Indications have emerged that the telecommunication giants, MTN Nigeria and Airtel Nigeria, will likely be the first two players to deploy the Fifth Generation, 5G network in Nigeria by January 2022. Prof. Umar Dambatta, Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), revealed that the commission had granted Airtel right to demonstrate its own 5G [...]
India’s Bharti Airtel subsidiary in Uganda has followed MTN’s step to launch internet bundles with no expiry dates, allowing subscribers to browse with flexibility and comfort. The Chief Commercial Officer at Airtel Uganda, Amit Kapur, said, “The Chillax Bundles do not expire once subscribed to unless exhausted. The launch of these bundles is offering our [...]
Nokia has been selected by African mobile operator Airtel Kenya as part of a three-year deal to equip the country’s capital, Nairobi, with 4G-compatible broadband equipment and 5G. Eventually, this installation will cover hundreds of sites and will include upgrading the coverage of existing 2G, 3G and 4G radio access networks (RANs) in various urban, [...]
Vubiquity, an Amdocs company, and one of the leading global providers of premium content services and media technology solutions, announced that it will become a premium content supplier and exclusive content curator for Airtel Africa. Airtel Africa has inked an agreement with Vubiquity to provide multi-country premium media content and curation via a Content-as-a-Service Solution on Azure [...]
The government of Niger has awarded a 4G license to operator Zamani Com. Zamani Com is the new owner of mobile operator Orange Niger which has been awarded a 15-year license for the establishment and operation of a 4G network in Niger. The first operator to plan 4G offer in the country is Airtel. The [...]
Airtel Nigeria has decided to redefine the television viewing experience for its subscribers with the launch of Airtel TV, a one-stop platform for all entertainment – music videos, live TV, sports, news and more. The Airtel TV app, which has been made available on iOS and Android, is subscription-free and gives registered users unlimited access [...]
Airtel Africa has declared it will soon introduce its mobile money business in Nigeria. The Chief Executive Officer, Raghunath Mandava, claimed that the growth in revenue was attributed to the double-digits growth across business products in Nigeria and East Africa. The telecommunications and mobile money service provider, present in 14 countries across East, Central and [...]
The American company Facebook has returned to better feelings when it comes to investing in Uganda. The company that announced last August the halting of its ambitions, because of the introduction of the tax on social networks, has officially signed, last weekend, a partnership agreement with the mobile operator Airtel Uganda and Bandwidth & Cloud [...]
Through its Egypt Submarine Cable Company subsidiary (EISCC), Telecom Egypt has completed the acquisition of Middle East and North Africa Submarine Cable System (MENA SCS), a subsidiary of Orascom Investment Holding. The telecommunications operator announced it on September 17, 2018 on the Egyptian stock exchange. MENA SCS was purchased for $ 90 million. Telecom Egypt [...]