Angola is expected to be connected to a new submarine fiber optic system in 2023. Construction work on the Nzadi Cable System Project, owned by the Nzadi consortium, has been launched. It should strengthen the offer of broadband connectivity in the country and at the regional level. The Nzadi consortium has launched work to deploy its...
Announced in 2019, mobile payment should soon be available in Angola. Cellular operator Unitel is expected to be the first to provide the service in the country. He obtained his license from the National Bank of Angola which aims for a financial inclusion of 50% of adults by the end of 2022. The mobile telephone operator Unitel...
A new manufacturer of mobile phones has entered the Angolan telecoms market. Afrione officially commissioned its assembly plant on October 14. The infrastructure will produce 100,000 units per year and diversify its types of devices over time. It should create 150 new jobs. Afrione’s mobile phone assembly plant, located in the Luanda-Bengo Special Economic Zone, has officially started...
Leonel Augusto, chairman of the Angolan Institute of Communications (Instituto Angolano das Comunicacoes, INACOM), has indicated that new mobile market entrant Africell should launch commercial services in the second half of 2021, Mobile World Live wrote, citing a report from Jornal de Angola. Augusto stated that Africell is following the procedures required to exercise its right...
Huawei Angola has announced plans to invest USD 60 million for construction of its headquarters to ensure, in partnership with Unitel mobile operator, the training and promotion of digital education for public school students in the country. The company plans to carry out experiment pilot in the provinces of Bié and Huambo. The programme was...
Luanda — The Angolan Communications Institute (INACOM) started a register of the country’s existing telecommunications infrastructures in order to check their compliance with national and international technical standards and update its database. The register also aims to identify open technical infrastructures for sharing them between telecommunications operators, according to the “regulation on the legal regime...
The Angolan telecom company Unitel will elect a new general administrator on September 12. He will replace Isabel dos Santos, who has resigned. Prosecuted by Angolan justice for embezzlement, it decided to give up its place following a conflict between shareholders. The Angolan mobile telephone operator Unitel announces the holding of an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders...
Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos will leave her job in the administration of telecoms operator Unitel amid ongoing tensions between board members, Portugal’s news agency Lusa reported on Tuesday. Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos will leave her job in the administration of telecoms operator Unitel amid ongoing tensions between board members, Portugal’s news agency Lusa reported on...
Multinational ICT solutions provider Angola Cables has introduced IP_Flex, a ‘pay-as-you-go’ option designed specifically for ISPs to meet the escalating demand for data and IP transit services. According to a statement released to the media, IP_Flex is described as ‘an always-on solution’ to ensure that ISPs have a dedicated and direct connection to CDNs, OTTs,...
State-owned fixed line operator Angola Telecom (AT) has decided to cancel its mobile network launch partnership with start-up company Angorascom Telecomunicacoes, AT’s chairman Adilson dos Santos told a press conference, reported by news agency Lusa. In November 2019 Angorascom – associated with Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris’ Orascom Investment Holding – was granted presidential permission to...
