After several false starts, Glo Mobile Ghana appears to have taken its most remarkable step yet, towards a commercial launch. The cellular network obtained its operating licence since 2008 but had failed to launch its service to the public, citing logistical difficulties. Its last false start was 17th November 2011. A much-publicized commercial launch slated [...]

Mobile Number Portability (MNP) launched in Ghana on 7th July 2011, enabling mobile subscribers to move from one mobile network to another, whilst still retaining their full mobile number. It has generated some buzz in the Ghana’s mobile communications sector with all the mobile providers offering mouth-watering incentives to woo subscribers from other networks whilst [...]

Following the launch of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) in Ghana on 7th July 2011, the mobile networks all launched campaigns geared towards enticing mobile subscribers to port to their network. Newspaper ads, radio jingles and TV ads have taken the lead but since the internet is slowing going mainstream in Ghana, the leading mobile networks [...]

Free midnight calls as offered by cellular network operators have been around for a few years now. Thanks to competition, just about every major cellular network in Ghana and Nigeria offer[ed] free midnight calls in one form or the other. These networks include MTN, Celtel, glo mobile in Nigeria as well Tigo, MTN, Kasapa and [...]

Cynicism is not a part of me as I always allow room, give issues the benefit of the doubt, before forming a perception. One of the latest trends by cellular operators in Nigeria is offer lottery-like offers for subscribers, and also trying to win new subscribers to their network. There is nothing wrong with offering [...]

I got the following text in my email yesterday, from someone I know. My reply follows the text. According to “Northern African Wireless Communications” Feb./March 2006, the “combined revenues” for the two mobile operators in Senegal, Sonatel Mobile and Sentel, came to just two million dollars in 2004. From what we know about comparable figures [...]

I was on Areeba’s main international website on Sunday morning and noticed the newly introduced drop-down menu that allows visitors to select the Areeba country website they want to browse. Naturally, I selected Ghana, and that is how the story began. After Areeba Ghana re-branded from Spacefon Areeba to Areeba last year, they simply changed [...]

The website of Mobitel Ghana was down for some weeks, in recent times. There was a notice at the URL – www.mobitelnet.com – UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Obviously, the website was being re-designed. now, the new web site is complete, and it looks good.

Kasapa is causing serious shock waves in Ghana’s mobile telecommunication industry and its only a matter of time before the cellco becomes a formidable force.