Telecom

October 22, 2019

Airtel Africa and Ecobank improve access to mobile financial services in Africa

Global telecoms provider, Airtel Africa announced on Monday, 21 October 2019, that it is partnering with Ecobank Transnational Incorporated to allow millions of Airtel Money and Ecobank customers across Africa to improve their access to mobile financial services and carry out a variety"...

October 21, 2019

MTN Transforms 510 Communities, Harps on Increased Development

Telecommunications giant, Mobile Telephone Network (MTN), has said it has impacted development in 510 communities across 454 Local Government Areas of Nigeria.

The company revealed this recently in Port Harcourt,"...

October 20, 2019

Morocco telecom market is among the most advanced in Africa, report

Morocco has developed one of the most advanced telecommunications markets in Africa, supported by the government's Maroc Digital 2020 strategy to encourage the development of a digital economy and on the National Broadband Plan which aims to provide fixed or mobile broadband access"...

October 17, 2019

Equitel’s Mobile commerce payments records 16% growth

Equitel has recorded a 16% growth in the number of mobile money commerce transactions, according to the latest data from the Communications Authority (CA). The MVNO saw its mobile money commerce transactions increase to 101 million as at the end of June 2019, up from 87 million in the same"...

October 15, 2019

Telefónica Selects Swrve To Drive Customer Engagement

Swrve, the world leader in real-time, relevant customer engagement, announced today that Telefónica, one of the largest telecommunication operators and mobile network providers in the world, has chosen Swrve to drive app adoption, engagement, and subscriber satisfaction. With this partnership, Telefónica will be able to reliably scale relevant, real time customer experiences to more than 350 million customers across 14 countries worldwide. Telefónica has chosen Swrve as their technology partner to deliver hyper-relevant, individualized subscriber experiences in real time and process and segment millions of behavioral data......

October 13, 2019

Safeguard Encourages Kids Play in New TV Commercial

Safeguard soap, a product of Procter and Gamble, has unveiled a new television commercial (TVC), tagged ‘Childhood Non-Stop’ to encourage play in children as an opportunity for learning.

The 30 seconds"...

October 8, 2019

GCC Telecoms Veterans Acquire Wray Castle, UK’s Leading 5G and Cyber Training Company as Part of MENA Expansion

Wray Castle Group, a new holding company, dedicated to serving the global Telecommunications and Cybersecurity industries announces it has acquired Wray Castle Training. Group announces plans to expand within the MENA region.

Established"...

October 8, 2019

GSMA: Russian Mobile Operators to Lead Commonwealth of Independent States in 5G Deployments

Russia will lead the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)1 in the commercialisation of 5G services, with the region’s other markets all launching 5G networks by 2025, according to the GSMA’s Mobile"...

October 7, 2019

RTC Advisory Appoints Nwani Managing Consultant

RTC Advisory Limited, a consulting firm, has announced the appointment of Dr. Vincent Nwani as the new Managing Consultant. He becomes the second Managing Consultant of the firm after 18 years of its operation.

Prior"...

October 7, 2019

Firm Develops Solution to Tame Unsolicited Messages in Telecoms Industry

In a bid to address challenges emanating from unsolicited text messages and advertisements pushed out to millions of telecoms subscribers through their mobile lines on a daily basis, GTS-Infotel, an indigenous technology company, has developed a solution that will enable telecoms subscribers"...