MTN had its record fine in Nigeria increased $500 million to $3.9 billion after the country’s telecommunications regulator said it wrote the incorrect penalty in an earlier letter to Africa’s…
MTN has received a formal letter dated 2 December 2015 from the NCC informing the Company that, after considering the Company’s request, it has taken the decision to reduce the…
President Muhammadu Buhari and his South African counterpart, President Jacob Zuma, are to meet in Johannesburg this week to discuss MTN’s $5.2billion fine, South Africa-based Sunday Times has reported. Both…
Vodacom advised on Monday that its proposed acquisition of Neotel has been put on ice as the two companies explore a revised transaction structure. The R7 billion (USD 498 Million)…
Nigeria's fine of $5.2bn to MTN, Africa's largest telecommunications company, is billions more than any company has been fined anywhere in the world and may well scare off investors, international…
Africa’s largest cellphone company, MTN, is facing another challenge in one of its continental markets as it has now emerged that Uganda has fined it $662 000. According to This…
Alcatel-Lucent has signed a three-year frame agreement with TTCL - the Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited - under which it will modernise the operator’s IP/MPLS and optical transport networks. The Alcatel-Lucent…
MTN Group Ltd. won more time to negotiate a $5.2 billion fine by the Nigerian telecommunications regulator that has shaved almost a quarter of the market value from Africa’s biggest…
MTN and Huawei jointly launched the LampSite indoor coverage Solution at Lakeside Mall east of Johannesburg yesterday. The indoor Solution is the first Commercial LampSite Network to be deployed in…
2015 has brought renewed investment in IT & networking infrastructure with the focus remaining on Africa and its global investors to deliver, regardless of the downturn and recovery process. This…
Phuthuma Nhleko, MTN’s executive chairman who yesterday assumed the de facto role of caretaker chief executive following the ousting of Sifiso Dabengwa, hopes to strike a deal with Nigerian authorities…
The Orange Group announced yesterday that it has signed a binding agreement with Helios Investment Partners for the sale of its entire 70% stake in Telkom Kenya. The finalization of…
A recent network forensic examination of popular messaging service WhatsApp is offering new details on the data that can be collected from the app’s network from its new calling feature,…
Vodacom, SA’s largest mobile network operator, has bolstered its total customer base to 65.1 million and boosted revenue to just shy of R40 billion, a 6.4 percent gain, in the…