The Tanzanian government has revealed plans to reduce Value Added Tax (VAT) on mobile handsets to improve the country’s communications sector
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Nokia Siemens Networks to consolidate MEA region business operations
Nokia Siemens Networks is bringing together its business in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) as one regional organisation that covers the whole region
Mobile number portability to be implemented in Nigeria
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that mobile number portability will be implemented in Nigeria in Q1 2013
Rwanda sets deadline for SIM card registration
The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA) has fixed 31 July 2013 as the deadline for all mobile subscribers to register their SIM cards
M-Shwari platform launched in Kenya
A new mobile banking product, M-Shwari, has been launched in Kenya by Safaricom Limited and Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA)