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Mobile and Telecoms

IT Angola Rebrands, Joins the Paratus Fold

Luis Monzon -
Angolan telecommunications service provider, Internet Technologies Angola (ITA), has officially changed its name as part of an extensive rebranding and harmonisation process led by its parent company, the pan-African Paratus Group. ITA will, with immediate effect, operate under the name...
Company News

MTN Named the Number 1 African Brand

Luis Monzon -
MTN Group, with operations in 17 countries across Africa, has been ranked the number one African brand and among the top 10 brands on the continent in the annual Brand Africa 100 survey. At a ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria to...
Mobile and Telecoms

MTN Drives Rural Expansion with $39M Injection in Eastern Cape, SA

Luis Monzon -
MTN SA has today announced that it is investing $39.1-million (R624-million) into the Eastern Cape province of South Africa to drive upgrades and deploy new network infrastructure across the region this year. The company says it is focusing on...
Mobile and Telecoms

Liquid Intelligent Secures Slice of Equiano Subsea Cable

Luis Monzon -
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has announced it has acquired a fibre pair on the Equiano subsea cable, allowing Liquid to transport traffic up to 12 Terabits, bringing a much-needed increase in...
East Africa

Airtel Africa Wants to Get Rid of its Towers to Cut Costs

Luis Monzon -
Pan-African telecommunications firm Airtel Africa has reportedly stopped investing in new tower infrastructure in Kenya, and other markets across the continent, as it prepares to sell most of its already-existing infrastructure assets. This is in efforts to reduce ownership of...
Mobile and Telecoms

Tizeti Partners Microsoft to Boost High-Speed Internet in Nigeria

Luis Monzon -
Microsoft, the US-founded tech megacorp, and West African solar-based internet service provider Tizeti have announced a new collaboration to boost high-speed internet in Nigeria with the "Airband initiative". The initiative will see the rollout of high-speed Airband internet infrastructure in...
Mobile and Telecoms

Could Vodacom Unseat Rival MTN After These 2 Massive Acquisitions?

Luis Monzon -
Vodacom South Africa has announced two major acquisitions today - the buying of a 55% controlling stake in Vodafone Egypt, the North African country's largest telecom, and a major move in SA's local fibre market through a new deal...
Mobile and Telecoms

Telkom Adds MTN as Roaming Partner

Luis Monzon -
Telkom has announced that its customers now have access to three networks following the group’s recent addition of telecom giant MTN as a roaming partner. Telkom operates a network of approximately 6,900 base stations & continues to expand this footprint....
Mobile and Telecoms

Telkom SA Further Slashes Data Prices for Summer

Luis Monzon -
Telkom SA has launched a new set of postpaid promotional deals and prepaid LTE deals offering more value to its mobile customers. These new data price reductions come not long after the semi-private telco announced its 1GB mobile data bundle...
East Africa

Liquid Telecoms Expands Reach to Rural Communities in Malawi

Jenna Delport -
Pan-African telecoms company, Liquid Telecom has announced that it will provide VSAT connectivity services to mbora, a pioneering new social enterprise in Malawi that is providing free connectivity to people living and working in rural areas through community hubs. Each...
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