May 22, 2018//-Telecommunications companies across Africa have in the past three years sold off their tower businesses to concentrate on their core business and improve their balance sheets.
Category: Mobile & Telecoms
Naomi Esi Arku Amoah Wins MTN Heroes of Change 2018
Accra, May 19 2018/– Audience stood and clapped when Madam Naomi Esi Arku Amoah was adjudged as the ultimate winner of this year’s MTN Heroes of Change.
RCom Settlement with Ericsson Unlikely for Now
Mumbai, India, May 18, 2018//- Reliance Communications Ltd (RCom) is in talks with Ericsson to reach a settlement outside of bankruptcy court over unpaid service dues, but a deal with the Swedish gearmaker looks unlikely for now, two people aware of the matter said.
Vodafone Ghana Leads in Mobile Money Interoperability Usage
Accra, May 17, 2018//-Within the first six days of the launch of Mobile Money Interoperability, the platform recorded exactly 22,919 successful transfers, and more than half of that, 13,504 was on the Vodafone Cash platform.
Of Telecom Revenue Assurance and Musical Chairs by Communications Ministry
Accra, May 17, 2018//-Ghanaians will remember in 2014 that the government, in it’s bid to enhance its oversight and revenue generation activities in the telecommunications sector, contracted Subah Infosolutions Ltd to build and operate a platform for monitoring caller data records (CDR).
Telcos See Interoperability as a Platform for Collaboration and not for Competition
Accra, Ghana, May 16, 2018//-Telecom operators in Ghana say they see mobile money interoperability as a platform for collaboration to fight cash and not for competition among telcos for market share.
Financial Inclusion is One of Africa’s Great Success Stories Over the Past Decade
May 16, 2018//-The launch and growth of digital financial services has led to an unprecedented increase in the number of people enjoying access to formal financial services.
9mobile Sale: Teleology Struggles to Beat Deadline, Shops for $300m
Lagos, Nigeria, May 15, 2018// – Hope seems to be rising for the 9mobile preferred bid winner, Teleology Holdings, as the deal for the acquisition of the debt-ridden telecommunications company, formerly known as Etisalat, will continue despite the challenges from different opposition groups trying to stop the ongoing sale process.
Airtel Tanzania, Comviva Jointly Win The RemTECH Award 2018
Abuja, Nigeria – 14 May 2018: Airtel, one of the leading operators in Tanzania and Comviva, the global leader in mobility solutions have emerged as the joint winners at The RemTECH Awards 2018 in the “Remittance Synergies” category for Airtel Money Domestic Mobile Money Interoperability service.
At Long Last! Ghana Launches Mobile Money Payment Interoperability
Accra, May 10, 2018//-Ghana’s Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched the first mobile money payments interoperability system in Ghana.