President Muhammadu Buhari has waded into alleged security threats posed to Nigeria following tech outsourcing deals with India by MTN, Ericsson and Huawei. Technology Times has confirmed today that the President has ordered relevant government agencies to probe allegations that Nigeria faces grave security threats following outsourcing of local tech job to India by MTN […]
Ericsson to acquire software developer, Ericpol
Ericsson says it has concluded a preliminary share purchase agreement for the acquisition of Ericpol’s operations in Poland and Ukraine. Ericpol is a software development company within telecommunications. With the intended acquisition of Ericpol’s operations in Poland and Ukraine, Ericsson secures well integrated software development competence within radio, cloud and IP to enable business continuity, […]
Smile Telecom lands $365m to fund 4G LTE expansion
Smile Telecoms Holdings Ltd, a provider of broadband services in Nigeria says it has raised $365 million in financing to accelerate its 4G LTE Network expansion across its operations in Africa. Smile Telecoms, which owns and operates mobile wireless 4G LTE broadband networks in the 800MHz band in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda says the package […]
Smile, Ericsson close managed services deal
Smile Communications says it has selected Ericsson, a global leader in telecommunications, to manage operations and maintenance for its five African operations including Nigeria. According to Smile, its deal with Ericsson is the first 4G/ LTE managed services contract signed in Sub-Saharan Africa and will cover Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo. The […]
