France Telecom expands into Uganda
French carrier France Telecom has expanded its African footprint under a deal with Ugandan new entrant Hits Telecom. Under the agreement signed at the weekend, France Telecom will take majority...
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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...
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MTN Uganda withdraws call block threat
MTN Uganda has withdrawn its threat to stop connecting calls to rival network Uganda Telecom (UTL) over unpaid connection fees. Communications Minister Aggry Awori said that the government, which holds...
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Orange Uganda enters into network management partnership with Eaton Towers
"Orange Uganda's towers initiative will be closely watched by Orange subsidiaries in other markets across Africa," said Marc Rennard. Mobile carrier Orange Uganda has entered into a 15-year passive...
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Invisible Children: “Cloud services will see a rapid decline in opex across...
Josh Parolin Josh Parolin is the Manager & Developer at awareness organisation Invisible Children, which made headlines recently with the Kony 2012 campaign that focused on the plight of Ugandan...
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MTN Uganda announces LTE roll-out plans
MTN Uganda will bring LTE to the country during 2013 The roll out of LTE in Africa continues apace as MTN announces that it will be launching a network in Uganda in 2013. The subsidiary of the South...
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African 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...
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Disruptive 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...
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Uganda is next stop for Google fibre project
Uganda is next on Google’s list Google is taking experience gained from the Google Fiber project, which has seen high speed broadband deployed to residences in Kansas City, Austin, Texas and Provo,...
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Disruptive 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...
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Orange to sell Uganda stake to Africell
French incumbent telco Orange has announced that it is to sell its 53 per cent stake in Orange Uganda to Africell, an aspiring pan-regional operator that currently provides services in the DRC, Gambia...
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