huawei Connect 2017, Huawei launched the industry’s fir...
15 September, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: Tshwane heads to court over broadband tender
The City of Tshwane has launched a review application in th...
15 September, 2017 / No comment
Ghana and Nigeria connect internet exchange points
The Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) has establishe...
15 September, 2017 / No comment
Burundi: Onamob to modernize and expand its network with $ 30 million loan from Huawei
The Burundian government has decided to modernize and extend...
14 September, 2017 / No comment
Cameroon: Telecoms regulator prepares to suspend Vodafone Cameroon’s activities for lack of license
Accused of illegally practicing Cameroonian territory since ...
14 September, 2017 / No comment
South Africa; Zimbabwe: Facebook highlights commitment to online safety in South Africa and Zimbabwe
This week, an expert team from Facebook will meet with leadi...
14 September, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: Operators Lose 4 Million Subscribers in One Month
Although the telecommunications sector added about N1.5trill...
14 September, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: Cell C drops out-of-bundle rates and extends data life
South African telecommunications company, Cell C, announced ...
14 September, 2017 / No comment
Sudan’s Sudatel to expand telecom infrastructure across West Africa
Telecommunications and ISP in the Sudan, Sudatel Telecom Gro...
14 September, 2017 / No comment
Uganda: Airtel Uganda Records Shs 160bn Net Profit
Telecom service provider, Airtel Uganda, ended the 2016 fina...
13 September, 2017 / No comment
Egypt: Minister of Telecommunications confirms commercial launch of 4G this month
In an interview with Reuters on September 11, 2017, Yasser...
13 September, 2017 / No comment
South Africa; Cell C slashes international roaming rates to 58 countries
South African telecommunications company, Cell C, announced ...
13 September, 2017 / No comment
East Africa: StarTimes to roll out digital TV project to rural Africa
Chinese Pay television firm, StarTimes plans to roll out a f...
13 September, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: New Tower co gets NCC’s nod on collocation
Pan African Towers Limited has secured an infrastructure sha...
13 September, 2017 / No comment
Botswana: Liquid Telecom Botswana under government spotlight
The Botswanan government’s Parliamentary Committee on Comm...
13 September, 2017 / No comment
Senegal: The public procurement authority now awards MVNO licenses to You mobile, Sirius télécoms Afrique and Origines SA
The companies mobile, Sirius télécoms Afrique and Origines...
12 September, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: Vodacom in talks to buy Vast Networks stake – report
Vodacom South Africa is in talks to buy a stake in Vast Netw...
12 September, 2017 / No comment
Kenya: What the future could look like for Safaricom’s M-Pesa
Safaricom has indicated to the 26 million Kenyan customers w...
12 September, 2017 / No comment
Ghana: Rural areas to receive improved 3G through 900MHz rollout
Ghanaian telecoms regulator the National Communications Auth...
12 September, 2017 / No comment
Burkina Faso: TACTIS will monitor the implementation of Phase 1 of the National Fiber Optic Network
The French consultancy firm TACTIS will monitor and monitor ...
11 September, 2017 / No comment
Uganda: government tests provision of satellite Internet access to supplement fiber optic access
The government of Uganda has decided to test the provision o...
11 September, 2017 / No comment
Zambia: Zamtel passes 2m customer milestone
Zamtel has continued to batter all growth barriers to sustai...
11 September, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: Vox Telecom provides new Atterbury properties with fibre via Frogfoot
South Africa’s Vox Telecom has been appointed as the e...
11 September, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: Danbatta – Telecoms Sector Added N1.5 Trillion to GDP in Second Quarter
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications C...
11 September, 2017 / No comment
Zambia lays down 80% fibre infrastructure
Various operators continue to expand networks, with MTN Zamb...
11 September, 2017 / No comment
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