Tag: spectrum
Vodacom drags regulator to court over ‘secret’ spectrum deals with MTN
Vodacom has filed an application at the high court in Pretoria seeking an urgent interdict to stop rival MTN from using “spectrum pooling” arrangements that...
MTN Nigeria allegedly moves to acquire 9mobile
MTN Nigeria is said to be in talks with 9mobile to acquire its operating spectrum and the entire company.
Media reports from Nigeria indicate that...
Zambia: Airtel Africa acquires spectrum for $29 million
Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, has announces that its Zambia...
ICASA to license more broadband spectrum
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has kicked off the process of making more radio frequency spectrum available to telecommunications operators wanting...
Airtel Africa coughs up $40 million for new Kenyan spectrum
Airtel Africa, one of the continent’s largest telecommunications groups with a presence in 14 countries, has announces that its Kenya subsidiary, Airtel Kenya, has...
South Africa: 3 telcos withdraw lawsuit against regulator
Telkom, Vodacom and MTN have withdrawn their legal action against communications regulator Icasa over the planned withdrawal of temporarily assigned spectrum at the end of...
GSMA calls on Africa to define 5G spectrum strategy
Governments and regulators across Africa have been urged to focus on spectrum policy to ensure a successful 5G rollout across the region by GSMA,...
Investment in Ghana’s telecom industry: MTN took risks while others were...
Minister for Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has lauded MTN Ghana for taking the risk to pioneer several telecom industry innovations over the last...
GSMA Intelligence: What are we looking for from spectrum in 2021?
It is, by now, widely known and accepted 5G will drive innovation and economic growth, deliver greater societal benefit compared with previous mobile technology...
Unified Licensing Regime for telcos soon, to drive down internet cost...
Ghana will soon roll out the unified license regime, a global standard of licensing for telecom operators with the aim to bring down the...