Telecom

SA telecoms regulator pushes for lower international call rates; how about Ghana? The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) is pushing for telecom operators...

GSMA says Google, Facebook, others are squeezing telcos’ revenue  The global body of mobile network operators, GSM Association (GSMA), has said that online services providers...

MTN Ghana pays out 70% of profit as dividend MTN Ghana has declared GHS 0.115 dividend per share for the year 2021, and the Board...

Which countries have rolled out 5G in Africa? When Ethiopia announced on May 9 that it was launching trials for its first 5G mobile network in its...

Nigeria government creates new Talk Tax The Nigerian government has created a new tax on phone calls in the bid to fund free healthcare for Nigerian citizens—classified...

Nigerians made $274.6 billion worth of e-payments in the first 4 months of 2022 This is according to latest figures released by the Nigeria Inter-Bank...

E-levy causes MTN to lose 18.9% in share price value The local equities market appears to be reeling from effects of the Electronic Transfer Levy...

E-levy: GRA reimburses some 120,000 persons after wrongful deductions The Ghana Revenue Authority has reimbursed some 120,000 persons wrongfully deducted in the initial days...

Could this be why African telecom operators are slow in rolling out 5G network? Whereas telecom companies around the world have been rolling out 5G...

Telcos fall on whistleblowers, police to check cell site theft Ghana’s major mobile network providers have noticed a surge in theft cases at cell sites, officials say....