It’s a wrap. The leading telecommunications network in the Africa and the Middle East, MTN, has officially taken over Scancom Ghana Limited, operators of Areeba Ghana. Areeba Ghana is now officially MTN Ghana. Whats new? Tariff segments: MTN has segmented their subscribers into 4 tariff segments namely: XtraConnect, XtraCool, XtraSpecial for Pay as you Go [...]

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 [...]

Telecom giant MTN is known across the continent as a big/smart player in the mobile telecommunications industry. They are very innovative and always at the front edge of introducing the latest technologies and value-added-services. MTN introduced Caller Ring Back Tone (CRBT) in South Africa, and branded it “MTN CallerTunez”. The service basically allows your callers [...]

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.