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Fri, November 9th, 07:20 · Paul Adepoju

Ghanaian locals save Vodafone millions worth of losses

To check cable theft in Ghana, reportedly affecting to the quality of telecommunications services, locals have initiated actions against vandalism of copper and fiber-optic cables. One of such is the recent tip off of the police by three residents of the Greater Accra Region, who on different occasions noted suspicious activities in the middle of the night. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 07:06 · Paul Adepoju

Gambia’s national telecoms reports increased revenue, expansion, upgrade

Gambia’s integrated telecommunications operator Gambia Telecommunications Company (Gamtel) has announced an increase in generated revenue. According to a report presented by the company, the company realized D1. 450 billion in revenue in 2011, an increase from D1.395 billion it generated in 2010. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 06:44 · Vincent Matinde

MTN SA announces New Contemporaries Award 2012 finalists

MTN Foundation in South Africa has named four collaborative finalists for this year’s the New Contemporary Award. → Read more
Thu, November 8th, 12:02 · Kamau Mbote

Drop in talk time sends Kenya’s telecom sector to drawing board

Kenya’s mobile telephony voice traffic reduced in the period between April and June 2012 by 6.9 percent to record 6.3 billion minutes, as compared to 6.8 billion minutes in the previous quarter, according to the fourth quarter telecommunications report by the industry regulator Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK). → Read more
Thu, November 8th, 08:10 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s MTN And Globacom, top spenders in advertising

Mediafacts, an annual publication of MediaReach OMD, has i its latest publication revealed that Nigeria’s top four telecoms companies spent more than 20 billion naira, making them the highest advertising spenders in telecommunications product category. → Read more
Thu, November 8th, 07:26 · Nanine Steenkamp

Inwi embraces pay-as-you-use mobile services in Morocco

Morocco’s Inwi, mobile network operator, has unveiled a new selection of cellphone packages enabling users to pay only for the services they use. → Read more
Thu, November 8th, 07:15 · Tefo Mohapi

Vodacom SA expands LTE coverage to Cape Town, more stations in Jo’burg

Vodacom South Africa yesterday said it has tripled the number of Long Term Evolution (LTE) enabled base stations in its network from just under 70, when it launched a month ago to over 200 in Johannesburg. → Read more
Wed, November 7th, 09:29 · Nanine Steenkamp

Global mobile solutions leader TCS to open African office

US-based TeleCommunication Systems (TCS), world leader in mobile communications technology, has said it plans to open an office in South Africa’s financial capital Johannesburg to serve as its central African domain. → Read more
Wed, November 7th, 07:22 · Nanine Steenkamp

Nambia’s MTC to supply mega 4G

As Namibia’s leading mobile network operator MTC lays out plans to cover some 75 percent of the country with 4G-enabled connections, Telecom Namibia might soon be displaced from top to second. → Read more
Tue, November 6th, 13:28 · Tefo Mohapi

Tim Knowles resigns as Stortech’s boss

Having served as the chief executive officer of South Africa’s Vodacom-owned Stortech since August 2003, Tim Knowles has renounced his position. → Read more
Tue, November 6th, 12:32 · Paul Adepoju

Glo Ghana records marginal reduction in subscriber base

Ghanaian telcos Glo Ghana has recorded the company’s first drop in the number of subscribers on its Glo Mobile network since it commenced operations in Ghana about five months ago. → Read more
Tue, November 6th, 12:26 · Paul Adepoju

Ghanaian telcos lament over rising costs of cable cuts

Two of Ghana’s major ICT stakeholders National Communications Authority (NCA) and Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications are engaging other players in finding solutions to the incessant disruption of telecoms services, attributed to cable cuts that negatively affect service delivery. → Read more
Tue, November 6th, 12:18 · Paul Adepoju

Ghana’s telecoms sector has created 1.5 million jobs, report

Aside from providing a wide array of services to Ghana’s population, telecommunications firms in the country play significant roles in developing the West African nation’s economy. → Read more
Tue, November 6th, 10:21 · Nanine Steenkamp

Cell C announces massive year-end LTE launches

Cell C has promised it would launch 4G alongside other Long Term Evolution (LTE) services by the end of the year, joining South African competitor mobile operators MTN and Vodacom in high-speed network provision. → Read more
Tue, November 6th, 07:58 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria to censure ads and promos by telcos

The executive board of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Nigeria’s telecommunications industry regulator, has said it is now ready to intervene in what has become a common practice in which telecoms operators in Nigeria send adverts and promotions indiscriminately to subscribers. → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 12:41 · Tefo Mohapi

Telkom SA’s chief resigns, another director follows

South Africa telecommunications firm Telkom has today said its chief executive officer Nombulelo Pinky Moholi had informed the company of her intention to step down. → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 12:06 · Tefo Mohapi

Segun Ogusanya appointed as Airtel Nigeria’s boss, effective Nov 6

Airtel Nigeria’s mother company Bharti Airtel announced it will be appointing Segun Ogunsanya as the chief executive officer for the Nigerian business. → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 11:18 · Tefo Mohapi

Vodafone extends M-Pesa’s reach to other global money transfer services

Vodafone Group has announced of plans to extend the reach of its secure mobile money transfer service M-Pesa to additional international money transfer services. → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 11:04 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian Telecoms rallying to initiate discriminatory tariffs in hostile states

Licensed telecoms operators in Nigeria has, under the tutelage of Association of licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), revealed its displeasure with the tax regimes and harsh operating environments in several states across the country. → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 07:39 · Paul Adepoju

Telecoms masts are not harmful, declares Nigeria’s communications minister

Nigeria’s minister of communications technology Omobola Johnson has declared as “untrue” the widely circulating claims that telecoms masts emit substances that are injurious to the human health. → Read more