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More Africa NewsNigeria: Airtel and UNICEF will connect 620 primary schools to digital learning by February 2023

December 6, 2022by myles0

In 2020, UNICEF launched a global initiative to ensure access for millions of children to quality education via the Internet, while Covid-19 had reduced social interactions. UNICEF relies on telecom operators to guarantee the Internet, which is crucial for the success of the project. Telecommunications operator Airtel Nigeria and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced...

More Africa NewsKenya: Safaricom Unveils Cheaper Monthly Data, Airtime Plans

December 6, 2022by myles0

Safaricom has announced a revamp of its PostPay and All-in-One plans that will see customers enjoy lower prices on the consolidated Go Monthly proposition. Under the new proposition, the Go Monthly 1K plan will go for Sh1,000, down from Sh1050; the 2K plan will go for Sh2,000 down from Sh2,100; the 3K plan will go...

More Africa News More Industry InsightsVodafone CEO to step down

December 6, 2022by myles0

Vodafone Group CEO Nick Read will step down at the end of December 2022 following a year when the telecommunications company’s share price sank. Chief financial officer Margherita Della Valle will become interim CEO, in addition to her current role, while a replacement is found, the company said in a statement on Monday. The company’s...

More Africa NewsAngola: Africell expands mobile network services to Benguela

December 6, 2022by myles0

Africell Angola announced the official launch of its mobile network services in the city and province of Benguela on 2 December. The operator, which launched services in the capital Luanda in April this year, has also released a promotional video confirming that it has reached six million subscriptions. The network – based on 5G-ready Nokia-supplied...

More Africa NewsMTN says its long-running and ugly battle with Turkcell is over

December 1, 2022by myles0

Turkish telecommunications group Turkcell’s long-running litigation against MTN over a disputed licence in Iran has been dismissed by the high court with costs – a significant victory for the South African-listed group. The litigation, over a dispute that goes all the way back to 2005, saw Turkcell suing MTN for US$4.2-billion in damages. Over the years,...

More Africa NewsUTL CREDITORS’ AGONY…”No money to pay all of you”…defunct Teleco’s debt shoots to Shs972bn

December 1, 2022by myles0

The seed must die and be buried for it to grow into a beautiful plant, goes a common saying. Economists are now optimistic that Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL), which was a few years back allowed to die, buried in peace and then given time to resurrect—is now ready to compete for space in Uganda’s Telecom...

More Africa NewsMalawi: TNM launches FTTH plans

December 1, 2022by myles0

Telekom Networks Malawi (TNM) has announced the launch of fibre-optic broadband services for residential and business customers. The fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) service offer households fixed broadband speeds of 5Mbps, 10Mbps, 20Mbps, 50Mbps, 100Mbps and 200Mbps, while business packages offer rates of 20Mbps, 50Mbps, 100Mbps and 200Mbps. Coverage is currently available in seven areas of Blantyre and...

More Africa NewsHormuud Telecom Obtains Somalia’s First Telecom Spectrum License

November 30, 2022by myles0

Since 2017, the Somali government has started to develop an adequate legal framework for the telecom sector after 26 years of legal vacuum. This framework notably provides for the acquisition of a license by any company wishing to provide ICT and telecom services in the country. Somalia’s National Communications Authority (NCA) has issued Hormuud Telecom with...

More Africa NewsMVNOs to grab at least 10% of SA’s mobile market

November 30, 2022by myles0

Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) – companies that piggyback off the networks of mobile infrastructure providers – will double their market share in the next two to three years, according to a new report. Technology research and consulting firm BMIT reckons in a new report on the MVNO sector that virtual operators – they include the...

More Africa NewsAngola: No Unitel privatisation before end-2023, says IGAPE head

November 30, 2022by myles0

Angolan government proposals to privatise mobile market leader Unitel will not take shape until at least end-2023, reports newspaper Valor Economico quoting Patricio Bicudo Vilar, the chairman of the board of directors of Angola’s State Assets & Participations Management Institute (Instituto de Gestao de Activos e Participacoes do Estado, IGAPE). The executive added that it has...

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