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Articles tagged with: Mtn Uganda
Expanding Mobile Phone Information Service for Rural Famers
The Grameen Foundation is to expand its Community Knowledge Worker (CKW) initiative in Uganda, supported by a $4.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The initiative is building a self-sustaining, scalable network of rural information providers who use cell phones to help close critical information gaps facing poor, smallholder farmers. They will strengthen the information link to poor farmers by disseminating and collecting relevant information in these underserved communities. more
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Grameen Foundation Launches Mobile Services Tailored to the Ugandan Poor
The Grameen Foundation has announced the launch of a suite of mobile phone applications developed with Google and MTN Uganda that deliver services and information that were previously unavailable to Uganda's poor and disadvantaged communities. more
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Missing MTN Engineer Claimed to be Still Alive
The mystery of an MTN engineer who vanished in Uganda nearly four years ago took an unexpected turn when it was recently claimed that he had been kidnapped by security services. Andrew Ndawula, the MTN engineer reportedly overhead sensitive communications between security officials in Kampala and the crew of the ill-fated helicopter which crashed and killed the Vice President of Sudan, John Garang. more
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MTN Group Shuffles African Management
South Africa's MTN Group has shuffled its key management in its African subsidiaries. MTN Group President and CEO, Mr Phuthuma Nhleko, says these appointments will go a long way towards helping MTN to achieve its vision of being the leading telecoms player in emerging markets. more
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Motorola Wins Ugandan Mobile Data Optimisation Contract
Motorola says that it has won a three-year, multi-million dollar network optimization services contract with mobile operator MTN Uganda. A specific area of focus will be on improving MTNĂ's packet data network performance, throughput and capacity of the networks. more
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MTN Uganda Orders Network Optimisation Tools
Aircom International has signed a deal to deliver network optimisation tools to MTN Uganda. MTN continues to deploy GSM network infrastructure across Uganda and now provides mobile coverage to over 150 cities, towns and villages across the country. more
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Four Firms Bidding for Rwanda's 3rd GSM License
Four companies have been shortlisted to bid for Rwanda's third mobile license, the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA) has announced. Thirteen companies had purchased tender documents from the regulator, but most chose not to submit a formal bid. more
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Ugandan Investment Fund Seeking Stake in Local MTN Operations
Uganda's National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is reported to be in talks with MTN's local mobile operations to take a stake in the company. The Business Power newspaper, citing unnamed sources said that the talks are pretty much at a very primary stage, but early indicators of a possible outcome appear positive. more
Four Companies Interested in Rwanda's 3rd Mobile License
Rwanda's government is moving closer to inviting bids for the country's third mobile network. Speaking at his regular presidential press conference last week, President Paul Kagame said that four companies have already expressed preliminary interest in the license. The four companies were named as Zain, Korea Telecom, Orascom and an unidentified Israel company. more
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East Africa's telecom market has great opportunities for growth
Over 450 telecommunications professionals gathered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for the opening of East Africa Com, the region's annual event for the telecommunications industry. The conference started with a keynote presentation from Bashar Arafeh, Celtel International's COO for the East Africa region, who was keen to point out that "East African markets, being currently under market average, hold plenty of room for growth." more
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