Airtel rolls out 138 new 4G sites across Zambia

Wholly-owned local firm said it would invest US$400-million and create more than 450 direct jobs when it commences operations.

Authorities say country cannot proceed as intended by the Electoral Commission of Zambia until it has reliable network coverage and connectivity.

Government plans to leverage revenue generated from spectrum auction to invest in telecommunications tower construction.

Felix Mutati orders industry regulator to investigate poor network connectivity.

Country’s Revenue Authority approves new tax similar to that applied to banks.

Airtel Networks Zambia has purchased 60 MHz of additional spectrum spread across the 800 MHz and 2600 MHz bands.

Company’s payment platform Tinggs will enable organisation’s members to accept payments from their customers’ mobile money wallets.

Huawei Technologies and country’s government focus long-standing alliance on ICT training.

Bank confirms partial disruption to IT systems and applications.

Authorities have called for calm amid a spate of abductions.

Regulator says it is “working tirelessly” to combat rising digital fraud.