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12 days agoEIT seeking Tunisian exit
Dubai Holdings’ Emirates International Telecommunications (EIT) is looking to sell off stakes in two mobile businesses, including its 35 (more)
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12 days agoVimpelcom to sell African assets
United Kingdom-based Vimpelcom Group is on the verge of concluding a deal to sell its Sub-Saharan units, including its stakes in Orascom (more)
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12 days agoPoor network coverage responsible for armed robberies in Ghana – communications minister
Ghana’s minister of communications Edward Omane-Boamah has said cases of armed robbery are more prominent in areas with poor network (more)
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14 days agoMobile operators in Tanzania decry increased duty
Mobile operators in Tanzania have slammed the government’s decision to impose a 14.5 per cent excise duty on their services, claiming it (more)
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14 days agoAirtel Kenya partners with Total for mobile payments
Airtel Kenya has partnered with oil marketing firm Total to enable its customers to pay for fuel, lubricants, car wash, car service and (more)
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15 days agoFitch assigns MTN ‘BBB’ rating for foreign investors
Fitch Ratings has assigned South Africa’s MTN Group a long term foreign currency issuer default rating of ‘BBB’, saying the rating (more)
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15 days agoGhana ready to face cable theft
Ghana’s Ministry of Communications has revealed its National Security Agency plans to combat recurring cable theft incidents which (more)
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16 days agoLatest cable theft brings down some Telkom services
Telkom services in an area of Johannesburg have been disrupted after the theft of several main cables.
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16 days agoTelecel to comply with Zim laws
Telecel has revealed its shareholders’ agreement to comply with the indigenisation laws of Zimbabwe, following the country’s policy (more)
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16 days agoOrange Kenya increases emergency credit offering
Orange Kenya has increased its advance airtime service PEWA to KSh50 (US$0.60) from the earlier KSh15.
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16 days agoMTN and Etisalat halve BIS cost in Nigeria
Data prices on two of Nigeria’s biggest networks have been slashed as the mobile operators continue to battle for new subscribers in the (more)
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17 days agoCanonical’s CAG contains no African presence
South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth’s Isle of Man-based Canonical has set up a Carrier Advisory Group (CAG) to influence the (more)
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17 days agoEtisalat Nigeria claims to have taken 50 per cent of ported numbers
Chief operating officer of Etisalat Nigeria, Wael Ammar, has claimed the network has been the recipient of around half the subscribers who (more)
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17 days agoTelkom sues Msimango for $6 million
South Africa’s Telkom has accused its former chief of global operations Thami Msimango of recklessness and breach of contract in separate (more)
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17 days agoTelkom to give ICT support to five small businesses
Telkom Business has awarded a total of ZAR750,000 (US$75,000) to five South African companies to give them an ICT “makeover”, which (more)
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17 days agoOrange contemplating late bid for Maroc Telecom
Orange are reported to be pondering a late bid for fellow French company Vivendi’s 53 per cent stake in Maroc Telecom, just as Etisalat (more)
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17 days agoTelecom Ghana case put on hold again
Ghana’s former minister of justice and attorney general Joe Ghartey has failed to appear in court for a second time, further delaying the (more)
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18 days agoOrange Kenya launches Facebook for non-data handsets
Orange Kenya has launched a Facebook dial service, offering mobile access to Facebook to entry level customers not previously mobile data (more)
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18 days agoNigeria records increase in inactive lines and teledensity
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed there are more than 44 million inactive telephone lines, up from around 38.5 (more)
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18 days agoTelkom job cuts and asset disposal imminent - report
South African part state-owned operator Telkom is set to cut staff numbers and dispose of non-profitable assets as it as it looks to cuts (more)
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18 days agoLonestar Cell MTN secures US$25million for Liberia upgrades
Liberian operator Lonestar Cell MTN has secured a US$25 million medium term loan from four banks, in a syndication agreement focused on (more)
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19 days agoMotorola leading growth vendor in Africa
Motorola Business is planning to embark on an expansion across Africa, having already established itself as the “leading growth vendor” (more)
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19 days ago
Safaricom launches e-waste sensitisation programme
Safaricom has launched a campaign to educate the Kenyan public on the right way to dispose of electronic waste, as well warning of the (more)
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21 days ago
Telkom to make price cut commitments after commission ruling
Telkom have settled to pay ZAR200 million (US$20.3 million) after it resolved its disputes with the Competition Commission over a string of (more)
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21 days ago
Safaricom unveils full matatu Wi-Fi scheme
Safaricom, in partnership with the Matatu Owners Association (MOA), has launched a public transport free Wi-Fi initiative that will be (more)
