Kenya’s ATM service provider Pesapoint links up with Safaricom’s M-Pesa in...
Issue no 421 Safaricom, the listed mobile service provider will on Wednesday sign an agreement with ATM service provider PesaPoint. The deal will allow M-Pesa customers withdraw money through PesaPoint...
View ArticleMobinil launches 3G services in Egypt
Issue no 421 The Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (Mobinil) launched its 3G services on 1 September after long delays. The largest mobile phone operator in Egypt by subscribers, Mobinil invested...
View ArticleIndia's $30 Million Boost for Sierra Leone Telecom – looking at SAT3 link
Issue no 421 The Indian Government has given US$30 million to revamp the ailing incumbent’s fixed line services and switches. It will used to improve landline services in Freetown, Kono, Port Loko,...
View ArticleSmile Communications gets Uganda telecoms licence
Issue no 421 South African-based low cost telecoms firm Smile Communications has been awarded a telecommunications licence by the Ugandan government, Uganda's communications minister said last Tuesday....
View ArticleTelecoms, Rates, Offers and Coverage (briefs)
Issue no 421 - Six months after launching commercial operations, Nigeria’s telco Visafone has hit the one-million subscribers mark. The company’s current coverage area has grown to 17 states, over 150...
View ArticleITXC judgement lifts the carpet on bribes to seven African telcos for contracts
Issue no 421 Everyone knows it happens but the conclusion of the trial of three former ITXC employees has aired publicly how it is done. Employees of seven African telcos – all state owned with one...
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