UgandaRSS

Invisible Children: “Cloud services will see a rapid decline in opex across the continent”

Josh Parolin

Josh Parolin is the Manager & Developer of awareness organisation Invisible Children, which made headlines recently with the Kony 2012 campaign. He will be a speaker on Day 1 at the Cloud Africa Com at the Sandton Sun Hotel in Johannesburg on 23-24 May. In this interview he shares his views on the future of cloud services in Africa.

Orange Uganda enters into network management partnership with Eaton Towers

"Orange Uganda's towers initiative will be closely watched by Orange subsidiaries in other markets across Africa," said Marc Rennard.

Orange Uganda has entered into a 15-year passive network management partnership with Eaton Towers. The deal will see Orange Uganda’s outsource the operation and maintenance of its existing sites to Eaton Towers, while providing build-to-suit for new sites with a view to reducing costs and capital expenditure.

MTN Uganda withdraws call block threat

MTN Uganda has withdrawn its threat to block connections to rival Uganda Telecom over unpaid interconnect fees

MTN Uganda has withdrawn its threat to stop connecting calls to rival network Uganda Telecom (UTL) over unpaid connection fees. Communications Minister Aggry Awori said that the government, which holds a 37 per cent stake in UTL, had intervened to broker an agreement between the parties and avoid disrupting services to end users.

Zain outsources East Africa to NSN

Zain outsources East Africa to NSN

African and Middle Eastern carrier Zain streamlined its East African operations this week, with the announcement Thursday that it has awarded three network outsourcing deals to Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN).

France Telecom expands into Uganda

French carrier France Telecom has expanded its African footprint under a deal with Ugandan new entrant Hits Telecom. Under the agreement signed at the weekend, France Telecom will take majority ownership of a new entity, Orange Uganda, which will control Hits Telecom’s existing GSM network and telecom assets. Hits Telecom Uganda acquired a GSM 900/1800 [...]