Category: TECHNOLOGY
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LG launches G3 smartphone in Ghana
LG Electronics(LG), a global leader in Mobile Communications has introduced into the Ghanaian market its eagerly anticipated G3 smartphone, the successor to the company’s well-received LG G2. The device received Red Dot “Best of the Best” Awards for Smart Keyboard, Knock Code and the Graphic User Interface(GUI). Developed under the Simple is the New Smart…
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IHS to take control of MTN’s Nigeria towers
MTN has reached an agreement in principle with specialist tower company IHS Holding to operate MTN’s 9 151 mobile network towers in Nigeria. The transaction is expected to reduce MTN Nigeria’s operating costs, drive network efficiencies and further expand MTN’s voice and data capacity, the South African mobile giant said in a statement on Thursday.…
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MTN fights simbox fraudsters
MTN Ghana in collaboration with an anti-fraud team made up of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, National Communications Authority (NCA) and other telecom service providers have nabbed two suspects engaged in a SIM Box syndicate operating in Dome –Pillar 2,Accra. This was made known during a press briefing held at…
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Phone users banned from acquiring more than 10 sim cards
Phone users per a new directive from the Communications Ministry will soon not be allowed to own more than 10 sim cards. Citi Business News has gathered the latest move is part of efforts by government to curb sim box fraud. It is unclear when the new directive will take effect but Citi Business News…
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Communications minister vows to chase out simbox fraudsters
The Minister of Communications Dr Edward K. Omane Boamah has vowed to smoke out all sim box fraudsters in the country. According to the National Communications Authority (NCA) sim box fraud takes place when individuals or organizations illegally terminate a voice call which is the preserve of registered licensed network operators, usually at lower cost…
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MNP 3 years on; Tigo outshines all telcos
Telecom operator Tigo appears to be the most preferred network for phone users who want to port. The latest report from the National Communications Authority (NCA) indicates that Tigo in the past year has recorded the highest number of phone users porting to its network. Tigo has in the past year also recorded a net…
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Vodafone call centre workers resume work
Workers at Vodafone’s Call Centre at high street have resumed work after they were refused entry into the premises of the call centre. Managers of the call centre, Teletech Ghana Limited locked the workers out for embarking on a strike last Friday to press home their demands for better conditions of service. The workers who…
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Kasapa has not been sold
Telecom operator Kasapa has dismissed reports that it has been sold. Its parent company, Sudanese Telecom group, Sudatel on its website announced to shareholders in its financial report for the first half of this year, that it had concluded the sale of Kasapa in Ghana. It however did not name the company or individual that…
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Airtel to recycle paper
Airtel Ghana has partnered with a Local recycling company Akosombo Paper Mill, to collect and recycle waste paper generated by the company. Akosombo Paper Mill will collect the paper through its logistics partners and will recycle them into specialty paper production at its plant in Akosombo. Airtel will support this and utilize its contacts across…
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NCA to introduce common codes for all telcos
All mobile phone users regardless of the network will from 8th September 2014, use a common short code to check, top up credit as well as access call centres. This follows the National Communications Authority’s (NCA) move to harmonize all short codes for general customer services across all networks. The National Communications Authority however indicates…