Smile Telecom Holdings Ltd (Smile) has become the first network in Africa to provide 4G LTE service for hi-speed mobile broadband access in the 800 MHz frequency band
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CAR 4G installation firm selected
Millenium Telecom Centrafrique had chosen Airspan Networks to carry out a 4G wireless deployment in Central African Republic (CAR)
New Facebook office to focus on North Africa
Social media giant Facebook has opened a sales office geared towards markets across North Africa and the Middle East
Liberia to have high-speed internet access by October
Liberians will have access to high-speed internet by October 2012 following the country’s connection to a fibre-optic cable running along the coast of the West African state
Kenya to invest US$500 million in 4G network
Kenya’s information and communication ministry has announced plans to install a high-speed fourth-generation (4G) mobile data services network to service the East African nation by 2013