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Safaricom at 93%, Airtel at 81.2% as regulator orders MNOs to ensure 100% compliance in 2 months

October 17, 2022 admin 0

As the country, mobile operators, and subscribers marked a day after the October 15, 2022 SIM verification deadline, it emerges that subscribers have continuously made concerted efforts to ensure that there lines are verified in [c]

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Airtel and Telkom subscribers can now make mobile money payments directly to M-PESA Pay Bill Numbers

July 15, 2022 admin 0

Kenya’s mobile network operators – Telkom, Safaricom, and Airtel – have announced that subscribers can now make direct mobile money payments to an M-PESA Pay Bill Number from any network. The move follows the telcos’ [c]

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Telkom and Airtel subscribers can now make payments to MPESA Till numbers

April 8, 2022 admin 0

Kenya’s mobile network operators – Telkom, Safaricom, and Airtel – have announced the interoperability of their mobile money service platforms, allowing Kenyans to make mobile money payments to a Lipa Na M-PESA Buy Goods Till, [c]

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Telkom Kenya and Airtel fined Kshs 37.8 million by CA for poor service quality

March 11, 2022 admin 0

Once in a while, we may become frustrated (and even disgusted) by our telcom service networks (or MNOs) or one reason or another. These may range from dropped calls, undelivered text messages or just poor [c]

Analysis & Features

Equity Bank revamps its *247# USSD code to offer services across mobile networks in Kenya

February 3, 2022 admin 0

Equity has revamped its USSD service (*247#) offering customers a seamless banking experience. The newly updated USSD offers a unified service offering across mobile networks and an enhanced customer experience with simpler customer journeys. Customers [c]

Analysis & Features

Airtel Business partners with Cisco to offer internet security to SMEs in Africa

November 26, 2021 admin 0

Airtel Africa, a provider of telecommunications and mobile money services with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, has announced that its B2B division, Airtel Business, has formed a new partnership with Cisco to provide [c]

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Airtel, Unicef in 5-year deal to enhance e-learning for children in Africa

November 6, 2021 admin 0

Airtel Africa and UNICEF have announced a five-year pan-African partnership to help accelerate the roll-out of digital learning through connecting schools to the internet and ensuring free access to learning platforms across 13 countries. By [c]

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Airtel, World Remit deal now allows free cash transfers in 129 countries

September 21, 2021 admin 0

Airtel Money has partnered with World Remit to allow Airtel customers to receive money from 129 countries, free of charge. World Remit is an international money transfer service that allows people across the world, to send [c]

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Airtel selects Ericsson to expand its 4G network in Kenya

October 7, 2020 admin 0

Airtel Africa has contracted Ericsson to expand its 4G coverage in Kenya. As part of the deal, Ericsson’s Radio Access Network (RAN) and packet core products for 4G will enable Airtel subscribers to experience enhanced [c]

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Airtel partners with Mukuru to enable cross-border cash transfers within Africa

July 23, 2020 admin 0

Airtel Africa and Mukuru, one of Africa’s largest remittance organizations, have announced a partnership which will enable Mukuru customers to instantly send cross-border transfers directly to Airtel Money customer wallets in 12 African countries. This [c]

Analysis & Features

Airtel Africa records growth in all business segments as subscribers hit over 110 million

May 18, 2020 admin 0

Bharti Airtel saw its overall revenues in Africa increase by 11.2% to $3,422 million, with fourth quarter revenue growth up by 15.1% according to its financial results for the year ended March 31, 2020. Revenue [c]

Analysis & Features

P2P mobile money transfers hit Kshs 684.5 billion from October to December 2019

March 31, 2020 admin 0

The value of person-to-person transfers over mobile money platforms hit Kshs 684.5 billion in three months to December, latest statistics from Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) indicate. The massive transaction count not only makes mobile [c]

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Kenya’s MNOs waive fees for transfers below Kshs 1,000, raise transaction limits

March 16, 2020 admin 6

Kenya mobile network operators (MNOs) – that is Safaricom, Airtel Kenya and Telkom – as well as companies and platforms that provide mobile payment services (or PSPs), have following a meeting with the Central Bank [c]

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Airtel Kenya sees rise in subscribers as Safaricom, Telkom Kenya and Equitel record drop

July 9, 2019 admin 0

Market leader Safaricom posted a market share of 62.4 per cent in mobile subscriptions down from 63.3 per cent registered in the previous quarter according to the Communications Authority of Kenya’s (CA) industry statistics for [c]

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Kenya gets new mobile number prefix, 01xxx, after exhaustion of 07xxx numbers

May 2, 2019 admin 0

Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has rolled out a new mobile number prefix, expanding the existing number range to meet the increasing demand for cellular phone services in the market. The introduction of the new mobile [c]

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Airtel Kenya quietly unveils mobile app, testing Data Manager feature with select subscribers

