Telecoms, Page 29
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Tue, February 25th, 11:40 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian spectrum bid winner attributes victory to divine providence
Biodun Omoniyi, managing director of VDT Communications, leader of the Bitflux consortium at the auction of the 2.3 GHz spectrum band held in Abuja last week, has attributed the victory to divine providence. → Read more
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Tue, February 25th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Telkom calls for VoD tenders
South African part state-owned mobile operator Telkom has called for applications for the provisioning of video-on-demand (VoD) services in a newly announced tender. → Read more
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Mon, February 24th, 18:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTN considers legal options over Cell C ad campaign
South Africa’s second mobile operator MTN is considering its legal options following an advertising campaign by Cell C telling subscribers to change network away from the company opposing the new mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations. → Read more
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Mon, February 24th, 17:40 · Paul Adepoju
Court rules Econet still stakeholder in Airtel Nigeria, appeal expected
The Court of Appeal of Nigeria has ruled Econet Wireless is still a bonafide stakeholder in Airtel Nigeria, though the latter has expressed its readiness to challenge the ruling at the Supreme Court. → Read more
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Mon, February 24th, 16:20 · Paul Adepoju
MTN, Globacom, Airtel fined $4m by NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has fined MTN, Globacom and Airtel a total of NGN647.5 million (US$4 million) for breaching key performance indicators (KPIs) and providing poor quality of service for the month of January this year. → Read more
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Mon, February 24th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Vodacom unveils Alcatel 2000 handset for elderly
South Africa’s leading mobile operator Vodacom has exclusively unveiled the Alcatel 2000 handset designed especially for the elderly. → Read more
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Sat, February 22nd, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Why MTN has taken ICASA to court: Zunaid Bulbulia, CEO, MTN South Africa
The telecoms industry has spent the last four years on a journey towards cost-orientation, regulatory best practice and parity. That journey must continue and MTN fully expects termination rates to go on falling. But this fall must be informed by a transparent and credible cost study that reflects the costs incurred for all players in the market, including smaller players. This principled process is well known throughout the world and can be executed in a fair and commercially sustainable basis. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 18:20 · Paul Adepoju
Smile Communications unveils Nigerian broadband campaign
Smile Communications has announced plans to make broadband services available across Nigerian cities. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 16:20 · Chris Udemans
Airtel Africa seeks to boost roaming revenues through BICS
Airtel Africa is to deploy a range of services from Belgian wholesale mobile carrier services provider BICS across 17 countries in order to improve revenues from roaming. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 13:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTR delay not in public interest – Telkom Mobile
Opposition by larger operators to the newly announced mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations in South Africa is against the public interest, part state-owned operator Telkom Mobile has said. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 11:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
New MTRs are a “regulatory attack” – MTN
The new mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations introduced by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) constitute “regulatory attack” and do not support the country’s economic development, according to Zunaid Bulbulia, chief executive officer (CEO) of MTN South Africa. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 09:40 · Chris Udemans
MTN’s prepaid market share drops in SA
South African mobile operator MTN has seen its prepaid market share drop in the second half of 2013. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 18:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
Cell C advertising campaign targets MTN over MTRs
South Africa’s third mobile operator Cell C has launched an aggressive new marketing campaign criticising rival MTN’s decision to challenge new mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations set out by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA). → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Airtel Kenya, Chase Bank offer Visa card on Airtel Money
Airtel Kenya has partnered with Chase Bank and Visa to allow Airtel Money users to withdraw money from their Airtel Money accounts, shop and pay for goods and services from all over the world → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade Tunisie Telecom network
Tunisia’s leading telecoms provider Tunisie Telecom and Alcatel-Lucent have signed a three-year partnership for the upgrading of Tunisie Telecom’s network, with a view to enabling the launch of a high-speed broadband network across Tunisia. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 05:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Safaricom moves to curb e-waste
Safaricom has offered its retail centres for use as collection and storage points for e-waste in an effort to curb the problem, according to corporate affairs director Nzioka Waita. → Read more
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Wed, February 19th, 18:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
Ericsson to manage 75% of MTN Nigeria network infrastructure
MTN Nigeria has selected Ericsson as the managed services provider for 75 per cent of its network infrastructure, making Ericsson MTN’s biggest managed services provider across Africa. → Read more
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Wed, February 19th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan MNOs, startups should deepen relationships for mutual benefit – GSMA
Kenya’s mobile network operators (MNOs) have been urged to embrace startups so as to mutually benefit from each other by a GSMA report, which revealed startups in the country were still struggling to survive → Read more
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Wed, February 19th, 15:40 · Chris Udemans
Bitflux wins Nigerian spectrum licence bid
Nigeria’s Bitflux Communications has won the 2.3 GHz spectrum band licence auction, beating national mobile operator Globacom, according to a Tweet by Tony Ojobo, director of public affairs at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). → Read more
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Wed, February 19th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Fraud unit issues arrest warrants for Safaricom IPO fraudsters
Kenya’s Capital Markets Fraud Investigation Unit has issued arrest warrants for nine people suspected of obtaining millions of shillings by cashing Safaricom initial public offering (IPO) refund cheques through forging investor’s identities → Read more
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