Mobile subscriptions in Zambia declined marginally in 2022, the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) has reported. According to the regulator at the end of 2022 there were a total of 19.8 million mobile subscriptions in the country, down from 20.2 million a year earlier, with the decline mainly attributable to ‘the significant number...
The liberalization of the Ethiopian telecoms market, initiated in 2019, has not only had an impact on mobile telephone operators. Opportunities have also arisen in related sectors such as equipment. Lootah Industries Plc is camped there with great ambitions. The SIM card manufacturing plant of local company Lootah Industries PLC, located in the Haile Garment area of...
Vodacom South Africa is launching Eco-SIM cards made from recycled plastic as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to reduce its impact on the environment by halving its greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. Vodacom will soon provide customers with new Eco-SIMs in the half-sized format made from recycled plastic, progressively replacing SIM cards currently made from new...