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21 days ago
SA’s Telkom losing fixed-line penetration battle
Telkom increased its ADSL subscriber based by just 5.2 per cent during the year ending March 31, 2013, while its fixed-line penetration (more)
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22 days ago
Safaricom to launch e-waste disposal awareness campaign
Kenya’s leading mobile operator Safaricom will launch an E-waste Disposal awareness campaign tomorrow aiming to educate the public on the (more)
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22 days agoSamsung Smart App challenge 2013 kicks off
Samsung’s Smart App challenge 2013 for Galaxy S4 has kicked off worldwide with the aim of finding new applications that can be used for (more)
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22 days ago
Eaton Towers in tower management and financing deal with Telkom Kenya
Eaton Towers has signed a 15 year tower management deal with Telkom Kenya, part of the Orange Group, to cover more than 1,000 towers owned (more)
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22 days ago
Smartphones users demand better quality to stick to networks
According to a new Ericsson Consumer Lab report, the increasing smartphone users will demand better services to remain on the networks with (more)
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22 days ago
Depressing Telkom results published
South Africa’s part state-owned fixed line operator Telkom has published its annual results including a 1.7 per cent drop in operating (more)
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22 days ago
Vodacom praise smart metering ahead of winter
South African operator Vodacom has issued advice on smart metering in a bid to restrict the necessity of electricity “load shedding” (more)
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22 days agoAirtel Nigeria appoints new director of operations
Airtel Nigeria has appointed Segun Macaulay as director of operations in the country’s west region, moving to the network from (more)
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22 days ago
Orange increases SA presence with Nashua Mobile
Orange Horizons, a subsidiary of telecommunications giant Orange, has partnered with South Africa’s Nashua Mobile as it looks to increase (more)
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23 days ago
Vodacom Tanzania targets 100 per cent in SIM card registration
Vodacom Tanzania is aiming to have signed up 100 per cent of its subscribers for SIM registration by the time the deadline passes in three (more)
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23 days agoAirtel offers BlackBerry users one month free subscription
Airtel Nigeria is offering its subscribers a one month free BlackBerry subscription when they pay for two months.
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23 days ago
Kenya ICT sector likely to retain gains received last year in the new budget
The Kenyan government’s budget is set to be announced later today and there is hope advances made in last year’s budget will at least (more)
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23 days ago
M-Pesa hands over Nairobi Greenline initiative to KWS
The M-Pesa Foundation has handed over the Nairobi Greenline Project to the Nairobi Greenline Trust to complete the fencing to protect the (more)
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23 days ago
ICASA licensees receive questionnaire
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has published its industry questionnaire concerning call termination (more)
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23 days ago
Protesters march on Vodacom office
Around 250 people from a liberty group and consumer lobbyists marched on the Vodacom offices in Cape Town today in protest against the (more)
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24 days ago
Airtel expands to Ethiopia
Airtel Zambia has announced its SIM cards can now be used by Ethiopian users, expanding Airtel’s roaming footprint to more than 300 (more)
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24 days ago
Zim TelOne slows down as Mozambique network fails
The slowing down of TelOne’s ADSL broadband connection since Monday, June 10, resulted in internet outages due to Mozambique network (more)
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24 days agoWe will boycott operators if surveillance begins - SA consumers
A consumer pressure group has fired a warning to telecommunications companies in South Africa that may be under pressure to provide private (more)
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24 days ago
Safaricom offers Kenyan matatus free Wi-Fi
Safaricom is installing modems on public service vehicles in Kenya to provide free Wi-Fi services to commuters.
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24 days agoEricsson opens regional service delivery centres in DRC and Nigeria
Ericsson has opened two new service delivery facilities in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as it looks to help mobile (more)
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24 days ago
Airtel Tanzania extends hours for Yatosha services
Airtel Tanzania has launched its Yatosha 25 Hours tariff, that will allow subscribers to call across networks at the same rate for longer.
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24 days agoFG, NCC and operators sued over service shutdown in northern Nigeria
Residents of areas affected by the recently declared state of emergency in Nigeria are suing the government, four network operators and the (more)
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24 days ago
MTN re-launches IP telephony service in Kenya
MTN Business Kenya has re-launched its internet protocol (IP)-based communication, which allows for seamless integration of both desktop (more)
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25 days ago
DIC plans to expand
Rwanda-based ICT development project Data Innovation Centre (DIC) has announced its plans to expand with six more centres to promote (more)
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