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MTN says that battery theft and vandalism have left 89 cell towers "on hold" in South Africa as they await replacement batteries and maintenance fixes.

Vodacom & IoT.nxt Deal Moves Forward

Connecting Africa, 8/14/2019

South Africa's Competition Commission has approved the proposed merger whereby Vodacom intends to acquire a controlling stake in IoT.nxt, with conditions.

Who Will Lead Ericsson MEA?

Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa, 8/13/2019

With just two and a half weeks left of this month there is still no news on who will take over as Ericsson's new Middle East and Africa (MEA) chief.

MTN Group Adds 7.7M Customers in H1

Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa, 8/8/2019

Despite tough trading conditions across most of its operations, MTN reported strong half-year financial results, adding 7.7 million group subscribers and growing service revenues by almost 10%.

Mauritius Is the Most Mature African Telecoms Market: BuddeComm

Connecting Africa, 8/6/2019

Mauritius remains the most mature African country when it comes to telecoms, according to the 2019 Africa Telecoms Maturity Index by BuddeComm.

MTN Ghana Sees Huge Earnings Jump

Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa, 8/6/2019

MTN's Ghanaian operation is shooting the lights out, reporting a 50% boost in earnings for the six months to June 30, 2019, aided by a big jump in Mobile Money revenues and more mobile subscribers.

Safaricom Pumps Up Its FTTH Plans

Ray Le Maistre, International Group Editor, Light Reading, 8/5/2019

In a country where mobile data is king, selling fixed line broadband is always going to be a challenge. That's why Kenya's Safaricom decided that, if it was going to try, it would at least offer a fiber-based broadband service that would enable its customers to do things at home that they couldn't do while out and about on their mobile devices.

Releasing 5G mmWave Spectrum Could Give Sub-Saharan Africa $5.2B Boost: GSMA

Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa, 7/31/2019

Releasing 5G millimeter-wave spectrum capacity is expected to contribute us$5.2 billion in GDP and and $970 million in tax revenue to Sub-Saharan Africa by 2034, according to an economic report by the GSM Association (GSMA).

South Africa Finally Publishes Spectrum Policy Direction

Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa, 7/29/2019

South Africa's long-awaited spectrum policy direction has finally been published and the government's planned wireless open access network (WOAN) is front and center.

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South Africa Leads the World in Demand for Constant Connectivity

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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