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Vodafone Cameroon service shut down following licencing issuesSeptember 22, 2017Vodafone Cameroon was forced to shut down their service on 14 September 2017, following investigations into the company’s wireless broadband operation. Vodafone Cameroon - an Afrimax-Vodafone joint company began offering wireless broadband services in Cameroon in September 2016. In November 2014, Afrimax, an African wireless broadband operator and telecoms management company, entered a strategic partnership agreement with Vodafone Group that allowed the two companies to enter new African telecommunications markets, launching mobile and wireless broadband services in Uganda, Zambia, Ghana and Cameroon. Through the Partner Market Agreement, Vodafone was able to extend their global footprint whilst Afrimax gained continued access to a range of Vodafone products, networks, and services. In all four countries, services are offered under the Vodafone Country brand and the company entities are being referred to as part of Afrimax Group.
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Tanzania’s Mobile Operators fined… AgainJuly 26, 2017Tanzania’s mobile operators have struggled to comply with wave of new regulatory oversight that has seen a rise in fines for violating regulations and scrutiny over service quality in Tanzania. Despite having previously received fines, six of the country’s seven mobile operators still failed to comply with SIM registration regulations and have been issued a new series of fines on 14 July.Subscribers Only
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Etisalat Nigeria still in talks with creditors over $1.2bn debtJune 15, 2017Etisalat Nigeria is still in a period of uncertainty, following the default on a repayment of the operators’ $1.2 billion loan to their creditors (led by Guaranty Trust Bank Nigeria, Access Bank Nigeria and Zenith Bank Nigeria) issued in 2013.Subscribers Only
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Roaming costs across the EU and EFTA set to tumble as EU ‘roam like at home’ regulations launchJune 14, 2017The EU launched ‘Roam Like at Home’ on 15th June, introducing elements of the ‘Digital Single Market’ to the statute book. This bans international roaming charges within the 28 countries of the EU plus the three markets of the EEA, impacting on some 672 million mobile subscriptions.Subscribers Only
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Consolidation in Ghana’s Mobile Market: Tigo and Airtel Ghana Complete Merger TalksMarch 06, 2017Millicom International Cellular (Millicom) has completed another step in the consolidation of their African assets, focused on their Ghanaian subsidiary Tigo Ghana. Bharti Airtel and Millicom announced a joint-ownership merger agreement on Friday 3 March, which will see Tigo Ghana merge with Bharti Airtel’s subsidiary – Airtel Ghana.Subscribers Only
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Cellcom aids final sale of Golan Telecom to Electra ConsumerJanuary 06, 2017The deal concludes more than a year after Cellcom first announced it would attempt to acquire debt laden Golan Telecom. Regulatory opposition has forced a deal that while financed by Cellcom will retain Golan as a company under separate ownership through Elco Holdings subsidiary Electra Consumer Products.Subscribers Only
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Slovenia to re-run 1,800 MHz and 2,100 MHz spectrum auctionJuly 12, 2016The Slovenian regulator has decided to re-launch the public auction, saying it only received two bids, and the conditions of the auction stated it must receive at least two competing bids for each block.Subscribers Only
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ShowMax expands footprint into Sub-Saharan AfricaJune 13, 2016Subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) service ShowMax, has expanded its reach to 37 Sub-Saharan African countries. The online TV and movie service, which is a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers, launched first in South Africa in August of 2015, with the remaining countries launching in May of 2016.Subscribers Only
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Israel: Cut-throat competition further slumps operators’ revenuesMarch 15, 2016Cellcom Israel and Partner Communication have both reported a decline in year-end 2015 revenues as competition in the mobile market proliferates.Subscribers Only
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Cellcom to buy rival Golan Telecom for $300 millionNovember 05, 2015Israel’s mobile giant Cellcom plans to buy Golan Telecom for 1.17 billion shekels ($301 million).Subscribers Only
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Israel Country Profile - Operator MultiplayAugust 19, 2015In this country profile: data, charts, insight on the Israeli fixed voice, fixed broadband, mobile, pay TV and multiplay markets, plus comment on the major recent strategic and regulatory events.Subscribers Only
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America Movil Profile - Operator MultiplayAmerica Movil Profile - Operator MultiplayAugust 10, 2015In this operator profile: data, charts and commentary on America Movils' strategy, financial and operational performance and recent events.Subscribers Only
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Cellcom Israel buys MVNO Home CellularJuly 15, 2015Cellcom Israel has announced its plan to acquire Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Home Cellular.Subscribers Only
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Cellcom Israel, Pelephone gets infrastructure sharing greenlightJuly 09, 2015Israel Antitrust Authority (IAA) has approved the passive infrastructure cooperation agreement between Cellcom and Pelephone.Subscribers Only
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Fierce competition pulls down Bezeq mobile revenueMay 21, 2015Bezeq Telecom has announced a 5.9% year-on-year (y/y) fall in revenues to 2.31 billion shekels ($598 million) from ILS2.17 billion, pulled down by a 22% y/y revenue drop in its mobile arm Pelephone.Subscribers Only
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Telekom Slovenjie privatisation receives one bidApril 17, 2015Cinven has confirmed a binding bid for the state’s 72.75% stake in Telekom Slovenije.Subscribers Only
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Bezeq to take full control of TV operator YESFebruary 12, 2015Bezeq Telecom plans to take full control of TV operator YES in an agreement worth ILS1.05 billion ($270 million).Subscribers Only
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European regulators begin imposing net neutrality rulesJanuary 28, 2015The regulators of two European countries that have enacted net neutrality legislation have begun to impose the laws, handing out fines and warnings to operators seen to be breaking the rules.Subscribers Only
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Israel awards 4G LTE spectrum to six operatorsJanuary 13, 2015Israel’s Ministry of Communications has awarded six companies mobile licences in its 4G LTE 1800MHz tender.Subscribers Only
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Reforms to boost broadband competition in IsraelNovember 19, 2014Israel’s Ministry of Communications has published a decision regarding the regulation of the wholesale market for fixed broadband, which defines a format for the supply of wholesale services, and sets a tariff for the supply of these services.Subscribers Only
