Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | With Uganda poised to host the highly anticipated 19th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and G77 + China Third South Summits, MTN Uganda has been designated as official telecommunications operator, an acknowledgment of its multifaceted contributions to the planning and execution of the summits. MTN Uganda has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Information Communication Technology (ICT) and National Guidance, Dr Chris Baryomunsi has hailed the role played by telecom companies in driving Uganda’s digital revolution. “Previously in our village, one would go to the nearest hill and shout their voices out to inform people …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An expert study on the status of cyber-security reveals wide-ranging levels of vulnerability at leading organisations that handle large volumes of personal data. The study done over the last two years by Peter Bill Kisitu, a cyber-security analyst and researcher at BitSight, a cybersecurity …

The two firms control nearly 90% of the market | THE INDEPENDENT | The looming dominance of MTN and Airtel in the country’s telecom industry following the planned exit of Africell Uganda could expose customers to poor quality of services and price exploitation, experts say. Paul Lakuma, an economist and …

MPs have denounced the high costs of data and voice bundles Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have tasked government to prevail over telecommunication companies that are charging exorbitantly for services which is affecting communications countrywide. The MPs voiced their concerns on Thursday following a presentation on the state of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cabinet has approved a proposal by the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance to pay pension to former employees of the now-defunct Uganda Posts and Telecommunication Corporation. Speaking on Wednesday at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Judith Nabakooba, the Minister in charge of ICT and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court in Kampala has upheld a decision by Uganda Communications Commission-UCC, for telecom company MTN to pay 51 billion Shillings (14.14 million USD) as license fees. In July 2020, UCC wrote to MTN requiring them to pay a license fee for the transitional period of …

Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Ugandan police on Thursday announced the expulsion of another foreigner working for telecom giant MTN, following the deportation earlier this week of two of the company’s expatriate staff. MTN Uganda’s general manager for mobile money Elsa Mussolini, an Italian citizen, was forced out of the …

Bigger firms choke smaller and new telcos Kampala, Uganda |  JULIUS BUSINGE | A few days to implementation of the social media tax, commonly referred to as Over the Top (OTT) on July 1, 2018, three largest telecom firms – MTN, Airtel and Africell issued a joint statement to guide its …

Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Senior executives in Uganda’s leading telecom companies have always said the country’s mobile phone market has room to grow but it is too small to support all of the seven telcoms. And the assertion seem to have come to pass, with the British based telecom, …