Olu Akanmu, the Chief Marketing Officer of Airtel Networks Limited, has resigned his appointment with the company to pursue other interests, with effect from Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Read more...
Nigeria's dominant operator, MTN Nigeria, says it has kicked off the verification of subscribers’ data collated in the course of the 18-month subscriber identity module (SIM) registration across the country. Read more...
UAE-owned telecoms company Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) has crossed out the option of buying the Moroccan government’s stake in Morocco’s Maroc Telecom, should the Abu Dhabi-based group be successful in securing Vivendi’s 53%-share in the North African operator Read more...
Gambia has liberalised its international internet bandwidth market by issuing seven international data gateway operating licences to the country’s three private sector mobile network operators – Africell, Comium and QCell – and two WiMAX-based internet service providers (ISPs) – Unique Solutions and Netpage – alongside state-run incumbent telco Gamtel and its mobile subsidiary Gamcel. Read more...