Smile Telecoms Holdings Ltd., a Pan-African telecommunications group with operations in Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, announced after its board meeting, significant changes in the leadership of the Group's board and management.
Telecom Egypt (TE), one of the largest integrated telecommunications operators in Egypt, is collaborating with IBM and Red Hat to help them develop an open, hybrid cloud strategy that will modernize their operations and accelerate their digital transformation journey. Telecom Egypt will adopt IBM Cloud Pak for Automation built on Red Hat OpenShift, to become more efficient, flexible and future-ready to support core operations and enable new digital services.
The Ethiopian government said it is on course to complete the issuance of two new telecom licenses by April this year.
South African multinational mobile telecommunications company, MTN announced that the Group has concluded an agreement to sell, and thereby fully exit, its 20% shareholding in Belgacom International Carrier Services SA (BICS) to Proximus NV/SA.
South Africa’s Telkom said group revenue for the nine months ending 31 December increased by 0.9%, driven by a 40.7% rise in mobile service revenue.
According to MTN Group, South Africa’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, it is expecting its annual profit to rise by up to 70%, after the sale of Uganda and Ghana tower joint ventures.
South African multinational mobile telecommunications company, MTN has pledged its commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2040 as the impacts of climate change become increasingly visible around the world.
Bharti Airtel’s Africa operations reported underlying revenue grew 13.8% to $2,870 million is the March-December period according to the company’s financial results.
Moov-Africa announced it will deploy a submarine cable from Casablanca to Togo.
MTN has significant 5G plans in South Africa. Back in 2019, MTN, the biggest in Nigeria’s telecom market, conducted 5G trials in the cities of Abuja, Lagos, and Calabar, but all that could hit the rocks.
