Kenyan telco giant, Safaricom, has selected Wireless Transport Solutions provider, Aviat Networks to facilitate a 5G backhaul with its WTM 4800 multi-band radio platform. This will enable Safaricom to roll out 5G networks in rural areas and other remote locations in Kenya where fiber and copper cable sites are not ...
Expanded markets by service providers and availability of affordable phones are some of the factors that continue to spur mobile telephony growth in the country. This is according to the Communications Authority report of the fourth quarter for the financial year 2016/17. According to the report, the number of mobile ...
The trending hashtag in South Africa today is #DataMustFall, an online campaign to protest high charges for data that enables users enjoy the internet. The online campaign will complement the offline protesters, who are matching to the doorsteps of internet giants MTN, Telkom South Africa, Cell C and Vodacom demand ...
Telkom South Africa has launched its FutureMakers fund whose aim is helping entrepreneurs build successful businesses. According to Telkom group CEO Sipho Maseko, the firm wanted to find a different way of running such a programme. The fund will include four pillars among them the FutureFund – an initial investment of R100-million ...
Yesterday we told you about the untimely death of Benjamin Mophatlane, the CEO and co-founder of the firm. Due to his death, the proposed acquisition of Business Connexion (BCX) by Telkom SA has been put on hold. In a statement, the the two companies said:“BCX lost its leader, visionary and ...
According to the Communications Authority of Kenya, international incoming voice traffic grossed 146 million minutes in the three months to December compared to 204.9 million, representing a drop 28.7 per cent. Kenyans in the Diaspora have now turned to free internet apps such as whatsapp and skype to communicate with ...
