Telecoms

It goes by many names. Call it data extension, data carry forward, carryover data, rollover data; regardless what you may call it, data extension is when unused data from a bundle you purchased is added to a new bundle, before a set expiration date. Data... Read More

Vodafone Uganda, the country’s 4G Next Generation Operator on Thursday 10th November announced a commitment to support the youth and entrepreneurs in Uganda. During a press conference held at Kampala International University, the next generation operator announced that going forward it will be more focused... Read More

In preparation of this post covering supported devices for Smile's 4G LTE, we dug into our archives and came across some interesting facts about the history of 4G in Uganda. Before I continue, if you are of the school of thought which prefers a write-up... Read More

MTN Uganda appears to have warmed up to the idea of big bundle data offerings with a 24hr expiration. From the usual 10MBs, 20MBs and 50MBs, the telecom giant also has convenient big volume bundles for big internet users. These range from 300MBs to 1GB which... Read More

The Tanzanian Government has regained complete ownership of Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL) after acquiring the remaining 35% shares previously held by Bharti Airtel. The deal is reported to be worth Tsh14.9 billion ($6.95 million). TTCL has about 180,000 subscribers and is the oldest and largest fixed-line telco in... Read More

When Maslow developed his hierarchy of needs in 1943, he had to no idea that something as trivial as Wi-Fi would one day be extended to his model of human needs. Some of you might even forego your super for mid-night data bundle. But before you commit... Read More

When Smile Uganda unleashed its  unlimited Internet at blistering fast speeds of 6Mbps at a paltry fixed price of UGX 330,000 a month, it had no idea the extend that customers would go to consume data. Users on Facebook as well as on Linux User group... Read More

Brian Gouldie is MTN Uganda’s outgoing CEO. He came to Uganda 2 years ago to replace Mazen Mroue. I have been blogging actively since 2012 and as a tech blogger, the coming of a new CEO means a couple of things to us. We ask... Read More

Telecoms are known to shamelessly cannibalise each other's promotion slogans, only adding a few tweaks here and there. Not that we are judging them; the telco pricewars are a tough business and as they say all is fair in love and war. At the end... Read More