Gambia Telecommunications Cellular Company (Gamcel), a subsidiary of state-backed Gambia Telecommunications Company (Gamtel), has initiated a competitive tender to attract a private sector partner to improve the quality of its mobile services, Gambian newspaper The Point reports. The bidding process seeks a partner with the expertise to modernise Gamcel’s existing 2G/3G GSM/W-CDMA network to provide 3G, 4G...
Last October, the telecom operator Celtiis entered the Beninese telecom market, which has been disputed since 2018 between MTN Benin and Moov Africa Benin. To impose itself on this market, the newcomer wants to bet on technological innovations. The mobile operator Celtiis, a subsidiary of the Beninese Digital Infrastructure Company (SBIN), is preparing to deploy fifth-generation...
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) is looking to award spectrum to support 5G networks by the middle of this year. A report from Ecofin says the regulator wants licences allocated by the end of the second quarter, though it has not disclosed what bands it will release. The country’s two main mobile network operators (MNOs)...
Senegal’s Regulation Authority for Telecommunications and Posts (L’Autorite de Regulation des Telecommunications et des Postes, ARTP) is seeking stakeholders’ views on the future deployment of 5G services in the country, ahead of the planned publication of its 5G roadmap in March next year. The consultation, which will end on 3 January 2023, is intended to gather...
According to Ericsson, the Radio 6626, Airtel Niger will benefit from significantly decreased tower load and reduced energy consumption. Ericsson and Airtel Niger have deployed Ericsson’s dual-band three-sector Radio 6626 to provide a 5G-ready network, designed to reduce energy consumption and deliver what the companies say will be state-of-the-art performance. Combining three sectors and two...
Angolan cellco Unitel has announced the launch of the country’s first commercial 5G service – a fixed wireless home broadband internet offering named ‘NetCasa’, initially covering customers in three zones of capital city Luanda, according to its online coverage map. Five NetCasa package options provide unlimited data volume at ‘guaranteed’ download speeds between 10Mbps and...
MTN Zambia today launched its 5G network and claims to be the first mobile operator in the Southern African country to offer 5G services commercially after successfully undertaking trials over the past 11 months. MTN Chairman Mcebisi Jonas says, “The launch of this ultra-fast communication capacity serves as a clear indication of MTN’s commitment to...
The demand for broadband connectivity continues to accelerate in Africa. In Zambia, the government wants to help telecom operators build their capacity to better meet this demand in a context of accelerated digital transformation. Telecom operator MTN Zambia is working with the Zambian government to commercially launch fifth-generation (5G) mobile technology in Zambia on November 24. This...
MTN Nigeria had already acquired a first 5G license in December 2021 during an auction organized for this purpose by the regulator. The company is also the only one currently providing ultra-broadband services in Nigeria. Telecom operator MTN Nigeria has applied to participate in the new telecom spectrum auction for 5G that the Nigerian Communications Commission...
Vodacom Tanzania has launched 5G fixed wireless access routers to enable homes and offices to access 5G internet. In September, Vodacom Tanzania launched the country’s first 5G network and recently acquired spectrum portfolios that it intends to use for network expansions and investments, including 5G deployments. Vodacom Tanzania Director Enterprise Business Unit Director, Arjun Dhillon...
