KAMPALA: The Ugandan government has not been shy about their opposition to gay rights and LGBT organizations working in the country. On February 14, the government's raid on a peaceful gathering of LGBT workers has sparked the furor of international (...)
KAMPALA: India's African subsidiary in Burkina Faso has been fined by the regulator ARCEP for not meeting quality of service standards set. Two other operators, Telmob and Telecel have also been fined under the same breaches.
ARCEP has imposed (...)
KAMPALA: Despite massive challenges facing the telecom sector in the country amidst large growth in recent years, Ugandans remain optimistic that the industry can continue to move forward. One of those challenges is SIM registration, which will (...)
KAMPALA: Uganda's Airtel officially launched its mobile money scheme on Tuesday with Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi making the first transaction to a local journalist. The new platform should enable Ugandans to access their real money and convert it (...)
KAMPALA: Zain Sudan Telecom said that it has not moved any of its profits made to its parent company in Kuwait over the past five years, the Sudan unit's CEO Ibrahim Ahmed al-Hassan said at a press conference in Khartoum.
It comes on the heels of (...)
KAMPALA: Verizon Communications confirmed over the weekend plans to expand its enterprise network platform deeper into Africa and the Middle East.
The global telecom giant said its enterprise customers now have private IP services available in (...)
KAMPALA: Uganda Telecom (UTL) said on Tuesday that it would ensure that all back taxes to the Uganda Revenue Authority would be paid in full and cleared in order to push forward on its plans for expansion in the country.
UTL said in a published (...)
KAMPALA: Zambia's President Michael Sata spoke out in an effort to reassure foreign investors over the country's possible reversal of a sale of the state-owned telecom operator Zamtel to Libya. His comments come less than a couple weeks after the (...)
KAMPALA: Southern Africa's Liquid Telecommunications has reportedly acquired Zimbabwe Online (ZOL), Zimbabwe tech site techzim reported. The website reported that the company will remain independent in terms of branding and operations, but will be (...)
KAMPALA: Uganda's Warid Telecom and Obopay announced a new agreement that will see the telecommunications operator launch a mobile banking and payment service called Warid Pesa. The initiative has analysts tipping Warid as the new top provider of (...)
KAMPALA: With Uganda's mobile money taking off in recent months, Warid Telecom is confident that they are able to make a push into the market currently dominated by MTN.
According to local figures, MTN Uganda currently controls at least 75 (...)
KAMPALA: The Ugandan government has urged its citizens to ensure that their SIM cards are registered ahead of an upcoming deadline in order for service on their mobile phone is not broken as a result.
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) (...)
KAMPALA: The new year has telecommunication experts excited about the possibilities for Africa. With the increase in new cables delivering more than 20 terabits of fiber capacity to the continent by the end of the year, a jump from less than 20 (...)
KAMPALA: New telecommunication services in Uganda should be introduced slower than current levels in order to allow the market to deal with services already available, the country's top ICT official said.
Nyombi Thembo said over the weekend at (...)
KAMPALA: Uganda's Warid Telecom says that the first stages of its mobile money registration process has been reportedly solid, a top official told media on Monday. The goal of mobile money is to provide users an easy way of managing their funds, as (...)
Africa's leading telecom operator MTN announced on Monday that it was now a majority shareholder in MTN Rwanda after acquiring the 25 percent owned by the government and private company Crystal Ventures Limited.
The move positions the South (...)
KAMPALA: Uganda's female trade union leaders are pushing forward on ensuring women workers in the country have greater empowerment and are not faced with threatening situations in the workplace. As part of the National Organization of Trade Unions (...)
KAMPALA: India's leading telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel, already with a large presence in East Africa, is shooting to expand even further with the establishment of 2G and 3G networks in Rwanda. The company on Thursday announced it would (...)
KAMPALA: It appears Uganda is not going to meet a December 2012 deadline set by the East African Community to transfer all televisions in the country from analogue to digital.
Last month, the country's communications regulator said that the (...)
KAMPALA: An agreement reached between Airtel Uganda and Uganda Telecom appears to have avoided a possible shutting off of telecom traffic between the two companies. The companies said that cash-strapped UTL has agreed to a payment agreement with (...)
KAMPALA: The Ugandan government reported over the weekend that they are hurting as a result of the ongoing price wars afflicting the country's telecommunications sector. It comes as prices of call rates and other telecom services continue to drop (...)
KAMPALA: The Ugandan government reported over the weekend that they are hurting as a result of the ongoing price wars afflicting the country's telecommunications sector. It comes as prices of call rates and other telecom services continue to drop (...)
KAMPALA: MTN Uganda, one of the leading telecommunications companies and mobile providers in the country, believes that rising inflation and increased competition will adversely affect its profits for the next reporting period.
“Some of the real (...)
KAMPALA: A new report published by Pyramid Research says that the future of Uganda's telecommunications industry depends largely on the mass market and mobile technology expansion.
The report titled “Uganda: Intense Competition, Mobile Rollouts (...)
KAMPALA:In a move analysts in Kampala are praising as the future of telecommunications in Africa, India's Netxcell Ltd, is reportedly ready to sign deals with MTN, France's Orange Africa and Vodafone Africa in a move that will see them positioned (...)