Nokia has signed a deal to deploy its comprehensive network technologies to Angola’s new mobile telecommunications operator, Africell, to provide 2G, 3G and 4G services in the capital city Luanda. According to a statement released to the media, the deal significantly expands the footprint of both companies in Africa. The companies assert that by deploying...
The Angolan government places great hopes in Africell to revive the dynamism of the national telecoms market. To guarantee the new telecoms company every chance of success, the State is ready to grant it several advantages for the next eight years. At the request of the government, the Angolan parliament is studying a tax and...
Angolan private sector investment company GAFP Investimentos e Participacoes (GAFP) has become the largest shareholder in the country’s second largest mobile operator Movicel, with a 38% direct stake, Expansao reports. Furthermore, state-owned fixed line operator Angola Telecom (AT) has retaken the 18% stake in Movicel it previously relinquished. Movicel owes significant debts to AT, which had threatened...
State-owned fixed line operator Angola Telecom (AT) will retake the 18% stake in cellco Movicel which it sold at the end of 2019, reports Expansao. Movicel owes significant debts to AT, which has threatened to cut off interconnection with the mobile operator, and the proposed share deal forms part of a planned solution to the...
Angola’s government is proceeding with an international tender for a concession to manage, operate and expand Angola Telecom’s national and metropolitan transport backbone network, Novo Jornal reports. The plan aims to attract private sector expertise, with the chosen company also expected to train staff at the state-backed telco, under a wider strategy to ‘make the...
Christopher Lundh has been appointed as CEO of Africell in Angola, where the company intends to build a mobile network after landing an operator’s permit this year. Lundh joins Africell after serving five years as Managing Director and Chief Commercial Officer of Afghan Wireless. He has also worked for Telecel Congo, Africa Online, and Gateway Communications. Africell...
In 2019, the Central Bank of Angola estimated financial inclusion below 30%. To raise the bar, in 2020 it agreed to grant a Mobile Money license to Unitel. But impatient to see the segment grow rapidly, the government is considering opening it up to a renowned operator. Angola is turning its eyes to the mobile operator Safaricom. Its...
The government of Angola has initiated plans to sell the 51% stake it indirectly holds in telecommunications firm Net One. Last Friday, the Angolan Institute of Assets and Participations of the State (IGAPE) officially opened a tender limited by previous qualification to sell the government’s stake. IGAPE said the government is choosing to achieve privatisation...
Angola’s mobile market leader Unitel is waiting for the telecoms regulator – Angolan Institute of Communications (Instituto Angolano das Comunicacoes, INACOM) – to allocate 5G frequencies and issue permission for fifth-generation network operations to launch, according to company director-general Miguel Geraldes, quoted by newspaper Valor Economico. Geraldes said that Unitel was in consultations with INACOM regarding 5G development,...
Broadband connectivity is currently a popular product around the world. Guaranteeing companies’ access to high quality is the objective set by Angola Cables, which wants to become a world benchmark supplier. Angola Cables has strengthened the data capacities of its international submarine fiber optic cable called MONET. 2.2 terabits were added to the network segments connecting Miami...
