After the acquisition in 2020 of the American communications technology provider Range Networks, Africa Mobile Networks, which builds and operates mobile network base stations in rural areas in Africa, has opened up its capital to a group of foreign investors. Fund manager Metier led a $ 36 million investment in Africa Mobile Networks (AMN), the fifth largest...
Although the mobile penetration rate is very high in Gabon, the telecom coverage rate, meanwhile, remains to be improved. A challenge that Moov Africa Gabon Telecom wants to take up with regard to its impact on both its finances and national growth. The mobile telephone operator Moov Africa Gabon Telecom announced, Friday July 16, an investment...
Last year Telekom Networks Malawi (TNM) invested MK31.5-billion (about US$39-million) in telecommunications infrastructure development as part of an ongoing effort to digitally transform and strengthen operations. TNM board chairman George Partridge said the penetration of telecommunications services in the country stands at 48%, which is low in comparison with other markets. He added: “The smartphone...
Mocambique Telecom (Tmcel) says it is planning a network development programme which will see it extend 4G coverage nationwide while also preparing the way for future 5G services. Under a USD23 million contract with Chinese vendor Huawei, Tmcel has been upgrading its networks in Maputo and Matola, while it is also seeking financing to modernise...
Orange Bissau has launched its program to modernise the mobile access network and extend its rural coverage to more than 1,000 new villages in Guinea Bissau. According to a statement released to the media, the operator has invested 13.4-billion FCFA into the infrastructure upgrade. The company recently inaugurated the first antenna in the village of...
Zimbabwe state-owned telecommunications firm TelOne has partnered with Bangalore-based Tejas Networks to establish a 100Gbps fibre network and bolster its bandwidth capacity. The Zimbabwe telco also released a statement in which it confirmed the agreement, adding that it had selected to partner with Tejas Networks following a robust bidding process and a field trial. TelOne...
The large telecoms footprint of Safaricom on the Kenyan market worries the regulator. The operator, more present than Airtel and Telkom across the national territory, endangers competition. The gendarme of the telecoms market is considering various means to remedy this. The Kenya Communications Authority (CA) has expressed to Parliament its desire to see it adopt new laws...
The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has approached Parliament with new laws that would require the country’s telco’s – mainly Safaricom – to share their private infrastructure on a commercial basis. “The authority’s view is that ab initio infrastructure provisions in the sector should have been separated from the mobile network operators. Primarily regulations should have been...
The demand for connectivity has increased in Sierra Leone. Apart from cities, rural areas express more needs. Africell, which wants to take part in the new opportunities that are emerging, has decided to extend its telecoms network nationwide. For 2021, the mobile telephone operator Africell has set a target of increasing Sierra Leone’s coverage rate to...
Airtel Kenya has upgraded over 600 sites in Nairobi, Mombasa and Malindi to ensure that they are 5G ready – this comes shortly after rival telco, Safaricom, launched the first 5G commercial services in East Africa. “These 600 sites are now 5G-ready. We don’t have to make any further modifications to the network. We will just get...
