Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Nicholas Dausi told parliament Tuesday that network service providers are carrying out network quality checks in many places in the country to improve service delivery. The minister was responding to a question from Members of Parliament for Zomba Thondwe Charles Thikiwa and Lilongwe Msozi South, Vitus Dzoole Mwale who […]
At around 11:35 am, Vitumbiko Muotcha’s phone rings but hangs up before he answers it. Vitumbiko from Mbendera Village, Traditional Authority (TA) Somba in Blantyre being a job seeker, quickly rushes to buy airtime with optimism of receiving good news but alas, his K100 is depleted just after getting the details of the caller from the […]
One of the first things to strike a visitor to Malawi is the huge number of advertisements put up by mobile phone companies marketing their products. “Muli bwanji? (How are you?)” reads one of the huge red billboards in the local language Chichewa. Another colourful one shows the picture of a jet plane taking off, […]
Association of Telecommunications Operators (ATOL) has donated K20.5 million to the Department of Disaster Management and Affairs in response to reaching out and helping out people and communities affected by floods and hailstorms in the country. Speaking at the cheque presentation ceremony at Capital Hill, Lilongwe on Wednesday, Secretary for Department of Disaster Management and […]
Local human rights and consumer activist, John Kapito has urged Malawi regulatory Authority (Macra) to take urgent action to tackle overcharging by mobile phone companies. Kapito said r the country has witnessed mobile phone “rip-off” with unjustified increase in tariffs for voice and data services. Recently, the leading mobile-phone service provider, Airtel Malawi hiked its […]
Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) has hit on failure by mobile-phone service providers to treat consumers fairly. The consumer watchdog said this in a statement ahead of World Consumer Rights Day on March 15th with this year’s campaign dubbed Fix Our Phone Rights. CAMA Executive Director, John Kapito, said in the statement that there were […]
Government on Wednesday cautioned all mobile service providers in the country to improve the quality of their service delivery. Minister of Information, Brown Mpinganjira, made the call in Lilongwe when he officially opened the 47th AFRALTI Governing Council Meeting. Mpinganjira noted with concern that despite the tremendous growth that as a country has registered in telecommunications sector, especially […]
The Afro-pop singer, Maskal on Sunday failed to live up to the billing during a launch of his second album, Umunthu at Limbe Country Club in a show that was marred by equipment hitches. With good weather and already build up hype-that resulted into impressive turnout-tilting in his favour, Maskal born Masiye Kasalu failed to […]
Silky-voiced crooner Maskal launches his second album Umunthu at Limbe Country Club in Blantyre on Sunday afternoon. Maskal shot to fame with his debut album Nthawi which contains the hit song ‘Udalire’. The Access Communications brand ambassador recently fell out with his Nde’feyo Entertainment label but he reckons this has not distracted him from his […]
Malawi Minister of Information is blackmailing telecommunication operators to accept the installation on the dubbed ‘spy machine’, the Consolidated ICT Regulatory Management System (CIRMS) or risk to have their licences revoked by government. Operators including Airtel Malawi Limited, Telecom Networks of Malawi (TNM), Access Communications Limited (ACL) and Malawi Telecommunication Limited (MTL) against the installation […]
Journalists don’t reveal sources as a key tenet of media profession but authorities will be able to unmask them through the dubbed ‘spy machine’ – the Consolidated ICT Regulatory Management Systems (Cirms) – which Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) wants to install in the country, the four telecom operators have warned. Airtel, TNM, Malawi Telecommunications […]
A court in Lilongwe has granted an order restraining the telephone operators in the country from passing Call Detail Records (CDRs) to Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) on their spying machine project. Nyasa Times found out from the court registry that a mobile phone subscriber from Blantyre, Alick Kimu sued all the four telephone operators […]