Airtel offloads more Africa towers
Bharti Airtel has brokered several more towers deals that will see it sell off 2,500 towers in Africa to passive infrastructure specialist Helios Towers.
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SingTel saw Q4 profit drop by 14%
SingTel reported almost flat revenues and 14% decline in net profit in the quarter ending 31 December 2018, blaming negative influence from its investments in Australia and India.
Bharti Airtel exploring acquisition of Telkom Kenya – report
Indian telco Bharti Airtel is reportedly in discussions to expand its presence in the Kenyan market through the acquisition of Telkom Kenya.
Jio readies itself for fixed broadband assault
Reliance Jio is set to pile more misery on Bharti Airtel with the launch of a low-cost fixed broadband offering.
Jio continues to cause chaos in India
Jio has continued it quest to ruin the day of telcos throughout India, hinting its free data offer may continue beyond March 31.
Jio finds another $4bn for Indian mobile market domination
Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani has found another $4.4 billion to invest into the ambitious expansion plans of his challenger mobile brand, Jio.
Airtel addresses Jio challenge with free data plan
Airtel has answered the Jio challenge by offering 4G customers free data for a year, though there are strings attached to the deal.
It has all kicked off in India as Jio accuses Airtel of dilly-dallying
There was no way the Indian MNO incumbents were going to stay calm over the incredibly disruptive arrival of new 4G player Jio, and the first evidence of this is already emerging.
Orange accelerates Africa push with Airtel acquisitions
Just a day after announcing the acquisition of Cellcom Liberia Orange has continued its strategic push into the African market by snapping up Bharti Airtel’s operations in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone.
“Ultimately, connectivity will drive innovation,” says panel at AfricaCom
A panel of African telecoms and digital professionals debated the necessary steps to help drive investment and innovation in Africa at AfricaCom today.
Essar exits telecoms with yuMobile sale to Safaricom, Airtel
India-based investment group Essar has completed the sale of its Kenyan mobile operator yuMobile, officially known as Telekom Kenya Limited (ETKL), marking the firm’s exit from the telecoms business. Fellow Kenyan operator Safaricom acquired yuMobile’s network, IT and office infrastructure assets, while Airtel has taken over its 2.55 million subscribers.
Essar sells Kenyan operation yuMobile
Investment fund Essar Group has reached an agreement to offload its Kenyan telecom business to African carriers Safaricom and Airtel for $120m.
Facebook, Airtel bring free internet to Zambia
The Facebook-backed Internet.org initiative, which aims to bring internet connectivity to the poor and underserved, announced a partnership with emerging markets carrier Airtel on Thursday that will see the Internet.org app provide free basic services to users in Zambia.
Asia-Pac operators join forces on M2M
As operators globally begin to place more emphasis on the opportunities in the M2M sector, 11 Asia Pacific carriers have joined an alliance to offer their customers a ‘one-stop-shop’ for M2M services.
Airtel teams with Wikipedia for SMS article delivery
Emerging markets operator group Airtel has teamed up with the Wikimedia foundation to provide free access to Wikipedia via mobile devices. Wikipedia Zero will provide Wikipedia access to 70 million new users in sub-saharan Africa, starting in Kenya.
Airtel launches HDV in three African markets
The African arm of Indian operator Bharti Airtel has begun deployment of HD voice services, beginning in Rwanda, Kenya and Malawi. The firm said that these deployments are the “first step” in its ambition to roll the technology out across its entire African footprint.
Airtel expands African mobile money service
The African subsidiary of Indian operator group Bharti Airtel has extended its mobile money transfer service across the 17 African markets it operates in. Airtel Africa’s subscribers will be able to send and receive money transfers over the operator’s network, which will be connected to a community of mobile network operators, and money transfer organisations, through the HomeSend hub.
Airtel extends on-net roaming deal to South Asia
Indian operator Airtel, which operators in 20 markets across Africa and Asia has extended its One Network on-net charging policy to its Asian markets. The One Network policy of charging domestic rates to subscribers while on Airtel networks irrespective of country was already established in Africa. Airtel inherited the policy from Zain when it acquired Zain’s African portfolio in 2010.
BSNL cuts off mobile access over debt dispute
Indian state-owned telco BSNL still has not restored all points of interconnections, despite a clear direction from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), according to reports in the country. Earlier this month, BSNL cut off connectivity to Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular numbers in several states, over a dispute regarding non-payment of fees for providing interconnection between fixed lines and mobiles. BSNL is claiming that it is owed $550,000 by the three operators.
Madagascan villagers get mobile access
A project in Madagascar is offering communications services in rural areas with technology that allows individuals to share mobile telephone handsets while maintaining private phone numbers and accounts. IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is carrying out the project in partnership with Movirtu and Airtel Madagascar, which allows individuals in the country to log into any handset to access their account for a small fee.
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