Cameroon: New player + lower costs = more subscribers
A potential new player in Cameroon's mobile market as well as regulatory pressure to cut prices will help to more than double the mobile penetration in Cameroon by 2014, according to a new report from...
View ArticleThuraya launchs PCO in Zambia, Cameroon
Thuraya's drive in the emerging markets has been rewarded with the launch of Public Calling Offices in Zambia and Cameroon. Both countries are set to benefit from a versatile business tool oriented...
View ArticleMobile net or net cafe? Competition comes to Cameroon
Internet cafes have played their part in popularising the Net from the very start. In one country, Cameroon, it would appear that Internet cafe owners are worried that the mobile Net will threaten...
View ArticleCameroon radio stations seek best multimedia kit for rural villages
Protege QV - Promotion of Technologies that Guarantee Environment and a better Quality of Life - is a Cameroonian NGO created in 1995. It aims to promote individual and collective initiatives to...
View ArticleCentral Africa focuses on telecoms to meet emergencies
Recently, ITU and Cameroon ran joint a workshop on strengthening ICT for disaster management. The conclusions included a plea for more of the cross-border co-operation and the waiving of paper-work...
View ArticleOil lubricates Cameroon telecoms
Cameroon will soon enjoy the benefits of a telecoms spinal cord carried in a backbone stretching right down the country...
View ArticleMyriad Updates launched in Cameroon, Congo, Senegal, Costa Rica and El Salvador
Myriad Group has announced that its Myriad Updates service, including Facebook for USSD, has recently been launched in association with the Orange Group in Cameroon, Congo & Senegal, and Movistar...
View ArticleOrange debuting mobile healthcare service in Cameroon
Orange is introducing a new mobile healthcare service in Cameroon with the aim of extending it to other sub-Saharan African countries on a common Orange Healthcare platform.
View ArticleFTS and Camtel Expand Convergent Billing Relationship in Cameroon
Cameroon’s national telecom provider Camtel has renewed its convergent billing agreement with FTS.
View ArticleSAT-3 reinforces market monopolies in Africa - APC
A study examining the impact the SAT-3 fibre-optic submarine cable has had on telecommunications in four African countries has found that the potential of this major cable has not been properly...
View ArticleKeepod underlining global computer access through new Cameroon project
Keepod has launched its first project in Cameroon, with 650 devices being distributed for 25 refurbished laptops. The laptops were refurbished and delivered in collaboration with the London based...
View ArticleCameroon: low penetration and ARPU could be solved by increasing competition
Cameroon's economic growth has lagged behind other countries in the region, and this is mirrored by the development of its telecommunications sector...
View ArticleWorld Bank endorses Central Africa Backbone Program
The World Bank Group has endorsed a $215 million, ten-year Central African Backbone Program which aims to bring rapid affordable internet to the region...
View ArticleCameroon: New player + lower costs = more subscribers
A potential new player in Cameroon's mobile market as well as regulatory pressure to cut prices will help to more than double the mobile penetration in Cameroon by 2014, according to a new report from...
View ArticleNew job portal Everjobs launches in Cameroon
A new online job portal dubbed Everjobs has launched in Cameroon.
View ArticleCameroon radio stations seek best multimedia kit for rural villages
Protege QV - Promotion of Technologies that Guarantee Environment and a better Quality of Life - is a Cameroonian NGO created in 1995. It aims to promote individual and collective initiatives to...
View ArticleSpacecom and Ringo SA launch Cellular-Satellite Hybrid Broadband Project in...
Spacecom is cooperating with Cameroon ISP Ringo S.A. to deliver the region’s first large-scale cellular-satellite hybrid broadband Internet project.
View ArticleNigerian-Cameroon Submarine Cable System launched
West Africa’s leading telecoms and network services provider MainOne has announced the completion and launch of the high capacity Nigerian-Cameroon Submarine Cable System (NCSCS) connecting Lagos,...
View ArticleMTN denies wrongdoing in Cameroon as watchdog alleges fraud
MTN has stated that “it is not and has never been implicated in corruption related actions” in Cameroon after being implicated in fraud by the country’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (Conac).
View ArticleMTN Launches cloud platform for Rwanda, Cameroon SMEs
MTN Business has launched a new cloud delivery platform in Rwanda and Cameroon, aimed at enabling SME customers to access cloud services with greater ease.
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