Tue, January 21st, 16:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
South African part state-owned operator Telkom has received a letter of complaint from a group of anonymous employees regarding executive appointments and alleged misuse of funds. → Read more
Tue, January 21st, 12:20 · Tom Jackson
Zimbabwean fixed operator TelOne is to invest US$90 million in new projects, with a focus on its data business, as it seeks to expand its services. → Read more
Mon, January 20th, 18:20 · Chris Udemans
African tech companies Econet, Liquid Telecom and MTN South Africa have been shortlisted for the inaugural Telecom.com Industry Awards, putting them up against global telecom giants. → Read more
Mon, January 20th, 17:00 · Nick Sato
Kenya’s mobile phone operators and regulator the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) disagree over the new SIM card regulations, which will give the CCK the power to access private and confidential information on subscribers without seeking a court order. → Read more
Mon, January 20th, 09:40 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s Ministry of Communications Technology has revealed it will complete the protracted National Rural Telephony Project (NRTP) by April, blaming the delay in handing over the project to the preferred bidder on the failure to obtain final approval from the federal executive council (FEC). → Read more
Fri, January 17th, 17:00 · Paul Adepoju
The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTCOM) has said the continuous bad publicity for the sector is bad for the country’s economy, accusing the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) of emphasising the few lapses of the operators. → Read more
Fri, January 17th, 14:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
United Arab Emirates (UAE) telecoms firm Etisalat has hired South Africa’s Standard Bank to advise on the planned sale of up to 2,500 mobile phone towers in Nigeria, a report claims. → Read more
Fri, January 17th, 13:40 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian telecoms firm Globacom has expressed its commitment towards building a network that guarantees seamless communications in Africa, by increasing investments in Nigeria and across Africa to offer quality mobile and data services in all its operations. → Read more
Fri, January 17th, 11:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTN Zambia has launched a commercially available long term evolution (LTE) network, the first deployment of LTE technology in the country. → Read more
Fri, January 17th, 11:00 · Nick Sato
Safaricom has appointed Elizabeth Yoga-Odhiambo as head of public relations (PR) and corporate communication. → Read more
Thu, January 16th, 18:20 · Paul Adepoju
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will announce new sanctions for erring network operators at the end of February, according to Dr Eugene Juwah, executive vice chairman. → Read more
Thu, January 16th, 13:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
The confidential disciplinary hearing into allegations of personal misconduct against the suspended chief financial officer (CFO) of South Africa’s part state-owned operator Telkom, Jacques Schindehutte, begins today. → Read more
Thu, January 16th, 11:40 · Chris Udemans
Kenya’s largest mobile operator Safaricom has released a statement assuring its users no customer data has been shared with any external party after concerns about an information breach. → Read more
Thu, January 16th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Taxes imposed on international phone calls by Kenya’s neighbouring countries in East Africa are pushing up calling charges and need to be removed, according to Bob Collymore, chief executive officer (CEO) of Safaricom. → Read more
Wed, January 15th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Kenya’s leading mobile operator Safaricom will engage with the country’s regulator and other operators to establish a “robust methodology” for determining quality of service (QoS) ratings, according to Bob Collymore, the company’s chief executive officer (CEO). → Read more
Tue, January 14th, 17:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
Suspended Telkom chief financial officer (CFO) Jacques Schindehutte must pay back a ZAR6 million (US$550,000) loan granted to him by the South African part state-owned operator, as Telkom concedes the loan was not in compliance with statutory requirements. → Read more
Tue, January 14th, 15:40 · Nick Sato
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) today met the country's four mobile network operators (MNOs) to discuss various issues including the recently released Quality of Service (QoS) report that saw all MNOs fail to comply with the minimum threshold. → Read more
Tue, January 14th, 14:20 · Chris Udemans
South African musician Spoek Mathambo has been chosen as one of three individuals to launch Vodafone’s Firsts initiative, which aims to document major 'world's-first' events and experiences. → Read more
Mon, January 13th, 15:40 · Paul Adepoju
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it may withdraw the operation-in-principle licence it gave to Capcom following the latter’s acquisition of the merged three Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operators – Starcomms, MultiLinks and MTS First Wireless. → Read more
Mon, January 13th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
South African opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) has released its Communications Policy to form part of its 2014 election manifesto, calling for the breakup of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) into separate commercial entities and privatisation of other state-owned entities. → Read more
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