In a joint statement on Monday, the firms said: “starting May 26, 2020, all MTN mobile money and Airtel money person to person on the same network and mobile wallet to bank transactions will be gradually re-introduced at a 50 per cent discount.” This will run for the next 30 days and full charges will start applying.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Raghunath Mandava, CEO of Airtel Africa said “Soma has helped build Airtel Uganda Limited into a strong brand and into the company that it is today. He has been instrumental in rolling out our 4G across the country.”
Appearing before the committee, the Chief Executive Officer MTN Uganda, Wim Vanhelleputte said there has been a drop in use of mobile money following the introduction of the tax.
Abdu Salam Waisswa, the Head of Legal Affairs Uganda Communications Commission, says the suspects are wanted for illegally terminating international calls thereby causing loses to telecoms firms.
UCC Executive Director Eng. Godfrey Mutabazi disclosed the new enforcement strategy after meeting telecommunication companies today at the commissions headquarters in Bugolobi, Kampala. The meeting was also attended by the Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura and Criminal Investigations and the Intelligence Directorate CIID boss Grace Akullo.
Uganda Radio Network was able to purchase a pre-registered Africell SIM card number 0793384089 from a vendor in Wandegeya at Shillings 3,000. After glancing at Africell SIM cards displayed on a stall, our reporter approached the vendor inquiring whether he can purchase one and register it without a national identity card.
Former Arsenal and Cameroon defender Lauren Etame Mayer has challenged East African players to have self belief if they are to break into the top football leagues in the world.
Airtel has announced that it has signed an agreement to buy Warid Telecom Uganda, a move that gives Uganda’s oldest mobile telephone company a 7.5 million customer base.
National Basketball league playoffs resume today after the Federation of Uganda Basketball Association (FUBA) rushed in to pay debts owed to referees on Wednesday and Thursday.
Users of the telephone cash transactions have expressed worry that the current instability on the MTN network could spoil their celebrations by denying them access to cash deposited on the phones.
High Court in Kampala will on Friday decide whether or not to grant permission to two people intending to sue Airtel Uganda, a telecommunication company in Uganda for and advert they say infringed on freedoms of worship.
