A 24Tbit/s submarine telecommunications system connecting South Africa to the islands of Madagascar, Reunion and Mauritius has gone live and is carrying Internet traffic between the countries.
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Government’s plan to create a wholesale open-access network “will serve no useful purpose” and could, in fact, harm consumers – the exact opposite of what it’s meant to achieve, the Free Market Foundation said.
MTN Group is valuing its mobile money arm at R75-billion, joining African wireless carriers planning to list these businesses in a region that has more mobile money accounts than anywhere else in the world.
Vodacom Group said on Monday that it will work with the African Union to offer a mobile technology platform to manage vaccination appointments and vaccine stocks across the continent.
MTN Nigeria resumed airtime sales on banking channels Sunday after banks lifted a ban on the telecommunications operator following an intervention by the government.
Some Nigerian lenders have cut off MTN Nigeria from their banking platforms, making it impossible for millions of customers to buy credit for their phones.
Vodacom has reduced the price of a gigabyte of data, bought on an ad hoc basis, by 14%, from R99 to R85, and adjusted several other data tariffs.
In sub-Saharan Africa, there are now more than a million kilometres of terrestrial fibre, most of which is terribly underutilised due to high access costs. The solution may have its origins in Britain’s early postal system.
Huawei Technologies’ quarterly revenue shrank for the first time on record, reflecting the devastating impact of US sanctions on China’s largest technology company.
China’s Huawei Technologies reported modest annual profit growth for 2020 as overseas revenues declined due to disruption caused by the pandemic and the company’s placement on a US export blacklist.