9mobile is deploying its 4G LTE network to more Nigerian cities in order to expand its service offering to more customers. The company has added 10 new cities and towns across the country to its 4G network and upgraded LTE services in existing six cities, increasing the number of cities and towns enjoying its services [...]
MTN mobile operator South Africa, leader of the national telecommunications market, announces the extension of its roaming agreement with telecommunications company Cell C, the third largest operator in the market in terms of shares, to the entire national territory In addition to the coverage area, the new agreement between MTN and Cell C incorporates the [...]
Tizeti, the Nigerian start-up specializing in providing solar-powered wireless Internet connectivity, has announced the launch of its 4G service in Nigeria. The company works primarily in Lagos, Nigeria’s unofficial business capital and Port Harcourt is the fifth largest city in Nigeria located in River State, another commercial hotspot for the country According to Kendall Ananyi, [...]
The mobile phone operator, MTN Nigeria, has increased the pressure one notch in the telecommunications market. The company, still the leader in terms of subscribers and revenues, launched 4G + in the states of Lagos, Abuja and Port-Harcourt. This increase in the capacity of its telecom network was achieved by combining the 800 MHz frequency [...]
The Republic of Cabo Verde will soon offer 4G services some 560 kilometres off the west coast of mainland Africa. This news follows the award by Cabo Verde’s Multisectorial Regulatory Agency of the Economy (ARME) of commercial 4G LTE mobile licences to incumbent operators CVMovel and Unitel T+. The 4G license came after three months [...]
Ethio Telecom plans to install a 4G network in the capital and other regions and to upgrade other network services, as the government prepares to open up the sector to private foreign investment. Ethiopia announced it would award two telecoms licenses to multinational mobile companies, by opening one of the world’s last major closed telecom [...]
State operator Mozambique Telecom (Tmcel) will roll out 4G services by the end of November and will expand the national network with the support from China. A statement from the company said, “Tmcel will introduce, by the end of November next year, 4G technology as part of the project to modernize and upgrade its entire [...]
Vodacom will turn off its 2G network coverage to expand 4G services and join Telkom by migrating users. Vodacom’s group chief technology officer Andries Delport declared in a media conference that the company would not be able to deactivate its 2G network entirely, as the technology was still used by emergency services and for other [...]
A new episode in the telecommunications development in Niger starts with Airtel Niger’s distribution of 4G LTE. Airtel, being the largest network is now the first operator in the country to deploy its 4G network. The launching ceremony was held last Saturday, June 29 at the Radisson Blu Hotel Niamey in the presence of the [...]
Ooredoo has added a number of new 4G partners to its list of global telecom operators for Ooredoo Passport; the company’s suite of roaming bundles. New 4G locations include China (with China Unicorn), Philippines, Turkey and Germany, as well as a number of others. Now customers going to top travel destinations can keep in touch and [...]