Telecoms

Last year in March, the government of Uganda took over Uganda Telecom (UTL)'s operations, after the Libyan government - who were the majority shareholder - pulled out of the troubled telecom. 14 months down the road, life seems to be still for the telecom company... Read More

After coming to an agreement, the regulatory bodies in NIRA and UCC have provided telecos with the equipment to verify ownership in times of SIM card replacement and swapping. To this, Africell Uganda and Uganda Telecom have followed MTN Uganda and Airtel Uganda on announcing... Read More

Following NIRA's provision of 50 biometric card readers to assist in the process of verifying citizen’s National I.D during SIM card replacement, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has issued a set of guidelines on the replacement and swapping of SIM cards to the telecom operators and... Read More

The MTN Foundation, at the close of last week, handed over scholastic materials including books, pens and bags and launched a one-year feeding program for Summit View Army Primary School, Kololo. The donation was pledged at the MTN Global Leadership Gathering (GLG), a summit of... Read More

Have you always wished to see the status of your MTN Mobile Money account, how it functions, and the transaction history? Did you ever think of it as a complicated procedure? Well, with the enhancement in processes, you can be sure of having it at... Read More

In the wake of rampant crime within the country over mobile phones, and networking devices, we have seen the public questioning the operation of government bodies such as NIRA and UCC, plus the telecom companies that had secured personal data of mobile phone numbers and... Read More

Have you always wanted to surprise your loved ones with a brand new smartphone but had no opportunity to get the match of your wallet? Well, there's a new device from MTN Uganda that you can actually gift to someone at the lowest cost you... Read More

Have you ever made a call where you can barely hear the other person on the other end of the line? That used to be very common with 2G/3G networks, but now with super fast 4G LTE network becoming the default mobile standard, not only... Read More

Safaricom Home broadband users have something to celebrate this new month. Two things actually since the 90 days of January are gone. Safaricom is introducing two new bundles that aim at disrupt the now very competitive mobile data scene in the country. The two bundles,... Read More