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September 12, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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Of the big six large African markets – Egypt, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa – South Africa is the most expensive when it comes to data. The cheapest 1GB package belongs to Egypt, at around R15.55. In comparison, South Africa’s...
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September 8, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, People, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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Telecoms group Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Global, announced on Thursday 7 September 2017, that the company has appointed Willem Marais as Chief Business Development Officer. Marais in his new role will help oversee the group’s business...
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August 21, 2017 •
People, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Cell C Board appoints new Chairman and deputy Chairman
Cell C, a South African telecommunications firm, has announced that Kuben Pillay and Larry Nestadt have been appointed as members of the companies board. The appointments of Pillay and Nestadt come after the company’s recent recapitalisation which...
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July 26, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, People, Software, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on ‘Growth of data consumption is staggering in Africa’ – Alepo
In an interview aimed at taking a deep dive into the current African telecoms landscape, IT News Africa spoke to Derrick Gross the Vice-President of Business Development at Alepo, a technology solutions provider. Alepo looks to make next-gen data...
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July 11, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on What Is Going On With Etisalat Nigeria?
After a turbulent start to 2017, Etisalat International announced on Monday that the telecommunications service provider will be pulling out of Nigeria in a matter of weeks. The announcement which was made by Hatem Dowidar, the chief executive of Etisalat...
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June 8, 2017 •
Events, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Nigerian Communications Commission Wins Big In Europe
On the 4th of June at the ESQR’s Quality Achievements Awards 2017 Convention in London, The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), for the second consecutive year, won the European Society for Quality Research (ESQR) award The Commission, who walked away...
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May 26, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on SA Telecoms Companies Allowed to Keep Broadband Spectrum
According to reports from Reuters, Minister Siyabonga Cwele, the minister of communications announced on Wednesday that six South African telecoms companies, including MTN Group and Vodacom, would be allowed to keep their broadband radio spectrum licences...
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May 26, 2017 •
General, Mobile and Telecoms, Security, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on New NCC inks partnership to protect Nigerian Telecoms
The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) announced on Tuesday that it would enter into a partnership with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and other security agencies in an attempt to curtail the vandalisation of telecom...
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May 22, 2017 •
General, Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Opinion •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Is Content Really King?
Recently I was thinking of the increase in adoption OTT players have gained and the consequent dilemma it’s wrapping around operators who now have to grapple with the concern of who owns and influences the consumer. This also got me thinking about something...
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May 8, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Nigerians to suffer even poorer mobile service
Nigerian subscribers have been warned about the possibility of facing poor Quality of Service as some of the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) operators start to scale down operations due to the harsh financial climate in the country, according...
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April 19, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on NCC to drive Nigerian telecoms sector forward
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has reiterated their commitment to further develop the telecoms industry in Nigeria. The NCC will continue to move the industry forward through strategic partnerships with all levels of government as well as other...
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March 20, 2017 •
General, Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Opinion •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Connecting Web-Based Services To People Without The Internet
3.9 billion people globally do not have access to the internet, according to recent research from the United Nations telecommunications agency, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The report reveals that 75% of Africans are offline; a startling...
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March 17, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, People, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Interview: Dr Mumick of Kirusa discusses telecoms in emerging markets
A telecom visionary with over two decades of working in the telecom environment, and a serial entrepreneur, meet Dr. Inderpal Singh Mumick is the Founder and CEO of Kirusa, a provider of telecom and social media solutions in the emerging markets of Africa and...
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March 16, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Nigerian Telecoms Consumers Spend $6.6 billion in 2016- NCC
Prof. Umar Gaarba Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) disclosed, on Wednesday in Abuja during the launch of the NCC Year of Consumer initiative, that Nigerian telecoms consumers spent $6.6 billion in 2016. He...
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March 15, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Opinion •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Strategic Focus Areas For Africa’s Telcos in 2017
Despite on-going economic challenges and some tricky regulatory issues, Africa is fast approaching the 1bn mobile subscriptions landmark. The continued rollout of 3G and 4G networks, as well as an influx of low-cost smartphones, is changing the face of the...
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February 27, 2017 •
Big Data, Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Mobile and Telecoms, Opinion •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Telecoms trends for 2017 – the year IoT comes into its own
2017 promises to be an exciting year in the field of IT and telecommunication as projects and technologies that have been unable to get out of the starting blocks for the last two to three years, take off. The big story for 2017 is going to be the push to get...
