Tigo has announced it has distributed US$2.1mn to its 4.6mn mobile wallet users
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Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent merger: Scale and execution yield competitive advantage
The telecom vendor space has gone through a flurry of M&A activity in recent years, driven by activist shareholders and private equity funds focusing on balance sheet re-capitalization, OPEX optimization and portfolio/customer synergies
Tigo Tanzania makes a million on Facebook
East African operator Tigo Tanzania has accumulated a million followers on Facebook, the highest such figure in Tanzania, effectively reinforcing Tigo’s position as a leading digital lifestyle enterprise in the country
MTN connects enterprises and informal merchants
Multinational Corporations, particularly in the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector, as well as informal merchants, can benefit from reduced costs, increased security and greater efficiencies around payments
Ooredoo selects GoSwiff for mPOS platform
Communications company Ooredoo Group has selected mobile payments and marketing solutions provider GoSwiff as its partner for the implementation of its international mobile point of sale (mPOS) platform