Telecommunications

South African telecommunication companies are trying to settle a wireless spectrum auction dispute with the industry regulator out of court to avoid a prolonged legal battle. “Mediation efforts” are underway …

MTN Group has decided to pull the plug on its operation in war-torn Syria after it lost control of the business. It has booked a loss of R4.7 billion on …

Zoom Video Communications Inc (ZM.O) agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated users’ privacy rights by sharing personal data with …

Kuwait’s Mobile Telecommunications Company (Zain) has launched Zain Ventures to explore future investment opportunities in the venture capital, financial technology (fintech), and the technology world, with a focus on digital …

Airtel Africa Plc has announced that it has secured a $200m investment from Qatar Holding LLC. This is in a bid to boost its mobile money arm. According to a …

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria) mobile subscribers declined by 7.6 million to 68.9 million, impacted by the regulatory restrictions on new subscriber identity module (SIM) sales and activations, according …

Fleets, the row of fullscreen tweets at the top of the Twitter timeline that expires after 24 hours is shutting down due to low usage after launching widely just eight …

Nigeria’s revenue service said on Thursday it had told banks to freeze the accounts of units of pay-TV group MultiChoice to recover $4.4 billion, in the latest tax dispute between …

To extend its international footprint, Vodacom Business Africa has taken a step into Brazil, thereby increasing its fixed-connectivity coverage to five continents across the globe. This trans-Atlantic connection has been …

TECNO one of the top 10 largest smartphone brands in the world and most admired on the African continent has appointed South African born Avatar Cape Town, a subsidiary of …