Network Interconnection in Somaliland at last or maybe not yet!
[SGS – Hargeisa, Somaliland] Last week, five of the local Telecom Operators in Somaliland have drawn up an agreement to finally set up what seems to be an interconnection between …
Somaliland Telecom Industry – The New Decade and the Challenges Ahead
(19-Feb-2011) – SGS published a ground-breaking report which analyses the current state of the Somaliland Telecom Industry. This comprehensive report which is in the form ‘whitepaper’ talks about the evolutionary …
Djibouti Telecom attempts to boost its OSS/BSS systems
(30-Nov-2010) Basset, a firm which describes itself as a specialist OSS/BSS services provider, has been selected by Djibouti Telecom to supply roaming billing and revenue assurance services for the operator. …
Djibouti Telecom brings an IP POP closer to the region
(21-Oct-2010) Fixed line operator Djibouti Telecom and Telecom Italia Sparkle, the international wholesale arm of Telecom Italia, yesterday announced their top-tier IP Point of Presence (POP) is now available in …
EASSy to spark bandwidth price war
EASSy’s international bandwidth prices causing a stir in South African market The Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System, better known as EASSy, started offering commercial services on 30 July 2010. To …
SomCable annouced to be the local Carrier
The new Somaliland government announced SomCable to become the local Carrier of choice to establish undersea cables as well as the national backhaul infrastructure in Somaliland. The company plans to …
Africa Hopes to Close Broadband Gap
September 2010 – According to recent studies by the International Telecommunications Union, only 10.9 percent of Africa’s population uses the Internet. By contrast, the Internet is used by 77.4 percent …
Is Africa prepared for broadband?
Mobile growth has shaped the past ten years, but broadband will shape the next ten years. An ITU Human Capacity Development Forum for Africa held in Kampala on July 8-10, …
Blackberry launches Playbook rival to iPad
Blackberry has announced its answer to Apple’s iPad with a device called the Playbook. The company unveiled its tablet computer to much anticipation at its developer conference, Devcon, in San …
Helios investment in Kenyan telecoms sector
Pan-African private equity firm Helios Investment Partners has announced that it is actively looking to increase its presence in Kenya by entering the country’s telecoms sector. The news coincides with …