South Africa

MTN Group plans to spend ZAR28.217bn (US$3.412bn) on capital projects in 2013, according to the company's capex guidance for the year. While MTN expects strong subscriber growth in... 2013-03-08

South African telecoms regulator ICASA has gone ahead with planned mobile termination rate cuts (MTRs) despite objections from mobile operator Cell C. The operator, alongside other... 2013-03-04

Saudi incumbent STC has announced a deal with Ericsson to deploy energy efficient mobile infrastructure starting in Princess Noura University, Riyadh. The deal follows a global procurement... 2013-02-05

Vodacom, Tanzania's biggest mobile operator, has launched 4G LTE network trials in the Msasani Peninsula area of Dar es Salaam, according to the company's managing director, Rene Meza.... 2013-02-01

Pan-African fibre and satellite backhaul operator Liquid Telecom has agreed to acquire Altech East Africa (AEA), the East Africa subsidiary of South Africa-based technology firm Altech... 2013-01-30

On January 3 2013, the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) set a price cap for Short Message Service (SMS) across all networks. The new price cap of NGN4 (US$0.0252) per SMS applies... 2013-01-29

France Télécom-Orange has launched a new subsidiary called Orange Horizons to develop business projects in countries where the group does not yet provide mass... 2013-01-17