Seacom rolled out its fibre service, ‘WonderNet’ which will offer a new level of customer experience in the home fibre market. ‘WonderNet’ offers a range of packages starting from 10Mbps through to 1Gbps. All packages contain a standard Wi-Fi enabled router, without upfront costs and which can be purchased on a month-to-month option. There is [...]
Facebook will partner with a group of telecoms operators to build Africa’s internet infrastructure. Facebook stated in a statement that it will partner with six other companies including China Mobile International, Telecom Egypt and Vodafone to construct what they are calling “2Africa.” The project will build a massive 22,990-mile-long undersea cable around Africa, which the [...]
Liquid Telecom will be supporting its Hai home fibre customers (Hai powered by Liquid Telecom) with unlimited high capacity broadband in order to help people who are working and learning from home or remotely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The network provider is providing this upgrade to current home fibre users for free in order [...]
MTN Ghana has recently announced an increase in the prices of devices as of March 2020. The announcement was made via text messages to all customers. With the new development, customers are likely to pay GHC499 instead of GHC300 for the MTN TurboNet. The 5GB data package would move from GHC20 to GHC25 and the [...]
Liquid Telecom Rwanda, part of pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, has rolled out Liquid Home, which is describe as ‘affordable super-fast broadband’. This announcement coincides with the company’s re-brand of its retail arm from Hai to Liquid Home. The service means residents of Kigali can benefit from affordable Affordable 24/7 internet connectivity, unlimited data across [...]
Liquid Telecom will introduce and run South Sudan’s first fibre broadband network, connecting across 13 African countries and to the rest of the world. South Sudan will connect to Liquid Telecom’s network across the region which covers the East African Community, a regional intergovernmental organization of six partner states, the Republics of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, [...]
Nigerian broadband service, VDT, will soon begin providing 4G data plans in 19 states in Nigeria. The company stated that it is leveraging on the Bitflux network it built to offer premium quality 4G broadband experience in the country. The CEO of VDT, Abiodun Omonyi, stated, “The roll-out will come in phases, starting with the [...]
Low-cost internet provider Poa! Internet announces the completion of its wireless internet network in Nairobi and Kiambu counties in Kenya. Over 3,000 Wifi hotspots were installed by the firm and already help Kibera, Jamhuri, Kawangware, Kangemi, Kabiria, Waithaka, Racecourse, Kinoo, Dagoretti, Kikuyu, Kiambu, Ting’ang’a, Kirigiti, Ndumberi and Githunguri communities get connected to the internet. The [...]
Ooredoo Maldives has just launched a first of its kind PUBG add-on for gamers, with data allowances offered specifically for the game. According to a statement made to the press, Ooredoo unveiled multiple data packages customised for PUBG players, including an Unlimited Pack: ‘PUBG50’, valued at US$3 with 1 GB valid for seven days , [...]
More than half million of Nigeria’s rural population will have internet through the use of Television White Space Technology (which is unused spectrum in the broadcasting band, which can be used to deliver broadband services to rural communities. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is working with the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to develop a framework [...]
