G-Mobile, the third Malawian cellular operator, will be in operation by the end of the year, and will add $150 million to the $25 million it has already committed in the infrastructure. According to investors Musa Capital, this is an example of investing intelligently to secure a return in emerging markets.
G-Mobile, the third cellular network [...]
THE Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) has directed all mobile telephony operators to block subscribers that fail to meet the deadline on SIM card registration that has been extended by government.
The CCK said that subscribers whose numbers will not be on the data base by September 16 should consider themselves disconnected.
CCK Director General Charles Njoroge [...]
HUNDREDS of tech savvy entrepreneurs and developers gather at a web and mobile conference in Nairobi.
The over 1200 engineers, product managers, entrepreneurs, students and web developers are expected to discuss the future of web application development, and receive training on Google’s products and online business skills.
At the same time, Google also announced the Kenyan [...]
AFTER reducing its calling rate by 50% just a fortnight ago, Zain Kenya, the second largest mobile telephony operator in Kenya, has introduced Sh5 and Sh10 denomination airtime vouchers to the market.
Zain Kenya Managing Director Rene Meza said the move was aimed at complementing its recent 50% reduction on call charges.
“We are offering a wide [...]
The Grid, Vodacom’s mobile social network, has gone global. Following successful launches last year in Nigeria and Tanzania, as of today people worldwide can access this unique service offering mobile chat and content sharing features.
Up to now the two million existing members of The Grid – in South Africa, Nigeria and Tanzania – were [...]
Zain Nigeria has introduced a new service that enables mobile phone users to keep connect with leading social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo via SMS (short message service).
The new Social Networking services will help users rise above the barrier of internet data access and enjoy a quick link up with friends, [...]
Bharti Airtel, which acquired the African Zain’s African assets a few months ago is seeking bids to set up towers in Nigeria, Kenya and Tanzania. The Business Standard reports that the company would award contracts for infrastructure equipment and turnkey projects to build towers sometime next month.
Bharti, which acquired Zain’s African assets for $10.7 billion [...]
Cote d’Ivoire’s first independent tower company “SWAP Technologies and Telecomms Limited” (SWAP) has gone live with its built-to-suit telecoms co-location cell sites, the first cell sites built for co-location went on air in Cote d’Ivoire in August 2010. SWAP commenced telecoms services operations in Abidjan in 2009 with the objectives of providing [...]
Listed telecommunication firm Safaricom is expected to begin technical trial of the 4G (fourth generation) technology on its network within the next two months. The roll out of the next generation Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology (4G) will be carried out by Chinese ompany Huawei Technologies.
The two companies signed a three year [...]
Just a few weeks ago, Cell C launched a massive brand campaign where they admitted what every telecommunications subscriber in South Africa already knows: the country’s cellular industry has a real problem with customer service.
Consumers in South Africa are crying out for a customer service champion who will finally do something about the service [...]
The ongoing rate price war among mobile operators in Kenya has left Zain Kenya subscribers smiling after the network slashed its call rates by 50% to all networks in Kenya.
Zain Kenya now has the most attractive call rates on the Kenyan market. Customers will now pay only Kshs 3 to all networks, and one shilling [...]