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Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa, 6/21/2019
The Vodacom Group is selling out of its enterprise businesses in Nigeria, Zambia, Angola, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire
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Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa, 6/21/2019
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that within the next 30 days the country will finally get some concrete direction when it comes to mobile spectrum allocation.
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The Staff, 6/19/2019
A court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has upheld a recent government suspension of South African-based telecoms operator Vodacom's 2G telecoms licence in the country.
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The Staff, 6/17/2019
Airtel Africa has revealed the price range for its planned IPO on the London Stock Exchange. The operator, a division of Indian telecoms giant Bharti Airtel, has set the range at 80 pence-100 pence per share, which values the operation at between GB pound 3 billion and GB pound 3.62 billion (US$3.79 billion and $4.57 billion), excluding any ...
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Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa, 6/14/2019
Ooredoo Algeria has taken the first step towards next-generation networks with the successful deployment of what it claims is North Africa's first virtualized mobile gateway.
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Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa, 6/11/2019
Huawei will not leave any of its South African telco customers "vulnerable in any way," the embattled Chinese vendor has told Connecting Africa. The commitment comes as the world's largest telecoms gear-maker, and the second-largest global smartphone seller, continues to push forward with its 5G plans in Africa despite ongoing business and political ...
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Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa, 6/5/2019
Bharti Airtel's African business is on the rise, with subscribers on the continent increasing by 10.7% year-on-year to 98.9 million across 14 markets, the operator reported in its updated fourth quarter and full year results for the period ended March 31, 2019.
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Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa, 6/5/2019
What do you want to know about the key telecoms and ICT trends in Africa? If you found your way to this digital community you must have some interest in the topic and as the newly appointed editor of Connecting Africa it's my job to provide you with the news and insights that can help you keep up to date with one of the key industry verticals affecting ...
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Ray Le Maistre, International Group Editor, Light Reading, 5/31/2019
African mobile masts specialist Eaton Towers, which last year postponed its plans for an IPO, has agreed to be acquired by American Tower Corp. (ATC) in a deal valued at US$1.85 billion.
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Steve McCaffery, President, International Sales & Managing Director IBO, Arris, 1/3/2019
South Africans have the world's highest expectations for connectivity.
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