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Articles tagged with: Safaricom and Mtn
Kenya's Subscriber Growth Reaches 40% in 2008
The Kenyan market saw some major developments in the second half of 2008: in Q3, fixed operator Telkom Kenya launched a mobile network, and in the last quarter of the year, Econet Wireless finally managed to get up and running, more than five years after it was first awarded a licence. At the end of 2008, there were 15.90m mobile customers in Kenya. Annual net additions stood at 4.55m, up from 4.08m a year earlier, but proportionate growth fell from 56.0% to 40.1%. Fourth-quarter net additions increased from 0.65m in Q4 07 to 1.37 in Q4 08. more
Related Tags: orange, , tim, lte, telkom, celtel, econet-wireless, Kenya
Econet Denies MTN Interest in Kenyan Network
Econet Wireless Kenya, which trades under the Yu brandname, has refuted local media reports that South Africa's MTN has offered US$450 for a stake in the company. The reports are "rumors," Chief Executive Officer Srinivasa Iyengar told reporters in Nairobi. The story emerged in Kenya's Standard newspaper. more
Related Tags: orange, lte, mobile-number-portability, iden, vas, number-portability, telkom, essar, celtel, econet-wireless, partner, econet-wireless-kenya, essar-telecom-kenya, yu, Kenya
The Fastest Growing Mobile Operators in Africa/Mid-East
The chart shows the fastest growing businesses in the MEA region over a twelve month view. The list includes nine of the names that feature in the Q1 08 list, with Zain Iraq coming in at Algerie Telecom MobileÃ's expense. The top two places are the same in the year as they are in the quarter, with TCIÃ's 9.12m just shading IrancellÃ's 7.95m. The other really strong performances in the region were spread across five main markets - with Mobily in Saudi Arabia taking third place ahead of two Egyptian companies, three from Nigeria and one each from Iraq and Kenya. more
Related Tags: nawras, zain, ipo, mobily, orascom, algerie-telecom
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
Related Tags: roaming, gsm-association, huawei, mtn-uganda, hspa, zain, vodacom, celtel, vodacom-tanzania, m-pesa
Who are the Top 10 Operators in the Middle East and Africa?
After a comparatively quiet second quarter, the mobile market in the Middle East and Africa has bounced back with a record number of new customers. Over 32 million net additions were made in the three months to end September, some 2 million more than were connected in the previous best quarter, Q4 2006. As has been the case for most of this year, the bulk of the growth has come from Africa, rather than the Middle East, with Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa producing the strongest gains. The most notable exception to this generality is Iran, where additional competition is spurring growth. more
Related Tags: vodacom, maroc-telecom, tci, orascom
Redknee Wins Pan-African Pre-Pay Provision Contract
Redknee Solutions has announced that an East African alliance of mobile operators, led by Kenya's safaricom, has chosen its Mobile Money Services for its international prepaid roaming top-up service. The alliance, consisting of six East African operators including safaricom, MTN Uganda, Vodacom Tanzania, MTN Rwanda, UCOM (Burandi) and Uganda Telecom, together serve an estimated 13 million subscribers. more
Related Tags: mtn-uganda, vodacom, redknee, Kenya
Who are the Top 10 Operators in the Mid-East and Africa?
The mobile market in the Middle East and Africa seemed to slow down in the second quarter of 2007. Indeed, we have to go back four years, to the second quarter of 2003, to find its equal. In both periods, the market grew by 8.0%, but while this implied fewer than 5 million new connections in 2003, in 2007, it meant 24 million. Looking across the markets what we see is that most of the fastest growing businesses were in Africa, rather than the Middle East, where markets are characterised by much higher penetration rates. more
Related Tags: etisalat, mobinil, vodacom, vodafone-egypt, mobily, tci
Kenya's Safaricom Expands "Free Roaming" to Rwanda
Kenya's safaricom has expanded its "free roaming" service, Kama Kawaida to include Rwanda - with MTN Rwanda. This comes eight months after the successful launch of Kama Kawaida in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Early in the year, safaricom, Vodacom Tanzania, and MTN Uganda offered its customers in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania the opportunity to move freely across the three countries as they would on their home network. more
Related Tags: sim-card, voicemail, mtn-uganda, vodacom, Kenya
Three African Operators Abolish Roaming Charges
Three operators in East Africa have joined up to offer free roaming between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Vodacom Tanzania has teamed up with safaricom Kenya and MTN Uganda to form the free roaming zone. more
Related Tags: mtn-uganda, vodacom, vodacom-tanzania