April 17, 2019 admin 0

Over a year since its rival, Safaricom, and soon-to-be partner, Telkom, unveiled their mobile apps, thereby giving subscribers an alternative avenue apart from USSD for accessing various services on the platform, Airtel Kenya has also [c]

Analysis & Features

SIM Boxing: A threat that telcos and government agencies should jointly fight

March 26, 2019 admin 0

By Derrick Sebbaale In 2016, it was estimated that telecom companies in Uganda on annual basis were losing about US $60 million due to illegal redirection of international calls traffic. The amount in part led [c]

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Safaricom calls, SMS and internet services to cost more from midnight tonight

October 17, 2018 admin 1

Safaricom has this afternoon announced via statement that it will increase its voice, SMS and data tariffs from midnight tonight in response to various taxes introduced by the government recently. In the statement, Safaricom, which [c]

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Telcos not conforming with SIM card registration rules – CA

September 23, 2018 admin 0

An audit of the databases of the country’s telcos by the industry regulator Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has revealed that the mobile network operators (MNOs) are not conforming with the SIM card registration regulations. The [c]

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Bharti Airtel sees increase in Africa revenues as India records decline

July 31, 2018 admin 0

Bharti Airtel has announced its audited consolidated financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2018. During the quarter, Bharti Airtel acquired Telenor’s operations in India, meaning that financial and operational parameters of the [c]

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After Ghana, Airtel now acquires Tigo operations in Rwanda

December 22, 2017 admin 0

Bharti Airtel has announced said that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Millicom – which operates the Tigo telco brand – to acquire the firm’s subsidiary in Rwanda. The acquisition means that Bharti [c]

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Airtel Kenya refutes exit rumours, working on 4G deployment

December 12, 2017 admin 0

Airtel Kenya has come out to refute media reports that it plans to cease its operations in the country, a market where it ranks second with 6.3 million subscribers, equivalent to 16.3 per cent of [c]

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Orange launches in Sierra Leone following Airtel acquisition in July 2016

October 18, 2017 admin 0

Orange has announced the official launch of its brand in Sierra Leone. As part of the lauch, Airtel Sierra Leone becomes Orange Sierra Leone. The acquisition of Airtel Sierra Leone was finalised in July 2016 [c]

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Orange brand launched in Burkina Faso after acquisition of Airtel in 2016

March 17, 2017 admin 0

Orange has launched its brand in Burkina Faso, with the move coming less than one year after the closing of the Group’s acquisition of Airtel in the West African nation. Orange will pursue its development in [c]

Analysis & Features

Wim Vanhelleputte back at MTN, now heads Uganda operation

January 26, 2017 admin 1

Life seems to have come full circle for Wim Vanhelleputte. The Belgian, who has spent most of his professional life at various African telecom firms, has a lot of connections with Uganda, where he returned [c]

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Kirusa’s InstaVoice Celeb service now available to Airtel subscribers in Madagascar

January 4, 2017 admin 0

Kirusa has launched its InstaVoice Celeb service in partnership with Airtel, one of the leading mobile operators in Madagascar. Hip hop singers Farao and FlaviOne, and stand-up comic Barhone are some of the celebrities offering fan engagements [c]

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Tigo Tanzania submits IPO prospectus to regulators, second after Vodacom

December 16, 2016 admin 0

Tigo Tanzania has submitted its prospectus and preliminary application to the Capital Markets and Securities Authority (CMSA) and the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) in connection with a proposed initial public offering (IPO) and [c]

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Airtel, Tigo and Vodacom to share infrastructure, boost Tanzania’s mobile broadband services

August 2, 2016 admin 0

Tanzania’s three mobile network operators (MNOs) – Airtel, Tigo and Vodacom – have launched the first active infrastructure sharing initiative in East Africa. The MNOs have committed to launch six 3G pilot sites across the country to [c]

CSR

Airtel, Apollo Hospitals partner to enhance healthcare provision in Africa

July 12, 2016 admin 0

Apollo Hospitals, the largest healthcare group from India, and Airtel, a telecom operator with operations in 16 countries in Africa, have signed an MoU to enhance healthcare cooperation across Africa. The MoU is focused on [c]

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DotAirtel, DotOrange among internet domains delegated by ICANN

July 11, 2016 admin 0

As part of its programme to expand the generic Top-Level Domains (e.g. .COM, .ORG, .NET) in the Domain Name System, the body in charge of global internet has now delegated over 1,300 new names (or [c]

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Orange Côte d’Ivoire completes acquisition of Airtel Burkina Faso

June 23, 2016 admin 0

Orange has announced that its subsidiary Orange Côte d’Ivoire, has completed the acquisition of 100% of the mobile operator Airtel in Burkina Faso. Since the signature of an agreement with Bharti Airtel International (Netherlands) (Airtel) in [c]

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