Safaricom, a Kenyan telecommunications company part-owned by South Africa’s Vodacom and Britain’s Vodafone, lost 1.6 percent of its telecom subscribers’ market share in the quarter ended June 2018. The company, which is the country’s biggest operator, notes that the loss marks the third straight quarterly drop.

Safaricom’s user base was up by 0.7 percent from the previous quarter, but its rivals including Bharti Airtel’s"...

NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) announced today that it has added Wi-Fi® functionality to its Japan Welcome SIMTM prepaid SIM card service to provide travelers to Japan with fast and easy access to “docomo Wi-Fi” hotspots nationwide without any complicated set-up.

The new Japan Welcome SIM & Wi-FiTM service provides access to docomo Wi-Fi secure public wireless LAN hotspots across Japan, including sightseeing spots, train stations,"...

Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom is supporting young entrepreneurs at the Westerwelle Startup Haus Kigali through its high-speed internet and cloud-based services.

Soft-launched in early August, the Westerwelle Startup Haus is a hub for entrepreneurs, which offers a range of services such as events, advisory services and professional development workshops.

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ZephyrTel, an ESW Capital software company dedicated to serving the global telecommunications industry, is pleased to announce it has acquired Vasona Networks, a leader in network performance and edge computing software for mobile operators, effective immediately.

ZephyrTel is building a world-class telco practice, to provide a multi-solution and services proposition to the global telco industry and leading enterprises. The company’s primary"...

(AETOS Wire)-- The global mobile industry is demonstrating significant and measurable impact in contributing to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is strengthening its commitment to improving lives around the world, according to a new GSMA study. The 2018 edition of the GSMA’s annual ‘Mobile Industry Impact’ report, published at the UN General Assembly this week, found that the industry has continued to increase its contribution against all 17"...

(AETOS Wire)-- The GSMA will represent the global mobile industry at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) being held in New York this week, advancing the leading role the sector is playing in meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Over the coming week, the GSMA will be participating in a wide range of activities with several high-profile partners and providing a critical platform for dialogue between mobile industry leaders, heads of state, global leaders"...

Vodacom Eastern Cape region has embarked on a crucial network investment drive in that province and has already invested R300 million, about $21 million, over the past three years to ramp up network investment in deep rural areas of the Eastern Cape.

This is part of Vodacom’s commitment to expand network coverage for people who live in deep rural areas of the Eastern Cape province, the fourth largest province in South Africa by population,"...

MTN Uganda has partnered with Mastercard and United Bank for Africa (UBA) to launch a virtual card that will enable quicker, safer and more convenient global online payments. Known as MTN MoMo, customers will be able to use the card to shop or make payments at the vast network of global outlets accepting Mastercard payments.

The launch of the virtual card will ensure MTN’s ability to provide its customers access to products and services previously"...