Zimbabwe: Telecel Zim out to recapture lost subscribers
Telco buoyant on the back of a recent US$5m investment from ...
23 June, 2017 / No comment
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Tanzania: Tigo Tanzania Invests U.S.$70 Million to Expand Network
Tigo Tanzania is investing $70 million (over Sh150 billion) ...
23 June, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: Mobile Subscriptions Grow By Three Million in Q1 – Report
Nigeria grew its mobile subscriptions by three million in th...
23 June, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: Inside Liquid Telecom’s plan to reinvent Neotel
Liquid Telecom believes there is a big opportunity to exploi...
23 June, 2017 / No comment
Egypt: NTRA officially allocates 4G spectrum
Egypt’s National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has c...
23 June, 2017 / No comment
Zimbabwe: Potraz Evaluates Local Data Charges
The Postal and Telecommunications Authority of Zimbabwe is e...
22 June, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: Cable fault repairs could take up to 14 days
MainOne reports that a fault on its submarine cable system c...
22 June, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: Cell C’s massive restructuring plan taking shape
Cell C is seeking to cut its debt by 73% as part of a deal t...
22 June, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: NCC expects to award five remaining InfraCo licences next month
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) plans to auctio...
22 June, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: Liquid Telecom seeks billions more for SA, Africa expansion
Liquid Telecom, which recently concluded the R6.5bn acquisit...
22 June, 2017 / No comment
Ghana: MTN Ghana to increase number of 4G sites and expand fibre network
Dominant Ghanaian cellco MTN Ghana has announced that it wil...
22 June, 2017 / No comment
MTN South Africa makes 5 executive appointments
MTN South Africa has strengthened its executive team by app...
21 June, 2017 / No comment
Uganda: Minister Anite Insists On ‘Mandatory’ Uganda Telecom Limited Simcards
The State minister for Investment and Privatisation, Evelyn ...
21 June, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: Vodacom breaks 500Mbit/s 4G barrier
Vodacom claims to have become the first telecommunications o...
21 June, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: Etisalat Nigeria lenders to step in as debt restructuring talks fail
UAE-based telecoms group Emirates Telecommunications Corpora...
21 June, 2017 / No comment
Togo IXP now live
On 15 June 2017, the tiny West African state of Togo inaugur...
21 June, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: NITDA Commends CAC, FIRS, JAMB for Effective Use of ICT
The National Information Technology Development Agency, NITD...
20 June, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: Telecoms’ Tariffs May Crash As 60 Firms Seek Broadband Licences
The move to enthrone a broadband-driven economy in the count...
20 June, 2017 / No comment
West Africa: MainOne aims to become largest internet hub in West Africa
MainOne, a Data Center company, has announced the release of...
20 June, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: Blue Label shareholders to vote on Cell C deal
Blue Label Telecoms is pushing ahead with a plan to recapita...
20 June, 2017 / No comment
Africa: Millicom in “better position” after African restructuring
CEO explains how company has positioned itself to tackle exi...
20 June, 2017 / No comment
Mozambique uses SIGMER to tackle illegal use of spectrum
Mozambique’s communications regulator Instituto Nacion...
19 June, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: Microsoft partner Nigerian ministry to improve investment climates
Microsoft has partnered Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of ...
19 June, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: HeroTel acquires two WISPs
South Africa’s HeroTel has acquired two new wireless inter...
19 June, 2017 / No comment
Africa: Satellite Broadband Connections From Konnect Africa Underway
To deepen broadband connectivity in Nigeria via the satellit...
19 June, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: Showdown looming over Turkcell’s R53bn MTN claim
TN’s Turkcell headache just won’t go away. The JSE-liste...
19 June, 2017 / No comment
Africa’s MNOs willing to share source of ‘competitive advantage’
Market for tower services in Sub-Saharan Africa is worth app...
16 June, 2017 / No comment
African Innovation Foundation Finalists Announced
The African Innovation Foundation(AIF) today announced the t...
16 June, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: Neotel changing its name to Liquid Telecom
On 26 June, Neotel will change the name of its business segm...
16 June, 2017 / No comment
Kenya: Telkom Kenya to discontinue Orange Money on 4 July
Telkom Kenya (previously Orange Kenya), which was acquired b...
16 June, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: NCC’s Fine Not Responsible for Sack of 259 Employees – MTN
Telecommunications firm, MTN yesterday said the disengagemen...
16 June, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: Etisalat Nigeria’s Troubles Worsen As Largest Shareholder Pulls Out
Etisalat Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s fourth largest tel...
16 June, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: Ngcaba takes helm at FTTH Council Africa
The FTTH Council Africa, an industry body for the fibre tele...
15 June, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: Microsoft, MITI collaborate to improve investment climates in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investme...
15 June, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: Ministry Mulls National Policy On Smart Cities Nigeria Initiative
The Federal Ministry of Communication is working with partne...
15 June, 2017 / No comment
Ghana: MTN Ghana, Ericsson partner on US$12m Rural Telephony Project
MTN has announced a partnership with Ericsson and the Ghana ...
15 June, 2017 / No comment
Zambia: Zamtel’s acting CEO defiant over allegations
Acting CEO of Zamtel (Zambia Telecommunications Company) Syd...
15 June, 2017 / No comment
Africa: Service providers urged to invest in mobile towers
Service providers will need to invest more in mobile tower i...
15 June, 2017 / No comment
Cote d’Ivoire chooses MNP manager
The Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications in Cote d’...
15 June, 2017 / No comment
Cameroon; Gabon: Costs of roaming will be reduced between Cameroon and Gabon
During a recent meeting between the heads of telecoms regula...
14 June, 2017 / No comment
Congo: WACS submarine cable cutting: MTN Congo sets up alternative solutions
This Sunday, June 11, from 4:36, we faced a total lack of In...
14 June, 2017 / No comment
Zambia: Paratus Telecom extends network coverage to Chirundu
Paratus Telecom Zambia has extended its internet network cov...
14 June, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: Vodacom sets up ZAR 20 mln disaster relief fund
Vodacom South Africa has set up a ZAR 20 million disaster re...
14 June, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: Glo, Airtel, Etisalat cripple NITDA with billions of naira debt
Globacom, Etisalat and Airtel owe the National Information T...
14 June, 2017 / No comment
Nigeria: Reps Summon MTN, Glo, Others Over Job Losses
A House of Representatives panel has summoned the chief exec...
14 June, 2017 / No comment
Africa’s mobile phone market takes a knock
Africa’s mobile phone market started 2017 off with a d...
14 June, 2017 / No comment
Africa: Orange Digital Investment launches 50 million euros African start-up investment programme
Orange is strengthening its corporate venture strategy by cr...
13 June, 2017 / No comment
South Africa: IS, Rain to offer wholesale LTE-A to ISPs
Internet Solutions said on Monday that it has reached an agr...
13 June, 2017 / No comment
Mozambique: TDM and mCel merger moving ahead
The government of Mozambique is pushing ahead with its plan ...
13 June, 2017 / No comment
Benin: Regulator levying sanctions on Benin cellcos for QoS, security breaches
Benin’s Electronic Communications & Postal Regulatory ...
13 June, 2017 / No comment
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