One of Ghana’s leading VAS providers is set to offer mobile voice content services to mobile operators in the West African country. Mobile Content.Com Ltd has partnered with VAS developer Kirusa for this new joint initiative...

The South African operator Cell C has announced the launch of a new service named “MyTools”, a cloud telephony service built on global technology firm fonYou’s OMT-9000 platform...

Paul Chester Children’s Hope Foundation (PCCHF) is partnering with Guardian 24/7, a telemedicine company founded by military physician Dr. Sean O’Mara, to bring greater medical access to patients in Kenya...

Robert Schumann, a Manager at Anaylsys Mason, examines Kenya’s forward-thinking approach to 4G network-sharing...

New information on the telecommunications sectors in two West African countries details the successes of privatisation in Mali, as well as the problems faced by Senegal’s Internet market...

Subscribers of Bharti Airtel in Ghana now have access to a new Voice SMS service, supplied by Kirusa...

Following a recent conference in London on financing telecoms in emerging markets, Developing Telecoms Publisher Alec Barton reflects on the recent spate of mergers and acquisitions amongst mobile network operators in emerging markets, particularly in Africa. He looks at some of the causes and considers whether the trend towards consolidation will continue...

Developing Telecoms recently examined some of the factors that have led to mobile banking’s success across many African markets. Mobile money transfers in particular represent a far more secure alternative to handling devalued currency in a cash economy, and for this reason adoption has been widespread. However, the informality of mobile banking infrastructure in Africa can appear challenging to the developed world, and raises serious questions about the potential impact of fraud in the mobile finance sector...

A new independent tower company will begin operating in Ghana as a result of a joint venture between American Tower Corporation and MTN...

Arianespace has successfully launched Intelsat S.A.’s newest satellite, the Intelsat 17 (IS-17), from Kourou, French Guiana...

The same three vendors that are deploying Bharti Airtel’s 3G infrastructure in India have been awarded contracts to expand the operator’s African networks following its acquisition of Zain Africa...

LTE infrastructure in Kenya could be constructed by a public-private partnership and then sold with equal availability to both new and existing service providers, according to a new proposal from the country’s government...

The success of mobile financial services in Africa is well known throughout the industry: the proliferation of mobile phones has transformed attitudes across the continent towards banking. Speaking to some of the market’s key players, Developing Telecoms asked what it is that makes the services so compatible with the market...

Updates for the fourth quarter of 2010 are now available for the telecommunications sectors in Kenya and Sudan. Covering mobile, fixed-line and internet sectors, the reports from BMI Research feature the latest market data released by service providers and regulators...

Nigeria’s Sterling Bank has launched a new SMS fraud protection service, in line with the trend of African banks taking advantage of the ubiquity of mobile phones to interact with their customers and enlist their help in monitoring card activity for fraudulent charges...

New market reports for two West African nations – Gambia and Burkina Faso – suggest that both countries have weathered the global financial crisis well. Telecoms and internet offerings are set to improve over the next few years with the advent of new fibre-optic cables...

 The South African mobile telecommunication market is one of the most developed and mature markets in Africa with a very high demand for mobile value added services. In order to meet this demand, the South African operator Cell C has selected MCTEL to deploy its device management platform on its network...

Globecomm Systems has won a contract to provide wireless managed services in Freetown, Sierra Leone...

The next generation of wireless broadband appears to be taking off in Africa, with several African countries recently witnessing the launch of their first 4G networks...

Azur Congo Brazzaville, a subsidiary of group operator Bintel Ltd, has increased its investment in Redknee’s billing and customer care solution in response to the fast customer acquisition it has experienced since it launched in September 2010...

Mozambique’s largest mobile operator, mcel, is set to deploy a new microwave network across the country that will cover all of Mozambique’s 128 districts. The operator has contracted Ceragon for a turnkey solution, with complete radio planning for the backbone network, and an on-site survey to detail all link specifications...