The report warns that the consequences are already visible: more than 780 network-ready towers across Uganda remain idle because they cannot be powered.

Telecom sector leaders have urged government to provide capital subsidies, tax incentives, and rebates to infrastructure companies supporting the extension of electricity grids and telecommunication ...

Power utility Uganda Electricity Transmission Company (UETCL) has applied to the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) for a public infrastructure provider (PIP) license. If granted, the license will ...

CompuScan Credit Reference Bureau (CRB), licensed by Uganda’s central bank to provide credit services, has chosen Uganda Telecom as its data services provider. CompuScan CRB, the Ugandan subsidiary of ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. Together the companies are set to launch a mobile banking and payment ...

Telecom companies in Uganda are reportedly growing suspicious about the government's perceived reluctance to finalize a new telecom policy. A report in Thursday's Monitor indicated that the ...

The latest telecom news includes announcements on MTN Uganda, Satcom spectrum rules in India, Vietnam re-auctions spectrum, among others. Indonesia 5G telecom towers MTN Uganda Spins Off MoMo to Form ...

Farmers across the country are set to benefit from a new wave of digital agricultural services following the signing of a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Enterprise Uganda and ...

In an increasingly digital world, the ability to leverage technology for socio-economic growth is paramount. For decision-makers in developing nations, Uganda’s journey in ICT and telecommunications ...

Uganda's leading telecom company MTN is going through a tough time after Ugandan police arrested and later deported its chief marketing officer, Olivier Prentout, back to France, on Saturday, January ...

Kilimanjaro Telecom has launched a new data center in Uganda. The state-owned Tanzania Telecommunication Corporation (TTCL) this week announced that Tanzania’s Minister for Communications and ...

NEW DELHI--Bharti Airtel Ltd., India's largest telecommunications company, Tuesday said it agreed to buy the Warid Group's telecom operations in Uganda. A Bharti statement didn't say how much it will ...