Vodacom Tanzania to bring 4G to Zanzibar
08 November 2019
Zanzibar residents and businesses will start to access faster mobile connectivity after Vodacom Tanzania announced plans to roll out 4G network in the next year.
This is part of the company’s plan to extend services to the isles, according to the firm’s managing director Hisham Hendi.
Average 4G download speeds are between 8-and-10 megabites-per-second (Mbps), with possible instances of up to 40Mbps.
Typical upload speeds are between 5-6Mbps, with possible instances of up to 15Mbps.
“Whenever I visit Zanzibar, I feel like I am at home in Egypt,” he said.
Find out more Tanzania to provide internet in Burundi
08 November 2019
Tanzania will provide high speed internet connectivity to Burundi, after a service agreement was signed in Dar es Salaam between the incumbent Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation Limited (TTCL) and Burundi Backbone Systems (BBS).
It will be implemented over a 10-year period, said Waziri Kindamba, the general manager of the TTCL.
“ TTCL will offer first class broadband Internet services through our stations in Kabanga and Manyovu, in the border region of Kigoma,” added Kindamba, who also said the agreement allows TTCL to expand its portfolio of activities in the East Africa and Southern African Development Community (SADC) sub-region, with a population of nearly 350 million.
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Vodafone Ghana chief executive calls for big data deployment
08 November 2019
Vodafone stated that big data deployment can be used to make life-saving decisions, owing to an era that has become all but dependent on technology
The chief executive officer (CEO) of Vodafone Ghana, Patricia Obo-Nai, said the utilisation of accurate and timely big data could help save the lives of many in the west African country.
According to a company statement, using data from mobile networks is very critical as it is now a global concept.
It said big data deployment can be used to make life-saving decisions, owing to an era that has become all but dependent on technology.
Find out more Morocco among most advanced in Africa
08 November 2019
The nation’s telecom sector has been supported by the government’s Maroc Digital 2020 strategy to encourage the development of a digital economy and on the National Broadband Plan
Morocco is now one of the most advanced telecom markets in Africa, according to a report by ResearchAndMarkets.com – “Morocco – Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband – Statistics and Analyses”.
It said the north African nation’s telecom sector has been supported by the government’s Maroc Digital 2020 strategy to encourage the development of a digital economy and on the National Broadband Plan. It aims to provide fixed or mobile broadband access to the entire population by 2022.
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