William Saad, Managing Director, IHS
West & Central Africa Com 2009 William Saad, Managing Director of IHS talks about developments in Africa’s fastest growing market.
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MTN sells towers in Cameroon and Ivory Coast
MTN is selling its tower infrastructure to IHS, in a bid to balance its books South African operator group MTN has announced that it will sell 931 mobile network towers from its Ivory Coast operations...
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Orange outsources African tower management
France Telecom-Orange had signed a deal to allow pan-African tower operator IHS to manage over 2,000 towers across Côte d’Ivoire and Cameroon Orange has signed a deal to allow pan-African tower...
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Microsoft and Nokia: What the analysts think
Nokia’s Lumia 920 Following Microsoft’s announcement that it is to buy Nokia’s Devices & Services business for €5.44bn, industry analysts have been holding forth on the future of the collaboration....
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MTN brings LTE to Zambia
MTN has launched LTE MTN Zambia became the first carrier in the country to launch LTE on Friday, as the company introduced the service in Lusaka, Kitwe, Ndola and Livingstone. Phase two of the rollout,...
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Lenovo’s Motorola acquistion a good move for all parties
Motorola’s RAZR MAXX smartphone Lenovo’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility from Google looks like it could be a winning move for both firms. On one hand, handsets appeared to be a peripheral business...
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MTN sells towers in Rwanda and Zambia
has sold all of its 1,269 mobile network towers in Rwanda and Zambia to IHS Holding African operator group MTN has sold all of its 1,269 mobile network towers in Rwanda and Zambia to independent mobile...
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Etisalat sells Nigerian cell towers
Tower sharing is popular in Africa The African telecoms market has long been a pioneer of cell tower sharing and outsourcing and on Friday operator group Etisalat voted in favour of the model with a...
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IHS to take over MTN Nigeria’s towers through joint venture
Tower sharing in Africa set to grow yet more through new IHS and MTN venture African tower management specialist IHS Holding (IHS) announced today it has agreed in principle on a joint venture to form...
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LTE infrastructure investment expected to peak this year
Analyst house IHS is forecasting global LTE mobile infrastructure revenue to peak at $23.3 billion in 2015, after which the rate of LTE rollouts will start to decline. It looks like operator spend on...
View Article5G service revenue to hit $247 billion by 2025 – ABI
ABI Research has had a go at forecasting the total value of global service revenues derived from 5G in 2025 and reckons it could hit a quarter of a trillion dollars. “5G will be a fast growing cellular...
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Global LTE subscribers double to 1.29 billion – GSA
LTE uptake is continuing to grow at an impressive rate as Q1 2016 saw subscriptions worldwide double to 1.29 billion, according to the GSA. Figures released by the Global mobile Suppliers Association...
View ArticleLondon is the world’s most connected city
A study undertaken by IHS Markit on behalf of the Wireless Broadband Alliance has found that, while much of the world remains unconnected to the internet, London is ahead of the rest. The study looked...
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Samsung had three quarters of 5G smartphone shipments in Q3 – IHS
While the 5G smartphone market is in its infancy, Samsung has been the most proactive vendor and accounted for a quarter of shipments in Q3 as a consequence. Research firm HIS Markit reckons a total of...
View ArticleMost smartphone brands are worthless
New research from IHS Markit reveals that, beyond Apple and Samsung, people aren’t loyal to smartphone brands. This conclusion is based on a multinational survey (US, Brazil, UK, Germany, Japan, and...
View ArticleTowers specialists buy more sites, raise more money
The towers specialists are at it again. The past few days have brought news of a sizeable telecoms towers deal in Latin America, while a smaller acquisition is underway in Europe. IHS Towers has...
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