Telecoms, Page 70
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Mon, June 17th, 13:27 · Igor Hobotov
Lonestar Cell MTN secures US$25million for Liberia upgrades
Liberian operator Lonestar Cell MTN has secured a US$25 million medium term loan from four banks, in a syndication agreement focused on funding the network’s upgrades across the country. → Read more
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Mon, June 17th, 08:27 · Kamau Mbote
Safaricom launches e-waste sensitisation programme
Safaricom has launched a campaign to educate the Kenyan public on the right way to dispose of electronic waste, as well warning of the effects incorrect disposal has on the environment. → Read more
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Fri, June 14th, 15:49 · Martin Cheruiyot
Safaricom unveils full matatu Wi-Fi scheme
Safaricom, in partnership with the Matatu Owners Association (MOA), has launched a public transport free Wi-Fi initiative that will be target commuters using matatus for their day to day transport. → Read more
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Fri, June 14th, 15:09 · Richard Cutcher
Telkom to make price cut commitments after commission ruling
Telkom have settled to pay ZAR200 million (US$20.3 million) after it resolved its disputes with the Competition Commission over a string of complaints between 2005 and 2007 from internet service providers (ISPs). → Read more
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Fri, June 14th, 14:21 · Richard Cutcher
SA’s Telkom losing fixed-line penetration battle
Telkom increased its ADSL subscriber based by just 5.2 per cent during the year ending March 31, 2013, while its fixed-line penetration rate dropped to 7.3 per cent (5.2 per cent down on March 2012). → Read more
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Fri, June 14th, 10:31 · Susan Mwenesi
Samsung Smart App challenge 2013 kicks off
Samsung’s Smart App challenge 2013 for Galaxy S4 has kicked off worldwide with the aim of finding new applications that can be used for group communication. → Read more
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Fri, June 14th, 09:06 · Kamau Mbote
Eaton Towers in tower management and financing deal with Telkom Kenya
Eaton Towers has signed a 15 year tower management deal with Telkom Kenya, part of the Orange Group, to cover more than 1,000 towers owned by the operator. → Read more
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Fri, June 14th, 08:28 · Richard Cutcher
Depressing Telkom results published
South Africa’s part state-owned fixed line operator Telkom has published its annual results including a 1.7 per cent drop in operating revenue and headline earnings per share (HEPS) falling by 73.2 per cent. → Read more
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Thu, June 13th, 15:50 · Richard Cutcher
Vodacom praise smart metering ahead of winter
South African operator Vodacom has issued advice on smart metering in a bid to restrict the necessity of electricity “load shedding” this winter. → Read more
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Thu, June 13th, 13:04 · Paul Adepoju
Airtel offers BlackBerry users one month free subscription
Airtel Nigeria is offering its subscribers a one month free BlackBerry subscription when they pay for two months. → Read more
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Thu, June 13th, 09:52 · Paul Adepoju
Airtel Nigeria appoints new director of operations
Airtel Nigeria has appointed Segun Macaulay as director of operations in the country’s west region, moving to the network from Kenya-based East African Breweries. → Read more
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Wed, June 12th, 15:27 · Richard Cutcher
Protesters march on Vodacom office
Around 250 people from a liberty group and consumer lobbyists marched on the Vodacom offices in Cape Town today in protest against the price of communication in South Africa. → Read more
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Wed, June 12th, 14:39 · Nanine Steenkamp
Airtel expands to Ethiopia
Airtel Zambia has announced its SIM cards can now be used by Ethiopian users, expanding Airtel’s roaming footprint to more than 300 global networks. → Read more
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Wed, June 12th, 14:34 · Mercy Makumi
M-Pesa hands over Nairobi Greenline initiative to KWS
The M-Pesa Foundation has handed over the Nairobi Greenline Project to the Nairobi Greenline Trust to complete the fencing to protect the city’s National Park. → Read more
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Wed, June 12th, 14:17 · Nanine Steenkamp
Zim TelOne slows down as Mozambique network fails
The slowing down of TelOne’s ADSL broadband connection since Monday, June 10, resulted in internet outages due to Mozambique network failures. → Read more
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Wed, June 12th, 12:16 · Richard Cutcher
We will boycott operators if surveillance begins – SA consumers
A consumer pressure group has fired a warning to telecommunications companies in South Africa that may be under pressure to provide private data to local or foreign governments. → Read more
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Wed, June 12th, 10:02 · Paul Adepoju
Ericsson opens regional service delivery centres in DRC and Nigeria
Ericsson has opened two new service delivery facilities in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as it looks to help mobile network operators work more efficiently. → Read more
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Tue, June 11th, 13:45 · Paul Adepoju
FG, NCC and operators sued over service shutdown in northern Nigeria
Residents of areas affected by the recently declared state of emergency in Nigeria are suing the government, four network operators and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for infringement of their right to communicate. → Read more
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Tue, June 11th, 12:52 · Susan Mwenesi
Airtel Tanzania extends hours for Yatosha services
Airtel Tanzania has launched its Yatosha 25 Hours tariff, that will allow subscribers to call across networks at the same rate for longer. → Read more
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Tue, June 11th, 10:04 · Susan Mwenesi
Rwanda and KT Corp in 4G LTE Deal
The government of Rwanda and the Korea Telecom (KT) Corporation have signed an agreement for a joint venture to deploy a high-speed 4G LTE broadband network to cover 95 per cent of the country’s population in the next three years. → Read more
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