Liquid Telecom and Africa Data Centres have announced a strategic partnership agreement with Jarrett Appleby, CEO of Appleby Strategy Group, to serve as senior business development and transactional advisor for both companies. Appleby has served in this consulting role since May and will help to strengthen Liquid Telecom’s effort to deliver a comprehensive suite of...
Despite the controversies surrounding the fifth-generation network, 5G over perceived relations with the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria appears closer to adopting it. This is apparently owing to the huge economic benefits the network has been said to accrue to countries that have adopted it. The network is also said to trigger up to $13.2 trillion in...
Pick n Pay plans to launch Pick n Pay Mobile as well as Boxercom, under its Boxer chain, the retail group said on Tuesday during its interim results presentation for the six months ended 30 August 30. The global Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for access to more affordable mobile data, with more people having...
Dimension Data and French telecoms giant Orange have entered into a partnership targeting gamers on the African continent. The companies say this will enable Orange to provide improved latency for the gaming community in Africa and Indian Ocean Islands, Reunion Island, via its South African point of presence (POP). They note the deal signifies a...
The Vodacom Group is partnering with global financial inclusion policy and regulation organisation AFI under the global network’s public-private dialogue (PPD) platform to advance financial inclusion in Africa through systematic knowledge sharing with financial policymakers and regulators. According to a statement released to the media, the initial partnership with Vodacom, which runs until October 2021,...
The Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) has granted a third mobile operating licence to government operator Liberia Telecommunications Corporation (Libtelco) to provide voice and mobile internet services to the public. The licensing of the third operator is expected to heighten competition in mobile phone services in a market that has been dominated by two foreign operators,...
Beninese ISP Isocel Telecom has obtained a EUR6 million (USD7.1 million) loan from Bpifrance which it says will enable it to extend its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) access network to span 500km in the Greater Cotonou area, covering around 30,000 to 40,000 homes and connecting businesses and other organisations, according to Jeune Afrique. The work is scheduled to begin...
Court papers filed by a former Vodacom employee claim that Vodacom should easily be able to calculate the revenue it earned from the Please Call Me service. Vodacom previously claimed it did not possess historical data older than six months that could be used to calculate how much it made from the service, but this has been...
The Chadian government has taken strong measures to increase competition in the national telecoms market. Via ARCEP (telecoms regulator), it aligned the intra and inter-network tariffs on October 18. It is also preparing the introduction of mobile number portability. Chad’s Electronic Communications and Postal Regulatory Authority (ARCEP) has made public the decision aligning the “off-net and on-net”...
THE Government is crafting a new Information Communication Technology (ICT) policy to drive growth of this strategically key economic sector over the next 10 years. ICT, Postal and Courier Services Minister Jenfan Muswere said the ICT master plan will guide the sector’s contribution to economic growth in line with Government’s Vision 2030. “My ministry is...
