Industry Developments
Liberia
News on Uganda and Liberia's plans for migration to digital broadcasting follows similar announcements from many other African countries, including Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana. Migration...
2013-04-24Uganda
On April 23 2013 Airtel announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Warid Uganda. The two are the second and third largest mobile operators in Uganda, and the merger...
2013-04-24Egypt
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has announced the launch of Egypt's national ICT strategy for 2013-2017. The strategy aims to attract foreign investment, create...
2013-04-23Kenya
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) reports that total customer deposits into mobile money accounts grew by 10% during Q412 and surpassed the cash reserves of the country's...
2013-04-23The rapid take-up of mobile data services and increasing availability of smartphones and data-enabled devices are among key factors that make a strong case for mobile operators in the...
2013-04-19Kenya
SEACOM's Pamoja launched its cloud computing services in Kenya in April 2013. SEACOM is a submarine cable company whose primary business is the wholesale of international broadband...
2013-04-19Kuwait
The Ministry of Communication and the National Technology Enterprises Company (NTEC) announced in April 2013 that mobile number portability (MNP) will become available to all mobile...
2013-04-18Financial results published by some of Africa's biggest mobile network operators show a sharp increase in the contribution of non-voice revenues to total service revenues during 2012....
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