Telecoms, Page 64
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Tue, July 23rd, 13:35 · Richard Cutcher
More third-party tower deals expected in Africa
Helios Towers Africa (HTA) expect to make more telecommunications infrastructure acquisitions in the next 12 months, following the purchase of Vodacom Tanzania’s 1,149 towers. → Read more
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Tue, July 23rd, 11:37 · Paul Adepoju
Ghanaian authorities seal Glo and Vodafone offices in Kumasi
Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has sealed the offices of Globacom and Vodafone in the Ashanti Region over feed owed running into several millions of Ghana cedis. → Read more
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Tue, July 23rd, 10:45 · Mercy Makumi
Tigo Tanzania promotion sees large rise in airtime purchases
Tigo Tanzania has released the first three motor-tricycles (BAJAJ) to the winners, after the launch of the Miliki Biashara Yako campaign last Thursday. → Read more
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Tue, July 23rd, 09:30 · Richard Cutcher
Cell C and FNB partnership a non-starter
A banking and telecommunications expert has told HumanIPO he does not know what First National Bank (FNB) would get out of partnering with South Africa’s third network operator Cell C. → Read more
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Tue, July 23rd, 09:03 · Richard Cutcher
Ghana and Egypt the highlights in Vodafone results
Vodafone, the mobile giant with a presence in more than 40 countries, took a 3.5 per cent hit on its service revenue, but its emerging markets businesses continued to grow. → Read more
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Tue, July 23rd, 07:50 · Richard Cutcher
Etisalat in talks for Maroc Telecom stake
The sale of Vivendi’s 53 per cent stake in Moroccan operator Maroc Telecom looks set to drag on until the end of September after Etisalat said they had entered exclusive talks. → Read more
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Mon, July 22nd, 15:40 · Richard Cutcher
MTN’s CFO resigns after allegations
MTN Group’s chief financial officer, Nazir Patel, has resigned with immediate effect after “certain allegations” were made against him, according to the giant network operator. → Read more
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Mon, July 22nd, 12:58 · Paul Adepoju
Military restores communications services to another city in northern Nigeria
Partial communication services have been restored to Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, yesterday, around two months after the Nigerian Army cut off services in the city and other states under emergency rule. → Read more
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Mon, July 22nd, 11:11 · Paul Adepoju
Calabar set to be Nigeria’s most wired city
Nigeria’s leading network operator MTN has signed a concession deal with the government of Cross Rivers state, which will provide a 115km cable duct infrastructure for the city of Calabar, from Tinapa to Anantigha. → Read more
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Mon, July 22nd, 09:38 · Nick Sato
Safaricom extends Bob Collymore contract
Kenya’s leading mobile network Safaricom has extended its chief executive officer (CEO) Bob Collymore’s contract by two years, a move that will see him stay at the helm until 2015. → Read more
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Mon, July 22nd, 08:20 · Kamau Mbote
Kenyan police jam communication gear in protest against low pay
Kenyan police have reportedly jammed communication equipment in retaliation to the reluctance of the government to implement phases two and three of their salary hike. → Read more
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Mon, July 22nd, 07:55 · Kamau Mbote
ITU warns on global mobile cyber security
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has expressed its concern over the increasing vulnerabilities on mobile devices, saying close to 500 million devices could be at risk of being penetrated by hackers. → Read more
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Mon, July 22nd, 07:32 · Richard Cutcher
Helios Towers purchases Vodacom Tanzania network
Vodacom Tanzania has sold its 1,149 telecoms towers to Helios Towers Tanzania, more than doubling the latter’s infrastructure presence in the East African country. → Read more
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Mon, July 22nd, 06:03 · Richard Cutcher
Cell C linked with FNB partnership
First National Bank (FNB) is the latest big name to be linked with a disruptive partnership with South Africa’s third mobile operator Cell C. → Read more
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Fri, July 19th, 21:06 · Paul Adepoju
OPINION: The NCC has become a laughing stock
Regulating the telecoms sector of Nigeria is an enormous task and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is probably one of the busiest regulatory bodies in the world, responsible for the communications services provided by the various operators to more than a hundred million subscribers. → Read more
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Fri, July 19th, 15:55 · Richard Cutcher
Amadeus turn to Africa for mobile technology growth
The UK-based venture capital fund invested in by MTN Group has told HumanIPO it has chosen to target the African market because of its growing technology, and particularly, mobile technology capability and usage. → Read more
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Fri, July 19th, 15:08 · Richard Cutcher
Telkom rebuffs dirty tricks jibe
South Africa’s Telkom has dismissed allegations they are “playing dirty” by blocking a Solidarity member’s emails and said the matter was fixed minutes of a computer re-boot. → Read more
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Fri, July 19th, 13:11 · Nick Sato
Orange Kenya partners with Asus Laptops to enhance data usage
Orange Kenya has partnered with global notebook vendor ASUS to launch three Notebook models into the Kenyan market. → Read more
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Fri, July 19th, 12:41 · Brandon Gregory
Telecel licence renewal declined by Zimbabwean government
The government of Zimbabwe chose to decline the renewal of Telecel’s operating licence due to allegations the country’s second largest mobile operator refused to abide by the foreign ownership laws of the country. → Read more
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Fri, July 19th, 08:59 · Richard Cutcher
Mobile and fixed-line operators to cooperate in Egypt
Etisalat has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Telecom Egypt to launch an integrated licence, allowing the fixed line operator to use mobile services. → Read more
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