MTN can again operate without fear in Uganda. The company has completed the payment of the $ 100 million set to renew its telecoms license expired since 2018. Valid for 12 years, it will be operational from July 1, 2020. 20% of MTN’s capital will have to float on the local stock exchange within 5 years....
MTN has fulfilled all conditions precedent to the license, including the payment of a total sum of US$100 million as license renewal fee for a period of 12 years commencing 1 July 2020.
Mobile data subscribers have driven growth in Uganda's internet subscribers to 16.9 million by December 2019, up from 15.4 million in October 2019.
The giant pan-African carrier MTN is enjoying differing fortunes in two of its markets, with expansion on the cards in Nigeria and tax demands making things tricky in Uganda.
Raxio Data Centre has announced the presence of nine new local fibre carriers at its Namanve-based carrier-neutral facility.
Telecoms have registered increased demand for both Internet and voice services in a period when other sectors of the economy have been suppressed. The growth could have been influenced by the stay-and-work from home approach that many companies have adopted amid a national-wide lockdown seeking to control the spread of Covid-19. “We have seen increased...
Uganda’s Internet exchange point (UIXP) unveiled the signing last week of an agreement with Raxio Data Center Ltd, the company that will build and operate the first data center in Ugandan company, based in the locality of Namanve. Through this collaboration, the UIXP wants to extend the interconnection network and the exchange of Internet traffic with...
The internet can seem an airy, intangible thing. But at an industrial park near Kampala, the Ugandan capital, the digital revolution is arriving with graders and gravel. A new data centre, the first of its kind in Uganda, is being built here by a new company called Raxio. “I look at this as a real...
Uganda police have charged 37 Chinese nationals for a range of telecoms-linked offences including the illegal possession of over 2 000 SIM cards. All but four of those charged have pleaded guilty and are being remanded in custody while awaiting sentencing. The accused were charged with the unlawful procurement of 1895 Airtel SIM cards and...
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is committed to increasing access to and use of digital services in the North and West Nile regions of Uganda. The organization announced on March 19, 2020 the signing, for this purpose, of partnerships with digital service providers. It will help them develop digital solutions and make them available to...
