Telecommunication

Hits Telecom, a Kuwait based telecom group, is investing $100 million in Tanzania alone to boost its presence in African telecom market, despite economic problems in the region.  read more »

A new offering by Bharti Airtel has made Zambia the first country in Southern Africa to have a so-called 3.75G data network that will let customers experience high-speed mobile broadband access and video calls as well as allow for mobile TV.  read more »

Zambia has reversed the sale of Zamtel to sub-Saharan mobile operator Lap Green Networks of Libya, following allegations that the company was fraudulently and irregularly sold by the previous government.  read more »

To demonstrate its commitment to key regulatory and policy changes, the government of Sierra Leone has released a road map for activities leading to the revision of telecom laws and full liberalization of the country's international telecom gateway.  read more »

From 2009, fiber optic cable deployment falling connectivity costs have dominated Africa's tech headlines. This year, the focus shifted from infrastructure to content and value added services to capitalize on investments, as both the public and private sectors provided incentives to developers. Technology is expected to be Africa's growth frontier and government services have been cited as a major driver, providing opportunities for business growth and better citizen participation.  read more »

Six months after withdrawing from Angola and South African markets to concentrate on the local market, Telecom Namibia is deploying the African country's first optical dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) network.  read more »

Qualcomm and Ericsson are banking on Africa to have a harmonized spectrum policy after partnering with the Africa Telecommunications Union, the spectrum regulation arm of African Union.  read more »

Nigeria's lawmakers have given the go-ahead to a joint committee of police, public procurement, debt management and IT officials to investigate China's ZTE over a $470 million contract for the Nation Communication Security System.  read more »

Sub-Saharan Africa mobile operator LAP Green Network of Libya is in talks for a sale of the company even as controversy unfolds over how it made its own acquisition of the Zambia Telecommunication Co. (Zamtel).  read more »

Intelsat and SES have increased their coverage of Africa, targeting the broadcast market as reliance on satellite connectivity falls along coastal and some landlocked countries.  read more »