Tag: Telecommunication

Ethiopia's incumbent telecom operator -Ethio Telecom- is not just a player in the national telecom market. It's a determined leader, resolute in its mission to fortify its position amidst increasing ...

The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has set ambitious goals to significantly enhance the quality of telecom services, aiming for a 50% improvement by the end of 2024. These goals are ...

TowerCo of Africa Tanzania (TOA Tanzania), a telecom infrastructure provider, announced a US$30 million financing arrangement with British International Investment (BII), the UK's development finance institution, this week. Thanks to ...

Safaricom Ethiopia has recently announced its partnership with Woda Metals, an Ethiopian company that specializes in producing power transmission towers, telecom towers, cables, galvanization, and steel structures. In a significant ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that it has temporarily suspended the issuance of new licenses in some categories. The commission said the categories included interconnect exchange license, mobile ...

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Telecom Services Tracker, worldwide spending on Pay TV and Telecom services will increase by 2.1%, reaching US$1,509 billion. Despite grappling with ...

Broadcast Media Africa has learnt that the Federal Government of Nigeria is set to launch a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to deliver an additional 90,000km of fibre optic cable to ...

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has announced plans to auction additional high-demand radio frequency spectrum in its 2025/26 financial year. It had previously planned to hold an ...

MTN Rwanda invested US$7.2 million in its network in the first quarter of 2024. MTN Rwanda revealed that it completed upgrading 140 network sites across the East African country when ...

Kenyan telco Safaricom has surpassed the billion-dollar threshold in revenue, becoming the first company in the East Africa region to reach the milestone. This is according to the company's full-year ...