Vodacom
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Vodafone Group’s Safaricom Ethiopia is launching the country’s first competitive network in the face of a blazing civil war. Alan Burkitt-Gray asks the company’s Matthew Harrison-Harvey how they’re managing to do it -
Ethiopia’s new competitive telecoms operator has missed its deadline for launch, and is not giving any information about a new date.
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The government of Ethiopia has postponed its sale of 40% of state-controlled Ethio Telecom, blaming “recent developments and fast-moving macroeconomic changes”.
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Connectivity in Africa is set for a boost over the mid-term as two satellite developments deliver new connections and services across the continent.
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The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has said it has registered six participants for its spectrum auction.
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Public hearings are underway in South Africa today as the regulator garners industry feedback on its call termination regulations implemented in 2014.
Forthcoming events
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Global Carrier Awards 2022
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Capacity Europe 2022
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Vodacom has partnered with Amdocs to create an African Centre of Excellence (COE).
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Vodacom shareholders have approved a proposal to buy a controlling 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt for the equivalent of US$2.68 billion.
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Eutelsat Communications and Vodacom Tanzania have signed a service agreement for packaged services to deliver connectivity to underserved regions of Tanzania.
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Hilda Bujiku has been promoted to the role of finance director at Vodacom Tanzania, after a near seven-months as deputy.
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Vodafone Group (Vodafone) has agreed to transfer its 55% shareholding in Vodafone Egypt to Vodacom Group (Vodacom), its sub-Saharan African subsidiary.
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South African telcos Vodacom and MTN have joined Telkom SA’s case against the country’s regulator ICASA over plans to remove temporarily allocated spectrum.
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Ethiopia has called for proposals for a second private telecoms operator to compete with Ethio Telecom, the incumbent, and Safaricom, licensed earlier this year.
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Vodafone Group Plc and the International Telecommunication Union are to address the global digital divide through a new working group.
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South Africa’s telecoms regulator has abandoned its spectrum auction in the face of legal opposition but says it wants to run a new auction by the end of January 2022.
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Ethio Telecom is building network capacity and planning to pilot 5G mobile as it prepares for competition at the end of 2021.
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Government officials in Ethiopia have told media that the country will open bidding for its second telecoms operator licence this month.
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Vodafone has seen a 3.3% increase in service revenues across Europe and Africa, following growth in both the consumer and business segments.
Forthcoming events
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