07 May 2024
Starlink has obtained the agreement of the Malagasy government to launch its commercial services in Madagascar.
Tahina Razafindramalo, minister of digital development, posts and telecommunications, said that the company is finalizing its local installation and the regularization of its administrative situation to obtain a satellite operator license.
Find out moreTelecel discusses MTN Guinea buyout to improve customer experience
07 May 2024
Rose Pola Pricemou, Guinean minister of posts, telecommunications, and digital economy, recently received a delegation from Telecel Group accompanied by Didier Nzuzi Sala-Diakanda, managing director of MTN Guinea. The discussions focused on the acquisition of the Guinean subsidiary of MTN Group by Telecel.
“The goal is to build trust and concretely improve the customer experience. The ministry remains committed to supervising and supporting all initiatives aimed at promoting the accessibility and quality of telecom communications in Guinea,” said the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy in a publication on its Facebook page.
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Zegtel to invest 30 billion in Nigeria’s value added services
07 May 2024
Zegtel plans to invest 30 billion naira over the next five years to expand mobile connectivity coverage in the country.
“In other developed markets, subscribers benefit from a wide range of value-added services on their mobile networks. Unfortunately, in Nigeria, subscribers only have access to the basic voice and data offering. Zegtel is set to be a game changer with its product offerings,” said Victor Izegbu, executive chairman of the MVNO.
Find out more Nigeria considers criminalising fibre damage
07 May 2024
In Nigeria, the Ministry of Public Works is considering regulations that criminalise damage caused to the fibre optic infrastructures of telecom operators, according to Bloomberg. The new regulation provides for tougher penalties for offenders and focuses on monitoring the activities of construction companies.
This initiative comes after repeated complaints from MTN Nigeria and other telecommunications companies deploring financial losses due to cable cuts. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has recorded more than 35,000 cases of optical fibre cuts in 2022 and more than 24,000 in 2023. An investment of 14 billion naira has been made to repair this damage.
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