Liquid Telecom Rwanda, part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, launched Liquid Home, affordable super-fast broadband. This announcement coincides with the company’s re-brand of its retail arm from Hai to Liquid Home.
It has been reported that the merger of Airtel Kenya and Telkom Kenya will face a delay of up to 4 months awaiting the tribunal’s verdict on their protest against the conditions placed on their proposed tie-up. Back in January 10, they filed an application with the Competition Tribunal to ignore most of the post-merger conditions set by the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK).
“Following information circulating online and on social media regarding CEO Nikolai Beckers, Ooredoo Algeria abstains from providing any comments. For now, Ooredoo Algeria is gathering all the relevant information.” That was the declaration made by the Algerian operator in an official press release.
Morocco’s National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency has fined Maroc Telecom MAD 3.3 billion (EUR 311 million) for anti-competitive practices.
Kenyan operator Safaricom has opened talks with undisclosed investors to form a consortium that will this year bid for one of two Ethiopian telecoms licences, reports Business Daily. However, the cost to break up the current monopoly will not be cheap. A consortium is needed because of the high entry costs that are likely to exceed KES 100 billion $1 billion) mark. The Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed firm said it was racing to assemble the group of investors ahead of its Ethiopian bid, which is expected in April.
South African mobile giant MTN has said it will make investments worth $1.6 billion in Nigeria as it seeks to put a series of legal wrangles to bed. The telecommunications firm said that its top executives made the announcement during a meeting with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.
Telecommunications firm Etisalat Group is set to trial 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G OpenRAN across its markets in Middle East, Asia and Africa.
Saudi Telecom (stc) is to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Vodafone Group for the possible acquisition of a stake in Vodafone Egypt.
Vodacom South Africa is expected to bring 5G to the continent in 2020. While waiting for the new spectrum to be issued, the operator is putting on the market new roaming deals in collaboration with Rain and Liquid Telecom to help expand 4G capacity and launch 5G services.
Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom is set to launch the first 5G wholesale roaming service in South Africa. Available from early 2020 in all major South African cities, this latest fifth generation of mobile internet connectivity will enable wholesale operators to create innovative, ultra-fast and scalable digital services for their customers.
