Smartphone subscriptions soaring in Tanzania
from ALLOYCE KIMBUNGA in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania DAR-ES-SALAAM, (CAJ News) – SMARTPHONES are projected to surpass feature phone subscriptions in Tanzania by 2024 following…
Mobile & Telecoms
MTN mobile money plugs SA’s wide banking divide
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – MTN’S upcoming mobile money service is a major boost for about 11 million South Africans that remain unbanked and half of the…
MTN spends R10 billion in 2019 network upgrades
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – MTN South Africa has invested more than R10 billion to improve network quality and capacity in the current financial year. As…
MTN launches Rwanda Mobile Money Month
from PHYLLIS BIRORI in Kigali, Rwanda KIGALI, (CAJ News) – MTN has launched the fourth edition of Mobile Money (MoMo) Month to support and further Rwanda’s national agenda on…
MTN Foundation outlines 2019 philanthropic exercise
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – MORE than 128 500 people, including youth, entrepreneurs and artists in South Africa have this year benefitted from philanthropic…
Internet providers slam proposed ban on adult content
by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE Internet Service Providers’ Association of SA (ISPA) has opposed proposals to block adult web content, a move that…
Cable linking Indian Ocean islands to SA launched
from NJABULO BUTHELEZI in Durban, South Africa DURBAN, (CAJ News) – THE new sub-sea fibre optic cable system that will connect Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion Island and…
SA web providers laud directive on data charges
by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) believes the directive by regulators on services providers to reduce the…
Market concern at Cell C LTE shutdown
by TINTSWALOBALOYI JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE decision by Cell C, the network operator, to discontinue its fixed long term evolution (LTE) wholesale service offering,…
Telcos react to prosecution threat over data prices
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – SOUTH Africa’s leading mobile network operators have expressed disquiet at the order by the country’s Competition…