Browsing Category

Mobile and Telecoms

27 posts
  • 339 views
  • 2 minute read

Here’s How Much MTN Spent During the ICASA Spectrum Auction

MTN announced on Thursday that it had secured the high-demand spectrum required for its 4G and 5G network expansion drive from the highly anticipated ICASA spectrum auction. ICASA announced that…
View Post
  • 320 views
  • 2 minute read

MTN SA Invests $46.4-Million in New Infrastructure for KZN, South Africa

Africa’s largest telecom group MTN SA has announced a further investment of $46.4-million (R700-million) in order to modernise existing, and deploy new, network infrastructure across the KwaZulu-Natal province in South…
View Post
  • 77 views
  • 2 minute read

Telkom Launches New Mobile Pay App for SMMEs in SA

Telkom Financial Services has launched the Telkom Pay Mobile Point-of-Sale (mPOS) app, a fintech tool that allows small, micro, and medium business owners to make and receive payments through their…
View Post
  • 290 views
  • 2 minute read

Airtel Nigeria Upgrades All 2G & 3G Cell Sites to 4G

Airtel Nigeria, the West African arm of telecom Airtel Africa, has announced that it is upgrading all of its cell sites to 4G technology. The operator says that now its…
View Post
  • 57 views
  • 3 minute read

MTN Group Posts “Strong” 2021 Results – $583M in Profits

South African telecom MTN has released its financial results for the year ended December 2021 and reported “strong financial, operational and sustainability results” through what the group is calling a…
View Post
  • 43 views
  • 2 minute read

4 Important Things You Need to Know About ICASA’s Auction Tomorrow

After several years of delays, cancellations, court cases and the setting of further and further deadlines, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) is finally set to auction access…
View Post
  • 38 views
  • 2 minute read

Paratus Shakes Up Botswana’s Telecom Sector in a Big Way

The Competition and Consumer Authority of Botswana have announced the unconditional approval for the acquisition of 100% of Broadband Botswana Internet (BBi) by the Botswanan arm of South Africa’s Paratus…
View Post