Vodacom
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Vodacom has landed the 2Africa subsea cable at its landing station on South Africa’s Eastern Cape. -
Safaricom Ethiopia has expanded to five additional cities, bringing its national footprint to 21 cities just three months after launching on 6 October.
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Vodacom has taken a 55% majority stake in Vodacom Egypt; the company has announced.
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Ethiopia’s telecoms regulator has revived its plan to seek a competitor for state-owned Ethio Telecom and new rival Safaricom, which has been in business just months.
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Safaricom Ethiopia has switched on its mobile telecommunications network and services in Addis Ababa, the country’s capital city.
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Safaricom Ethiopia, which started pilot services last month, is to build the company’s third new data centre.
Forthcoming events
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Vodacom Tanzania, part of Vodafone Group, confirms the launch of the country's first ever 5G mobile network.
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Safaricom Ethiopia has begun a large-scale customer pilot of its network in the city of Dire Dawa, 350km east of Addis Ababa, the capital.
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Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia will start launching services between next month and April 2023, the company announced today in Addis Ababa, the capital.
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Vodafone is to hold a worldwide Dragon’s Den-style competition to find ways to generate renewable power directly at mobile phone base stations.
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Giovanni Da Costa has moved from China Mobile International to Vodacom, to be executive head of carrier connectivity.
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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
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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.
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Vodacom has partnered with Amdocs to create an African Centre of Excellence (COE).
Forthcoming events
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