Category: TECHNOLOGY
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MTN adjudged overall best taxpayer for 2014
Scancom Ltd (MTN Ghana), the leading telecommunications service provider in Ghana, has been adjudged the Overall Best Taxpayer, Large Taxpayer Office for 2014 by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). [contextly_sidebar id=”4xbDtHAAfcLT1dZJbqbeo11uN4zn0JDO”]The GRA praised MTN for being the most compliant in filing of returns and making payments by statutory due dates and recognised the company for…
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Vodafone offers relief to its Fixed Broadband customers
Vodafone has announced to its customers that the ongoing load shedding exercise has come with operational challenges for it’s network, particularly the fixed broadband services. A statement from the telecom giant said the 24-hour outage schedule and reduced hours of power availability has compounded the situation for its fixed network stations across the country. The…
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ECG must comply with load shedding timetable -MTN
Telecom giant MTN Ghana has joined calls for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to follow the published load shedding time table. [contextly_sidebar id=”0l2Jlt7yNm0c6ZXR3d6II74iYLKfvwpb”]According to MTN Ghana’s CEO Serame Taukobong “the critical thing is engaging with government to find solutions to the problem and yes we don’t have 100 percent reliability on ECG, that is…
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Chief Justice petitioned over cases between Celltel & Kludjeson International
Citi Business News has gathered that the Chief Justice has been petitioned over the delay in disposing of cases involving Celltel, now operating as Expresso and Kludjeson International. [contextly_sidebar id=”6TCccimOP8LhDGSjN4A9L4699NA1O9HH”]Currently there are about 9 cases involving Celltel, now operating as Expresso and Kludjeson International in various courts especially the commercial division. It is not clear…
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MTN South Africa staff strike over bonus pay
Customer service consultants at Africa’s biggest mobile network MTN briefly took their grievances about bonus pay to the streets on Wednesday in what has been called an unprotected strike. [contextly_sidebar id=”zQDZq4yqyzCs1AwP3CMg6tF4vVeB1q1C”]Reports indicate that about 250 MTN customer service consultants protested outside the company’s Johannesburg headquarters on Wednesday. The staff were expressing their unhappiness over a…
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Ghana will meet digital migration deadline-Communications ministry
The Ministry of Communications has assured Ghana will meet the global deadline to migrate from analogue television broadcasting to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT). [contextly_sidebar id=”n6U9f3zJIwsKcGwhI8kdPMIiLaHEpE4c”]This comes after a commercial court hearing an interlocutory injunction case filed by Star Communication Network Technology Company Limited of China yesterday, March 9, 2015 struck out the case. According the…
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Mobile phone users to pay more
Mobile phone users are likely to pay more for on-net calls they make, if a new directive from the National Communications Authority (NCA) is implemented. [contextly_sidebar id=”GwKkP1LAqINBVfzV0JPAcjXqxutqh0Ka”]Citi Business News has gathered the NCA will soon roll out a new directive asking all telcos to peg their minimum on-net tariff at 4Gp. On-net tariff is what…
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Zero arbitrage will reduce SIM box fraud – Maximus Ametorgo
A Technology Entrepreneur says SIM Box fraud can be reduced when telecom operators offer zero arbitrage. [contextly_sidebar id=”03o6cVvw1GYGJSXffhrWW91UHSI9rr87″]This is where subscribers are able to make international calls without paying long distance charges by dialing certain numbers. According to Maximus Ametorgo, such a move will be a deterrent for fraudsters. “They should reduce the difference between…
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Airtel launches free Facebook service
Telecom operator, Airtel Ghana, has partnered with Facebook to give free basic internet services for education, health, jobs and communication. The service known as Free Facebook on Airtel allows customers with or without airtime to browse for free on Facebook without attracting any charges. Head of Corporate Communications at Airtel Ghana, Donald Gwira told Citi Business News,…
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MTN vendors defy its orders
Vendors of MTN scratch cards have threatened to continue to charge rates higher than what is inscribed on the scratch cards till the mobile giant reduces the wholesale price of the cards. The vendors begun charging the new rates early this week to make up for margins lost because of the hikes. Though MTN has…