Telecoms, Page 15
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Thu, May 22nd, 18:30 · Paul Adepoju
Smile to launch in Abuja, Port Harcourt in August
Smile Communications has announced plans to extend its services to Nigeria’s capital city Abuja and Port Harcourt in August following launches in Ibadan and Lagos. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
ICASA begins MTR review
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has commenced a review of mobile termination rates (MTRs), issuing questionnaires to licensees to submit their input. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 16:30 · Chris Udemans
Safaricom’s M-Shwari has 7m subscribers
Over seven million subscribers are now using Kenyan mobile operator Safaricom’s microfinance platform M-Shwari, according to George Ndegwa from the operator’s financial services division. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 12:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Telkom offers $260m for BCX
South Africa’s part-state owned operator Telkom has made a ZAR2.7 billion (US$260 million) offer to acquire local ICT services company Business Connexion Group (BCX). → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 10:00 · Chris Udemans
Lack of interoperability hurting mobile money market
A lack of interoperability is harming the mobile money market, with only ten operations reaching success out of the 150 launched in the past few years, according to Virginie Bonnot, mobile financial service sales director for Southern and Central Europe at Oberthur Technologies. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 09:00 · Chris Udemans
Diaspora Zimbabwe’s major mobile money driver – Telecel
The diaspora market is one of the biggest drivers of mobile money in Zimbabwe, according to Nkosinathi Ncube, financial services director at mobile operator Telecel. → Read more
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Wed, May 21st, 17:00 · Tom Jackson
MTN, Vodacom, Cell C fail network quality tests
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has published its quarterly quality of service (QoS) monitoring test report, which found the networks of MTN, Vodacom and Cell C all fell short in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. → Read more
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Wed, May 21st, 15:30 · Agatha Nduku
Orange Kenya launches Biashara Talk
Orange Kenya has launched Biashara Talk, a wireless fixed voice postpaid service targeted at small office and home office (SoHo) customers and small businesses. → Read more
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Wed, May 21st, 11:00 · Chris Udemans
Guarantee operators clients in rural areas – USAASA
Guaranteeing mobile operators clients in rural areas is the best way to secure private sector investment to connect underserviced communities, according to Thabo Makenete, executive head of broadcasting at the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA). → Read more
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Wed, May 21st, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
Fines not enough to tackle poor Nigerian telecoms QoS – analysts
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) needs to do more than fine operators if it is to tackle the poor quality of service (QoS) in the country, according to analysts at Informa Telecoms & Media. → Read more
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Tue, May 20th, 13:30 · Chris Udemans
SA can increase GDP by $5bn with 10% broadband growth
Increasing South Africa’s internet penetration by 10 per cent could raise the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) by over US$5 billion, according to Paul Feenan, director of government services at Avanti Communications Group. → Read more
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Tue, May 20th, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
Kenyan MVNOs boost competition, spectrum efficiency – analyst
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) decision to issue three mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) licences will boost competition and lead to greater spectrum efficiency in the country, according to Danson Njue, research analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media. → Read more
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Tue, May 20th, 12:00 · Tom Jackson
Joburg suburb issues FTTH tender
Residents of the Johannesburg suburb of Parkhurst have issued a tender for the provision of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) services in the neighbourhood to telecom companies. → Read more
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Tue, May 20th, 11:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Safaricom to terminate postpaid tariffs
Leading Kenyan operator Safaricom is set to terminate two of its postpaid tariffs due to their lack of profitability, affecting 14,000 subscribers. → Read more
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Tue, May 20th, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Somtel, Alcatel-Lucent partner for Somali LTE deployment
Somtel Telecommunications and Alcatel-Lucent have announced a partnership to deploy an LTE network in Somalia, offering Somtel customers faster data speeds. → Read more
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Tue, May 20th, 09:00 · Tom Jackson
Lower MTRs in SA just one step towards cheaper communication – analyst
Lowering mobile termination rates (MTRs) is only one factor in reducing the cost to communicate in South Africa, which may remain high unless operators are forced to implement certain tariff levels. → Read more
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Mon, May 19th, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Vodacom reports 8.3% revenue growth, fuelled by equipment, data
Vodacom has released its financial results for the year ended March 31, 2014, revealing 8.3 per cent growth in group revenues, spurred by a boom in equipment revenues in South Africa as well as a 105.2 per cent increase in international data services. → Read more
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Mon, May 19th, 14:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Telkom to cut management staff by 25%
South Africa’s part state-owned operator Telkom is to cut 25 per cent of its management staff within the next three years as it attempts to counteract flagging fixed line revenues and improve performance. → Read more
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Mon, May 19th, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Orange sells Ugandan operations to Africell
The Orange Group has sold its 95 per cent stake in Orange Uganda to West African mobile operator Africell Holding for an undisclosed amount. → Read more
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Mon, May 19th, 11:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
Vodacom agrees to acquire Neotel
South Africa’s leading mobile operator Vodacom has agreed the 100 per cent acquisition of fixed line provider Neotel for ZAR7 billion (US$676.6 million), saying the deal will accelerate the rollout of broadband services in the country. → Read more
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