MTN Ivory Coast has improved its capacities of its telecoms network which will allow the inhabitants of Abidjan to access the 4.5G. This new service will offer the consumers of MTN Ivory Coast with more speed with a browsing speed of at least 200 Mb / s, allowing users to download 15 min of video [...]
MTN Uganda has rolled out the second edition of the MTN Dabolo promotion that will see MTN subscribers enjoy a 100% bonus on daily data bundles. The promotion known MTN Dabolo 4G will only be accessible for subscribers using 4G SIM cards and will run for six weeks. First launched in 2019, MTN Dabolo which was meant [...]
Alphabet’s Loon has officially began operating its commercial internet-service in Kenya. Loon said its service would initially cover 50,000 square kilometers in western and central parts of Kenya. The firm has partnered with local telecommunications operator Telkom Kenya to beam 4G internet from its solar-powered balloons. Rather than delivering connectivity from the ground through cell [...]
Orange Botswana has rolled out LTE-A services, boosting data transfer rates on its 4G network. The upgrades are being branded 4G+ and have already been introduced in Greater Gaborone (which houses about 10 per cent of the country’s population) and Francistown, the country’s second-largest city. LTE-A services will soon be accessible in most parts of [...]
Mobile operator Vodacom will use Alphabet’s Loon balloon-carried base stations to extend its coverage in Mozambique. The balloons will be 20km above the ground in the provinces of Cabo Delgado and Niassa, in the north of the country close to the border with Tanzania. Loon’s CEO, Alastair Westgarth declared, “We view this as the first [...]
The government of Niger has awarded a 4G license to operator Zamani Com. Zamani Com is the new owner of mobile operator Orange Niger which has been awarded a 15-year license for the establishment and operation of a 4G network in Niger. The first operator to plan 4G offer in the country is Airtel. The [...]
Data provider, rain, has introduced an unlimited 4G data offering at R479 per month. The CEO of rain, Willem Roos said, “rain’s goal is to offer South Africans a choice of affordable unlimited data products. Following President Ramaphosa’s address to the nation pertaining to the Covid-19 pandemic, we accelerated the go-live date of our 24/7 unlimited 4G [...]
Kenyans will enjoy high-speed and affordable internet facilities with the help of Google Loon and Telkom Kenya. This development comes after the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) signed an agreement with Google Loon, allowing them to fly their balloons over the Kenyan airspace beaming high-speed internet. President Uhuru Kenyatta said this will help Kenyans in [...]
Expresso Telecom has recently announced the launch of 4G which will be accessible to their customers as from the 31 March. “With the 4G Expresso, the experience will be much better in terms of connection, speed and reliability”, announced Fatou Sow Kane, the Commercial Director of Expresso Telecom. In addition to 4G, Expresso also plans [...]
9mobile is deploying its 4G LTE network to more Nigerian cities in order to expand its service offering to more customers. The company has added 10 new cities and towns across the country to its 4G network and upgraded LTE services in existing six cities, increasing the number of cities and towns enjoying its services [...]
