Helios Towers is acquiring 65 wireless telecommunications sites in South Africa from Eagle Towers SA.
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A consortium of Facebook, MTN, Vodafone and others have just announced plans for Africa's largest undersea cable – which should lower data prices.
China Telecom Global (CTG), a global ICT services provider, announced that the company has selected ICT operator, Angola Cables, as their preferred carrier to bolster their long-haul links between Asia, Africa and Latam.
GSMA’s head of Sub-Saharan Africa Akinwale Goodluck said 62% of over 800 million people across Sub-Saharan Africa don’t use mobile internet, despite the availability of mobile broadband networks.
According to Nigerian news sources, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has denied reports that 5G services are now up and running. In fact, it pointed out, licences for 5G networks have yet to be issued.
DFA group CEO Thinus Mulder said the company has “favoured a measured approach in our expansion to nations outside of South Africa”.
Vodacom has switched on Africa’s first live 5G mobile network in three cities – Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town – with further rollouts planned to other parts of South Africa.
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Work on the Senegal Horn of Africa Regional Express (SHARE) cable is under way. Huawei Marine Networks (HMN), a provider of a submarine-network solutions this week announced the start of work on the SHARE cable, which will extend from West Africa far into the Atlantic Ocean.
More Africa NewsNetworksNigeria: MTN to invest USD1.6bn in Nigeria over three years
January 30, 2020by myles
MTN Nigeria, the country’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, plans to invest around USD1.6 billion in its operations and networks over the next three years. The development was revealed by President and CEO of MTN Group, Rob Shuter, during a meeting with Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami. As previously reported by TeleGeography’s CommsUpdate, earlier this month Nigeria’s...