Sub-Saharan mobile broadband subs penetration to reach 50% by 2025 - Ericsson
15 November 2019
The sub-Saharan Africa region
Mobile broadband subscription penetration in sub-Saharan Africa stands at approximately 30% and is forecast to reach around 50% by the end of 2025, according to the Ericsson Mobility report.
Driving factors include a young and fast-growing population and increasing demand for digital services and financial inclusion. The Ericsson Mobility Report article published in conjunction with MTN at AfricaCom 2019 in Cape Town examines market growth for mobile services in Ghana and Rwanda. It also looks at how a structured customer service programme has improved quality of services for end-users in these two markets.
Find out more Sterlite launches dTelco platform
15 November 2019
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Digital specialist Sterlite Technologies has launched a digital telco platform ‘dTelco’ which will allow telecom companies to automate customer management and operations while providing new customer insights.
The Indian firm said that the platform will increase the scope of enhancing personalisation, generate more revenue and drive innovation. The dTelco platform helps move away from traditional siloed model to agile, scalable, customer-centric and data-driven business model.
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Vodacom network-locking in bid to make phones more affordable
08 November 2019
The company emphasised that the move by Vodacom should not be seen as anti-consumer, but rather a way for the operator to subsidise handsets more aggressively, particularly at the entry level where affordability is a major issue
Vodacom said it has started network-locking some smartphone devices for the first time in years in a bid to make smartphones more affordable to the end user.
Speaking to journalists at a media briefing, chief officer of the company’s consumer business unit, Jorge Mendes, said that contrary to popular belief, there are no regulations that prevent South African operators from network-locking phones, preventing them from being used outside the network on which they were sold.
Find out more Broadcaster to enter Seychelles mobile sector
08 November 2019
Intelvision is currently the only fixed broadband and pay-TV provider across the islands
Seychelles company Intelvision, which provides TV and internet services to the local market, is understood to be moving into the mobile sector.
The only fixed broadband and pay-TV provider across the archipelago has revealed that it is a planning a network rollout in 2020 alongside Chinese tech vendor Huawei.
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