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Fri, October 26th, 13:04 · Robert K'Odingo

Zambia SIM registration reportedly slow over fears of victimisation

A move by Zambia’s communications industry regulator, the Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA), to have mobile users in the country register their SIM cards started on a “slow note” nationwide, amid fears that information could be used against people for political reasons. → Read more
Thu, October 25th, 14:21 · Robert K'Odingo

Floods and insecurity in Nigeria delay MTN’s network optimisation project

Integrated telecommunications firm MTN has blamed insecurity and the current flooding in parts of Nigeria for posing a challenge to the countrywide upgrade of its base stations. → Read more
Thu, October 25th, 14:00 · Robert K'Odingo

Zambia’s Zamtel empowers distributors in the course of network rollout

Zambia’s mobile network operator Zamtel has given out over 40 branded bicycles to its distribution partners in the country in an initiative named ‘dealer empowerment’ targeted at strengthening its subscriber base. → Read more
Thu, October 25th, 13:02 · Gabriella Mulligan

8ta introduces unlimited calls for flat rate in SA

8ta has introduced a tariff innovation to the South African mobile market, becoming the first mobile service provider in the country to launch an unlimited voice flat-rate subscription. → Read more
Thu, October 25th, 12:30 · Robert K'Odingo

Green light for DRC’s West African Cable Systems connectivity

The Democratic Republic Of Congo’s (DRC) stalled connection to the West African Cable Systems (WACS) is expected to resume within the next three weeks. → Read more
Thu, October 25th, 11:21 · Tefo Mohapi

Vodafone’s innovation centre declared Africa’s greenest building

Vodafone’s Site Solution Innovation Centre was yesterday honoured as the winner of the category “Highest Scoring Green Star Project 2008-2012” by the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) given the outstanding nature of the project. → Read more
Thu, October 25th, 07:18 · Paul Adepoju

Sacked staff drag Vodafone to Ghanaian court

Workers summarily dismissed by Ghana’s second largest telecoms company Vodafone have filed a writ of summons at Accra High Court, saying the company failed to uphold its policies and seeking compensation. → Read more
Thu, October 25th, 06:36 · Paul Adepoju

US Embassy in Gambia partners with Africell toward American Corner project

The US Embassy in The Gambia has partnered with Africell, a local telecoms company, to set up an American Corner in Bundung. → Read more
Wed, October 24th, 14:42 · Gabriella Mulligan

Cell C confirm latest tariff cut in price war with Vodacom

Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig Sr has announced a further cut in international calling tariffs, the latest instalment in an escalating price war between the telecom and its rival, Knott Craig’s former employers Vodacom. → Read more
Wed, October 24th, 13:55 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s Nashua Mobile extends flat rate data package to Samsung Android phones

South Africa’s Nashua Mobile, an independent telecommunications solutions provider, has announced an extension of two of its fixed-cost mobile services Xtreme Data and Xtreme Data Premium to selected Samsung Android handsets. → Read more
Wed, October 24th, 13:40 · Tom Jackson

Airtel hits 60 million subscribers in Africa

Bharti Airtel today announced that it had reached the 60 million subscriber mark in Africa, adding 10 million customers in less than a year. → Read more
Tue, October 23rd, 13:05 · Vincent Matinde

Safaricom tops list of taxpayers for 2011/2012

Kenya’s integrated telecommunications firm Safaricom has been confirmed as the country’s top taxpaying company for the fifth year running in the annual awards for top taxpayers from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). → Read more
Tue, October 23rd, 12:48 · Tom Jackson

MTN Rwanda slashes BlackBerry fees 40 percent as competition intensifies

Rwanda’s largest telecom operator MTN Rwanda has announced that it has reduced all BlackBerry fees by 40 percent, signaling the latest intensification of the country’s price war as the telecom seeks to combat falling profits. → Read more
Tue, October 23rd, 09:02 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya’s Yu Mobile seeks US$200M loan to expand operation

Kenyan mobile network operator Yu Mobile is looking into taking a KSh16.8 billion (US$200 million) loan from international financiers to help it meet its expansion plans and upgrade its network to 4G. → Read more
Tue, October 23rd, 07:04 · Paul Adepoju

MTN constructs digital library, commemorates oil city fest

Giant mobile telecoms firm MTN, through its charitable arm the MTN Ghana Foundation, has commenced work on a project that will expand and upgrade the current Western Regional Public Library in Sekondi. → Read more
Tue, October 23rd, 06:31 · Tefo Mohapi

Vodacom expecting HEPS to lift by 20% to 25%

South Africa’s largest mobile services provider Vodacom today announced it expects its headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the six months ended September 2012 to be between 20 and 25 percent higher than the corresponding period last year, which was at R3.24 per share. → Read more
Mon, October 22nd, 12:29 · Elly Okutoyi

Airtel ranked world’s number 4 mobile operator

Global telecommunications company Bharti Airtel has been ranked as the world’s fourth largest mobile operator, moving up one position from last year, a report by global ICT researcher Wireless Intelligence has revealed. → Read more
Mon, October 22nd, 11:41 · Tefo Mohapi

Nano SIM cards to be available through Airtel Nigeria

Airtel Nigeria has announced that it will be making Nano SIM cards, specially made for the new Apple iPhone 5, available across its stores in the West African country. → Read more
Mon, October 22nd, 09:14 · Vincent Matinde

Kenya’s giant telecoms firm deviates into solar business

Integrated telecommunications company Safaricom has unveiled a first-of-its-kind energy solutions for homes through its M-KOPA solar project, focused on providing cheap, clean energy for Kenyan households. → Read more
Mon, October 22nd, 07:58 · Tefo Mohapi

Vox Telecom looking at converged telecommunications services

With the growing trend of businesses towards converged telecommunications services, Douglas Reed, CEO of Vox Telecom, believes his company is well positioned to take advantage of this drift. → Read more