Telecoms
Jul 09,
2016
Inactivity between users and social communications app WeChat in Nigeria has fuelled speculation the company could soon exit the region. WeChat Nigeria has not been connecting with its users through…
Jul 08,
2016
A new report published by Vodafone Group reveals that smartphones are increasing opportunities in Ghana and that seven out of ten micro-entrepreneurs are likely to face difficulties continuing their business…
Jun 29,
2016
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has declared MTN as winner of its latest auction for a ten-year frequency spectrum licence for the 2.6GHz band, which guarantees superior performance for wireless…
Jun 23,
2016
According to Forbes magazine, 89% of business leaders believe big data will revolutionise business operations in the same way the Internet did. Naturally this does not only refer to big…
Jun 20,
2016
MTN has advised that it has appointed Rob Shuter as the new Group President and CEO of the company, following the successful resolution of its Nigerian dispute. Shuter would replace…
Jun 20,
2016
Worried by high cost of maintenance of generators at base stations in the country, occasioned by the notoriously unreliable public power supply; tower operators are eyeing massive investment put at…
Jun 20,
2016
For the third year running, Kenya holds tenaciously to a spot it edged Botswana out of in 2014. While Botswana continues to do well in terms of ICT growth, the…
Jun 14,
2016
The House of Representatives Committee on Communications has again summoned Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, Attorney General of the Federation and all other parties involved in the negotiation of MTN…
Jun 13,
2016
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market declined 12.3% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2016 to total 3.32 million units, according to the latest figures from International Data…
Jun 11,
2016
South African telecoms giant MTN said it would pay a $1.7 billion fine to the Nigerian government in a "full and final settlement" over its failure to disconnect unregistered mobile…
Jun 09,
2016
Britain's Vodafone said that plans to return its Ghana operations to profit-making were hampered by the West African country's failure to fulfil its financial obligations as minority shareholder. The world's…
Jun 06,
2016
Vodacom Tanzania 4G went live in Dar es Salaam on May 11th 2016. Nokia and Vodacom have once again demonstrated the strong partnership that is linking the two entities in…
Jun 05,
2016
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market experienced a 25.9% year-on-year decline in shipments in the first quarter 2016, according to global technology research and consulting firm International Data…
Jun 03,
2016
Cellebrite, the leading provider of customer experience management solutions to ensure mobile lifecycle continuity, today announced a multi-year agreement with Russell Cellular to provide the Verizon Premium Retailer with the…
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