Zain outsources East Africa to NSN
Zain outsources East Africa to NSN African and Middle Eastern carrier Zain streamlined its East African operations this week, with the announcement Thursday that it has awarded three network...
View ArticleTigo Tanzania outsources towers
The Tanzanian operation of Millicom International Cellular, Tigo, has agreed to sell approximately 1,020 towers to tower management firm Helios Towers The flurry of infrastructure outsourcing deals in...
View ArticleVodacom Tanzania sells tower assets
Tower sharing and outsourcing is very popular in Africa Mobile tower outsourcing in Africa continues apace with Vodacom Tanzania on Monday striking a deal to offload its entire tower network to Helios...
View ArticleAfrican LTE operator “could happily prioritise Skype traffic”
Smile is happy to support OTT services like Skype, which other operators consider potentially damaging A greenfield LTE operator that has launched networks this year in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda...
View ArticleDisruptive Data
LTE has been developed and sold to the global operator community as a means of migration—a technology that resets the mobile network for the challenges of a data-driven world. The ‘E’ stands for...
View ArticleDisruptive Data: LTE in Africa
LTE has been developed and sold to the global operator community as a means of migration—a technology that resets the mobile network for the challenges of a data-driven world. The ‘E’ stands for...
View ArticleFree Facebook comes to Tigo Tanzania
Facebook is pushing into Africa Developing markets operator Millicom said Thursday that Tigo customers in Tanzania will be the first consumers in East Africa to get free access to Facebook on their...
View ArticleMillicom makes mobile money move
Millicom has expanded its mobile wallet in Tanzania Telecoms company Millicom has stepped up its push to gain ground for its mobile money service in the east African country of Tanzania, home to 47...
View ArticleVodafone launches M-Pesa mobile money between Tanzania – Kenya
Vodafone has launched the mobile money transfer and payment service M-Pesa for transactions between Tanzania and Kenya, claiming it will offer a low cost means of remittance for the two countries’...
View ArticleAlcatel-Lucent clinches Tanzania infrastructure deal
Alcatel-Lucent has signed a three-year agreement to modernise the IP/MPLS and optical transport networks of the Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL). The project will lay the foundations...
View ArticleMillicom completes its exit from Africa
Luxembourg-based operator group Millicom has flogged its Tanzania operations to complete its strategy of focusing solely on Latin America. Millicom, which operates under the Togo brand, has been in...
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