Telecoms, Page 5
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Tue, September 16th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
NigeriaCom begins today in Lagos
High level two-day conference NigeriaCom begins today (Tuesday) in Lagos, Nigeria with focus on the National Broadband Plan roll out, new business strategies for operators amid the digital migration, chief regulatory debates and LTE/4G technologies. → Read more
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Mon, September 15th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Juwah elected chairman of Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation
Eugene Juwah, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has been elected Chairman of the Council and Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO). The election was held at the organisation's just concluded Annual Council Meeting held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. → Read more
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Mon, September 15th, 11:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Airtel unveils Airtel Money Premier VISA card for mobile money, banking services
Bharti Airtel has unveiled an Airtel Money Premier VISA card that will enhance Premier customers experience and convenience on the company’s mobile money and banking services and ensure that they get added value. → Read more
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Thu, September 11th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Airtel divests African telecoms tower assets to Eaton Towers
Bharti Airtel Limited and Eaton Towers, have announced an agreement for the divestment of over 3500 telecoms towers from Airtel to Eaton Towers in a move that will help implement Airtel’s and Eaton Towers’ strategies to drive cost efficiencies throughout the industry via the use of shared passive infrastructure. → Read more
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Thu, September 11th, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
Helios Towers Nigeria gets B IDR rating from Fitch
Telecom infrastructure company Helios Towers Nigeria (HTN) has received a 'B' long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) from Fitch Rating suggesting a stable outlook for the company that successful placed US$250 million of 8.375% senior unsecured notes due 2019. → Read more
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Thu, September 11th, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Zamtel and NEC agree on microwave backbone and access project to boost mobile coverage and capacity across Zambia
Citizens, enterprises and tourists across Zambia will now benefit from enhanced mobile coverage and capacity after Zamtel and NEC Corporation agreed to build a new digital microwave radio transmission network. → Read more
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Wed, September 10th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
New Tigo Mobile Money service offers users in Tanzania automatic returns
Tigo Tanzania has launched a mobile money service through which users could earn automatic return on their balance direct to their wallet without requiring a separate registration. → Read more
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Tue, September 9th, 14:33 · Paul Adepoju
MTN, Skrill partner for global payments via mobile money
Mobile network operator MTN has announced a partnership with online payments company Skrill to enable MTN subscribers to be able to make purchases from global internet brands that are integrated into Skrill’s network using funds in their mobile wallets. The partnership is being piloted in Ivory Coast and Rwanda. → Read more
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Fri, September 5th, 09:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Vincent Lobry is the new Telkom Orange CEO
Vincent Lobry is the new Chief Executive Officer for Telkom orange effective September 4, 2014 as per the announcement made today by the company’s Board of Directors. → Read more
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Thu, September 4th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
IHS acquires MTN’s towers in Nigeria
IHS Holding Limited (IHS) has acquired 9,151 of MTN’s mobile network towers in Nigeria. MTN said the transaction will reduce its operating costs, drive network efficiencies and further expand its voice and data capacity. → Read more
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Tue, September 2nd, 16:22 · Susan Mwenesi
Airtel to host East Africa Com Conference in Kenya
East Africa Com summit is finally here after and will take place from 9th September 2014 at the Safari Park Hotel, four months after the initial date, the postponing being due to security concerns brought about by Al-Shabaab attacks in the country. → Read more
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Tue, September 2nd, 08:51 · Paul Adepoju
Bank of Khartoum, Zain launch first mobile money service in Sudan
Bank of Khartoum and telecoms company Zain have launched Sudan's first mobile money service called Hassa. The bank said the service is available to all registered Hassa mobile account customers in Sudan. → Read more
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Mon, September 1st, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Safaricom, Airtel acquire YuMobile for $120m
The Communication Authority of Kenya (CA) has approved the sale of YuMobile, Essar Group’s telecoms business in Kenya to Safaricom and Bharti Airtel for US$120 million. Under the agreement, Safaricom will get YuMobile’s IT and office infrastructure while Airtel would acquire the network’s subscriber base. → Read more
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Thu, August 28th, 10:30 · Paul Adepoju
MTN Nigeria celebrates 13th anniversary with free data
Nigerian mobile operator MTN is celebrating 13 years of operations in Nigeria, offering users of its data services 100 per cent extra data. → Read more
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Tue, August 26th, 16:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Safaricom, Airtel to absorb 175 yuMobile employees
Kenya’s leading operators Safaricom and Airtel have agreed to absorb 175 employees from rival yuMobile, as part of a joint buyout of the smaller operator. → Read more
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Tue, August 26th, 11:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Solidarity claims MTN retrenchments planned
South African trade union Solidarity claims the country’s second operator MTN is to cut 847 staff members from management positions; with MTN saying it is to begin a period of consultations over organisational restructuring. → Read more
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Tue, August 26th, 10:30 · Susan Mwenesi
M-Pesa agents see individual commissions drop
Agents of Kenya’s M-Pesa mobile money service received KSh.10.6 billion (US$119.5 million) in total commissions for the year to March 2014, up almost 25 per cent on the previous year, although individual agents earn less as more agents join the network. → Read more
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Tue, August 26th, 09:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Tigo Ghana provides customers with new unified code
Tigo Ghana has installed an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) service, allowing both prepaid and postpaid customers to access its services and products through the unified shortcode 555. → Read more
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Mon, August 25th, 17:30 · Susan Mwenesi
African telecoms market revenues to hit $65 billion by 2018
The Sub-Saharan African telecoms market is leading the world in growth while also transitioning, with growing revenue from mobile data services increasingly matching mobile voice growth. → Read more
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Mon, August 25th, 12:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Airtel and Tigo launch mobile money interoperability in Tanzania
Airtel Tanzania and Tigo Tanzania have partnered for a cross-network money transfer service that will make it possible for subscribers from both networks to send and receive money between their mobile money wallets. → Read more
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