Zain Bahrain has announced the accessibility of improved mobile and home broadband plans that provide many benefits to its customers on its 5G network, allowing smarter, faster broadband connectivity and providing supreme value. On the mobile broadband front, Zain Bahrain rolled out a ‘SIM Sharing’ facility that will significantly benefit families and has been intended [...]
South Africa’s mobile and broadband operator MTN Group has picked five partners to roll out an open radio access network (OpenRAN) in Africa to expand 4G and 5G services more quickly and cheaply. A radio access network (RAN) connects individual devices to other parts of a network through radio connections. MTN said it will launch [...]
Telkom has launched Africa’s first virtual card for transacting on WhatsApp, enabling Telkom Pay customers to make e-commerce payments in South Africa. This move, says Telkom, is expected to enable millions of South Africans – even those without a bank account – to access the digital economy and transact online. Launched in 2020, Telkom Pay [...]
South Africa’s MTN Group will bid again for an Ethiopia operating telecom license in the second round if mobile financial services are included. Mobile financial services are key to MTN’s strategy as it continues to evolve from just providing voice to also providing data, digital services and mobile payment and lending solutions as demand for [...]
Ivory Coast-based startup StarNews Mobile, a mobile video network enabling celebrities and influencers to monetize their fan bases in Africa, has collaborated with mobile operator Orange to deliver its high-quality video platform to Orange’s 150 million subscribers across 15 countries in Africa. Launched in July 2017, StarNews Mobile targets the mass market with a network [...]
The roll out of Nexttel’s mobile money service is one of the key priorities of new CEO Benoît Yaoussou. The executive explained that by the end of 2021, Viettel Cameroon, operating under the brand name Nexttel, will introduce its mobile money services. “Nexttel Possa”, which means “Nexttel wallet” will be launched in collaboration with UBA [...]
Clubbing TV and Huawei Video have announced an agreement into a video distribution partnership across more than 60 countries in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Huawei Video subscribers will be able to watch Clubbing TV’s linear feed via a premium linear section of the service that will be advertising free. In addition [...]
India’s Bharti Airtel subsidiary in Uganda has followed MTN’s step to launch internet bundles with no expiry dates, allowing subscribers to browse with flexibility and comfort. The Chief Commercial Officer at Airtel Uganda, Amit Kapur, said, “The Chillax Bundles do not expire once subscribed to unless exhausted. The launch of these bundles is offering our [...]
Zain Bahrain, the leading Mobile Broadband network operator in the Kingdom, has become the first network operator to provide enhanced mobile and broadband network connectivity to the newly developed Khalifa City. Khalifa city, the second-largest housing project in Bahrain located in the Southern Governorate providing approximately 6,000 residential units. Through this progressive approach, Zain Bahrain [...]
Safaricom has introduced new campaign that will see subscribers receive free data every day depending on their data usage profiles. The campaign is designed to enable subscribers to redeem free daily internet offers depending on their use by dialing *544# every day for the next 90 days. The campaign is intended to empower more subscribers [...]
