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IBM workshop up for grabs
During ITNewsAfrica’s next Innovation Dinner, IBM will give one lucky Innovation Dinner attendee the opportunity to participate in IBM’s one-day Cloud Exploration Workshop for free. This workshop is valued at approximately R45 000. The Cloud Exploration Workshop is based upon…
Tanzania tackling poor mobile service
In recent months, Tanzania has battled reports of poor mobile phone services, with telecom operators claiming they are working hard to end customers’ frustration with new strategies to reduce dropped calls and bad lines. Makame Mbarawa, Minister of Communications, Science and…
Canar teams up with Dublin technology firm
Sudanese telecom company Canar announced an agreement with Dublin-based technology company i-conX on Tuesday. Canar will receive integrated billing and routing optimisation around a core database. Ali Ahmed Yarouf, Canar CEO, said, “As the Sudanese telecom market is becoming increasingly…
Libya’s LAP Green launching across Africa
Libyan telecommunications company LAP Green Network has announced new telecom services in Sierra Leone and Togo. The company will also focus on wireless services in South Sudan as part of its expansion plan since the North African country emerged from a civil…
Globacom introduces new mobile price plan
Globacom has introduced a new telecom service that offers one free minute for every minute spent on the network. The new price plan offer, known as the “Glo1derful offer” was launched in Lagos, Nigeria. Mohamed Jameel, Globacom Group COO, says the…
Nigeria to probe its poor telecom services
The Nigerian government is investigating the country’s frail telecommunication service, as for the past few months mobile service users have experienced drop calls and network signal problems. Nigeria’s House of Representatives has asked the Committee on Communications to look into…
Nigeria’s telecom system crashes
Nigerian telecommunication operators are experiencing poor mobile services due to capacity problems facing the country’s telecoms sector. Nigerian mobile users are experiencing dropped calls, unsolicited text messages and network failure across most networks in Nigeria. Gbade Jadesola, a Lagos based pharmacist,…
Uganda may benefit from new mobile price war
A new round of telecom price wars appears to be underway and Ugandan analysts are confident that the new battle will continue to assist and help customers benefit from the price cuts. “What we are seeing with Warid and others…
Telkom cuts off Multi-Links Funding
SOUTH Africa and Africa’s largest fixed line operator, Telkom SA Limited has stopped all funding to Nigeria’s Multi-Links Telecommunications Ltd. This was revealed during the group’s annual results for the year ended 31 March 2011 at a media briefing at…
(Exclusive) MTN Group CEO: Multi country acquisitions unlikely
MTN Group CEO Sifiso Dabengwa intends to maintain his company’s market dominance by focusing on service quality and growing the company’s 21 operations. “We’re past the stage of major transformational deals, it’s not likely that we will look at a…
Nigerian telecoms needs urgent power supply
THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has called on the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) to come up with stringent solutions in order to provide alternative power supply to telecommunication service providers in the region. This move will enable them to…
Vodacom to extend roaming services to prepaid
SOUTH Africa’s leading mobile cellular operator, Vodacom is set to extend its roaming services to prepaid and top up customers, an official has said. Responding to questions from our reporters on Thursday, a senior official in Vodacom’s Corporate Communications department,…
Nigeria’s NCC proposes new relugation
THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is planning a new regulation that will compel telecoms service providers in the country to be held accountable should they fail to offer the required service quality to their subscribers. The regulation is expected to…
Telecom Egypt profits drop
The protests and ousting of Egypt’s government has already taken its toll on the country’s economy. On Wednesday, Telecom Egypt reported a 10 percent drop in first quarter profits, citing the protests in January and February as having a direct…
Bharti to invest $1billion in African mobile network
NIGERIA is one of the countries in Africa to benefit from an additional $1 billion investment earmarked by Bharti International to support network expansion in its African mobile business. Other countries include Kenya, Ghana and Uganda. Sunil Mittal, Bharti Airtel’s…
Uganda’s “kwiktok” has analysts excited
The announcement by Uganda Telecom that it launched the “kwiktok” new promotion this week has analysts and experts excited that the industry is moving forward without being bogged down in a continued price war over service fees. According to reports…
