Nigeria

SIM registration is a growing trend across Africa. A dual motivation generally to have more control over markets and to help fight crime means that more and more governments are looking... 2010-07-01

South Africa's incumbent fixed-line operator, Telkom, has published its financial and operational results for the 12 months through March 2010. One of the fallouts of its performance... 2010-06-22

Starcomms, one of the leading CDMA operators in Nigeria's diverse telecoms market, has reported a 32% year-on-year (y-o-y) fall in EBITDA for Q110, according to Reuters. ARPU fell... 2010-06-09

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) expects long-awaited number portability (NP) to be introduced in H210. NP is a potential catalyst for increased competition in the telecoms... 2010-06-01

One of BMI's long-term core views for the global telecoms market is that increased government involvement in rolling out broadband initiatives, be they to achieve universal access... 2010-05-13

Telecoms operators worldwide are looking to contain costs. Although most economies are returning to growth, the lingering effects of the economic downturn are still being felt by... 2010-04-20

A new objection to the sale of Zain's African assets to Indian operator Bharti Airtel has come from the government of the Republic of the Congo, where Zain is the leading operator,... 2010-04-14