Tag: africa

3G will remain the dominant mobile broadband technology for the foreseeable future, but 4G adoption is rising rapidly following increasing network rollout. As of March 2017, there were 97 live 4G networks in 39 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa. ( read original story ...)

Bharti Airtel is one of the most recognised telecom brands not only in India but across 18 countries in Africa and South Asia ... and the largest in India offering GSM, 3G and 4G LTE mobile services, fixed-line broadband and voice services. ( read original story ...)

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Similar to its Kenyan subsidiary Airtel Kenya that outed Amazing Data bundles (although it is yet to roll out 4G) and FREE Tubonge deals ... While India’s revenues are down by 10%, Africa’s rose to 1.5% Y-o-Y on an underlying basis. ( read original story ...)

Cell C said it doesn’t charge for control plane data as it believes it is a network cost and it has set up its systems to reflect this. Both networks said this has been their method of operation since the launch of LTE in South Africa. ( read original story ...)

Mobile data traffic at Airtel India’s 2G, 3G and 4G network has increased 3-fold to 472 billion ... MD and CEO of Airtel India & South Asia. Airtel Africa said its revenues increased 1.5 percent. Data revenues of Airtel Africa reached $138 million ... ( read original story ...)

Sandip Sarda, CEO Quiptel, says, "OTT players are thriving in Africa, driven by smartphone penetration and the roll-out of 3G/4G networks, but the challenge is still how to minimise the cost of distribution and at the same time provide a great video ... ( read original story ...)