Fri, December 21st, 12:15 · HumanIPO
South African mobile operator 8ta has been boosted by American telecommunications giant AT&T’s choice to use the same frequency for their expansion. → Read more
Fri, December 21st, 09:44 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria is yet to enjoy the full benefits of its massive investment in various satellites, according to Dr Spencer Onuh, director of Nigeria’s Centre for Satellite Technology Development (CSTD). → Read more
Fri, December 21st, 06:58 · Paul Adepoju
President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, has described the age-long dependence of African nations on foreign communications operating companies for secondary and alternative routes for their international communications as unfortunate. → Read more
Thu, December 20th, 07:08 · Paul Adepoju
The Nigerian National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) has called for an upgrade to networks to guard against serious disruption of the telecommunications services of various operators this Christmas. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 13:51 · Richard Cutcher
Cyril Ramaphosa, MTN Group Chairman and founder of Black Economic Empowerment Group Shanduka, has said he will review his business interests in light of his election to be the African National Congress’ (ANC) Deputy President. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 06:22 · Tefo Mohapi
MTN has launched a revamped version of its consumer content portal, MTN Play, which will be available in Rwanda, Uganda, Ghana and Zambia. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 15:33 · Tefo Mohapi
Cyril Ramaphosa, MTN Group’s Chairman, has received an overwhelming majority vote to become the African National Congress’ (ANC) Deputy President and will serve under Jacob Zuma, who was re-elected as the party’s President. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 13:14 · Tom Jackson
South African telecom MTN has appointed Pieter Verkade as its new chief commercial officer (COO), replacing the retiring Christian de Faria. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 09:20 · Tom Jackson
Airtel Rwanda has launched its Blackberry services, undercutting rivals Tigo and MTN Rwanda in much the same way it has done with its voice and data tariffs. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 08:56 · Elly Okutoyi
Telecoms operators in Nigeria owe each other over N20 billion (US$129 million), according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), an amount that could jeopardise the gains made in the industry over the past decade. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 07:18 · Paul Adepoju
Mobile operator Vodafone Ghana and globally renowned computing company, Opera Software, have launched a tailored version of the popular Opera Mini web browser on mobile. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 15:04 · Paul Adepoju
Omobola Johnson, the minister in charge of Nigeria's communications technology ministry, says the government has initiated steps to increase broadband penetration to 20 percent by 2017, blaming the greed of certain government agencies for the current lack of access. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 14:46 · Paul Adepoju
A third telecommunications company is to launch in Cameroon after an operating licence was awarded to Viettel Cameroon S.A.R.L, who beat off competition from Bharti Airtel, Maroc Telecom and Korea Telecom. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 13:57 · Elly Okutoyi
Kenya’s telecommunications industry regulator the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has rated Safaricom and Airtel’s mobile networks as the poorest in the country. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 13:52 · Tom Jackson
Vodacom has unveiled new discounts on ad-hoc data bundles for contract and top-up customers, less than two weeks after its last bundle promotions came to an end. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 13:25 · Gabriella Mulligan
Bharti Airtel Chairman and Managing Director (MD) Sunnil Bharti Mittal has admitted that the company’s entry into the African market has been much “tougher” than anticipated, but maintains the decision was a good move. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 11:46 · Elly Okutoyi
Global telecommunications group Bharti Airtel is releasing KSh8 billion (US$95 million) to Airtel Kenya to finance the expansion of 3G network sites to 550 from the current 360. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 08:17 · Elly Okutoyi
Telecoms operator Telkom Kenya is in trouble over what the Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek) terms “deceptive advertising of its unlimited Internet package”, with the latter threatening to take the telco to court over the matter. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 07:49 · Tefo Mohapi
A syndicate is believed to be specifically targeting MTN Nigeria by cutting and damaging its fibre cables and network, with the telecom reporting damage in at least seven places across the West African country. → Read more
Fri, December 14th, 15:55 · Kamau Mbote
A Nairobi lawyer has said plans by industry regulator the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) to monitor SMS text messages and assign virtual IDs to Internet users are privacy violations. → Read more
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