Angolan mobile phone company Unitel has so far invested 25 million U.S. dollars in technology innovation and digital upgrades to prepare for the launch of the 5G service in the country. According to Unitel, the upgrades will allow more devices to access the mobile internet at the same time and make the company’s services more [...]
UNITEL launched this week a digital money service “UNITEL Money” in Angola. The service allows users to make deposit, withdrawal, transfer and payment via mobile phone, without needing a bank account.The technology platform used by UNITEL is powered by Huawei, with whom the company has been cooperating over the past couple of years. “The project [...]
Unitel and Ericsson have signed a three-year partnership across Angola for supplying Radio System solutions. The Radio & 5G core expansions will enable Unitel to meet increasing data demands of customers on the Angolan market. The agreement sees the expansion of Ericsson’s Packet Core and User Data Consolidation network and readiness for 5G non-standalone services. [...]
Huawei Angola plan to invest $60 million to build a headquarter for training and promotion of digital education for public schools’ student in partnership with mobile operator, Unitel. Eunice de Carvalho, General Director of Unitel and Liuhongzhen Michael, Deputy CEO of Huawei announced a two-year memorandum by supplying equipment and technological solutions by Huawei while [...]
The Angolan government has granted Lebanese owned Africell the mobile operator license in the country. Africell is already operating in four African countries Gambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone and Uganda. Angola’s mobile phone market, with almost 14 million users, is currently controlled by two privately held companies — Unitel and Movicel. A third [...]
Telstar has secured mobile phone license in Angola. The telecom operator was awarded this license after winning the tender issued by the Angolan government. Its network will be operational within a year. To obtain this license, the company has spent nearly $ 120 million. Angolan Telecommunications Minister José Carlos da Rocha announced that “Angola’s Telstar has won the international [...]