As governments across the globe continued responding to COVID-19's devastation, the mobile sector is playing a crucial role in supporting efforts tackling the pandemic and enhancing health services response to it, according to a newly released report from GSMA. While the report found that the pandemic has upended people's lives,
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By Mr. Liujiawei (pictured above), the Huawei Uganda Managing Director Since the Introduction of the World Wide Web (www) in the early 1990s, Information Communications Technology (ICT) has been dominated by men worldwide. Today, ICT is the backbone driving the prosperity of nations and organization, inspiring a better living for
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Adil Youssefi, CEO Liquid Telecom East Africa Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has made it possible for the East Africa Community (EAC) member states to function as close to normal despite the coronavirus pandemic. By offering superior connectivity and digital solutions across Liquid Telecom’s East Africa backbone, the EAC,
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The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has released a list of 33 telecom operators in Uganda as of 1st April 2020. HERE’S LIST OF TELECOM OPERATORS IN UGANDA AS OF 1ST APRIL 2020 No.Operator NameCurrent License 1MTN Uganda LtdNTO2 Uganda Telecom LimitedNTO3AIRTEL Uganda LtdPIP & PSP4Africell Uganda LtdPIP & PSP5 Smile Communications Uganda LtdPIP
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Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has noted with concern that some subscribers using digital financial platforms are falling prey to scammers engaged in mobile money fraud. “The scammers are running fake promotions and in some cases masquerading as employees of UCC or of a Mobile Network Operator (MNO), and requesting subscribers
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Liquid Telecom is supporting its Hai home fibre customers (Hai powered by Liquid Telecom) with unlimited high capacity broadband as more people are forced to work and learn from home or remotely in response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. Liquid Telecom isoffering this free upgrade to current home fibre users
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As a new measure adopted to further combat the spread of Covid19 at Uganda’s borders, all truck drivers driving into Uganda are required to present themselves to the Ministry of Health officials for testing. On the 12th of April, 2020 a truck driver enroute to Southern Sudan went through the
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Every new technology comes with its advantages and disadvantages, and electronic communication platforms are not an exception. Their tremendous benefits notwithstanding, electronic communication networks have facilitated increased production and sharing of false, offensive and illegal content. Unscrupulous content creators have taken advantage of the digital information age to publish and
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Raxio Data Centre and the Uganda Internet Exchange Point (UIXP) have signed a deal that will expand the UIXP’s peering network into the country’s first Tier-III carrier neutral data centre. The UIXP currently interconnects 28 networks which exchange over 10 gigabits of Internet traffic on a daily basis. This deal
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Mastercard announced that it is championing efforts to increase contactless payment limits across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region as people look for safer ways to pay in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative is in line with recommendations from global and regional health authorities and governments
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