Philippines ‘to invest in fibre and towers’ as China Telecom confirmed as licence winner

19 November 2018 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

The Philippines government says it will open up infrastructure to all players, as a group including China Telecom was confirmed today as the winner of the race to be the third mobile operator.

OPIC gives $100m backing to Africell to boost Connect Africa initiative

14 November 2018 | Jason McGee-Abe

PICTURE: (Seated left to right) Worku Gachou, MD for Africa at OPIC, and Ian Paterson, Africell CIO. (Standing left to right) Frank Dunlevy, OPIC counselor to the President, and Steve Dowd, US Executive Director for AFDB

Teleology appoints 9mobile board after NCC approves takeover

14 November 2018 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

The Nigerian regulator has cleared the private-equity takeover of the former Etisalat Nigeria, renamed 9mobile, after many months of delay.

Orange chief Stéphane Richard named as new GSMA chair

12 November 2018 | James Pearce

Orange Group chairman and CEO Stéphane Richard has been named as the next chair of the GSMA, from January 2019 until December 2020.

Sparkle revenues fall and TIM talks to Open Fiber about collaboration

09 November 2018 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Sparkle’s revenues fell by 7.6% in the first three quarters of the year, according to today’s results from TIM.

MTN’s $10bn claims from Nigeria ‘could threaten South African economy’, bank warns

09 November 2018 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

The $10 billion dispute between MTN and the Nigerian government is a risk to the group and the South African economy, South Africa’s central bank said yesterday.

Court grants bail to Zimbabwe ex-telecoms minister after corruption charges

08 November 2018 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Zimbabwe’s former telecoms minister Supa Mandiwanzira has been bailed to appear in court at the end of the month after facing two charges related to his time as a minister.

CenturyLink CTO Aamir Hussain to step down

07 November 2018 | Natalie Bannerman

Aamir Hussain, chief technology officer at CenturyLink, is rumoured to be stepping down from his role.

Impact Telecom names Patrick Reilly as vice president of carrier services

05 November 2018 | Natalie Bannerman

Impact Telecom, a full-service telecoms company, has appointed Patrick Reilly as its vice president of carrier services.

Axiata names Ghazzali Khalid as its new chairman

02 November 2018 | Natalie Bannerman

Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata) has appointed Ghazzali Sheikh Abdul Khalid, its interim chairman, as its new permanent chairman, effective immediately.

Sahel countries agree to end mobile roaming charges in 2019

01 November 2018 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Five countries in north Africa have come a step closer to removing mobile roaming charges.

MegaFon gets €150m Finnish-backed loan to buy from Nokia

30 October 2018 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Finland’s export credit agency is backing a loan of €150 million to Russian operator MegaFon so that it can buy Nokia network equipment.