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Articles tagged with: Vodacom Tanzania
Vodacom Enables Payment of Electricity Bills Through Mobile Phones
Vodacom Tanzania subscribers are now able to pre-pay for their electricity via the M-Pesa mobile payments service. This project is a joint venture between Vodacom Tanzania and the electricity generator, Tanesco. more
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Vodacom Tanzania Signs Local Bank for M-Pesa Mobile Banking Service
Vodacom Tanzania has officially signed up BOA Bank to provide Vodafone M-PESA services to its clientele. Both prepaid and post-paid Vodacom customers are able to open a Vodafone M-PESA account at no cost at any our authorised agents and now BOA Tanzania. Most importantly about Vodafone M-PESA, any person from any mobile subscriber can receive money via M-PESA on their mobile phone. more
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Network Optimisation Leads to Lower Tariffs for Vodacom Customers
Vodacom Tanzania is to launch a range of lower tariffs after it was able to identify superfluous cell sites in under-utilised areas of its network - following network optimisation from Aircom International. more
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Vodacom Tanzania Shareholders Looking to Sell Stake
The local shareholder in Vodacom Tanzania are reportedly looking to sell their stake - just a few months after buying out the previous shareholders. In April, a local firm, Mirambo brought out the stakes in Vodacom owned by Caspian Construction (19%) and Planetel Communications (16%). 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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Mobile Money Transfers to Launch in Tanzania
Some 4.1 million Vodacom customers in Tanzania will soon be able to use their mobile phones to send money home following the expansion of the Vodafone backed, M-PESA service. Vodacom plans to launch the service at the end of this month. more
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Vodacom Reorganises Management, Names Strategy Chief"
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Vodacom Group Wednesday announced changes in the organisational structure of the group, as well as several high-profile appointments which will be effective on April 1. more
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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
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Vodacom Tanzania says that it has switched on its 3G HSPDA network in Dar-es-Salaam. With the installation of a 3G HSDPA network, Tanzania is only the second country in Africa with such technology, the first being South Africa. more
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3G Network Planned for Tanzania
The South African mobile operator Vodacom has chosen Siemens to provide the mobile broadband infrastructure to bring 3G technology to Tanzania. The order is part of a US$126 million broadband technology roll-out of Vodacom in Tanzania. more
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