If it is to rate it, then, Piksy’s ‘Maso’ album launch would be first of its kind this year in the urban music zone to receive awe-inspiring response that justified why the album was bought on auction at K50,000. And the Saturday turn-out itself justified why Airtel Malawi, without hesitation, signed the artist as its […]
The Airtel Rising Stars tournament kicks off Monday next week in Nairobi, Kenya and local teams that qualified, Joyce Banda Foundation (in the boys category) and Namalimwe Secondary School (in the girls category) risk not travelling there due to delays of passport issuance by the Immigration Department. Sponsors Airtel paid for about 35 passports for […]
Malawi telecommunications licensed and operational operators have formed an association called Association of Telecommunications Operators Limited (ATOL) which was launched in Blantyre on Tuesday evening. Speaking at the launch, its new President, Airtel’s Managing Director Saulos Chilima said the association is aimed at providing the operators with a single platform with which they can articulate […]
According to a quarterly network performance assessment report released by Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) recently, the report indicates that Airtel is, by far, the number one quality network in Malawi. The MACRA report looks at the performance of the two mobile phone service providers in the months of October, November and December in 2011 […]
Malawi’s leading mobile phone giant Airtel and the country’s leading insurer Nico General on Thursday unveiled a new insurance policy for cell phones called Cellsure Insurance Policy. Unveiling Cellsure in Blantyre, Nico General Chief Executive Officer, Eric Chapola, said it is high time that people protect gadgets that have now become part and parcel of […]
Malawi’s mobile phone giant Airtel Malawi on Wednesday evening launched the fastest mobile internet 3.75 G platform at a colourful ceremony in Blantyre. Speaking during the launch, Airtel Managing Director Saulos Chilima said the company has spent US$5.2 million to upgrade the platform from 3G to 3.75G in its 187 sites. “With this technology, mobile […]
Airtel, one of Malawi’s leading mobile network provider, has splashed over K1.6 million worth of prizes in the on-going ‘Yabooka kwa a geni’ in the northern region. Airtel deputy sales manager for the north Felix Banda said this in an interview on Tuesday during a weekly draw in Mzimba district. He said ‘Airtel yabooka kwa […]
Bharti Airtel said Friday it will invest $25 million in Malawi to develop a 3G network and introduce a mobile commerce service, Airtel Money. This was disclosed by Manoj Kohli chief executive officer (international) and joint managing director, Bharti Airtel, after meeting Malawi President Joyce Banda in Lilongwe. “Our investment of $25 million in the […]
Cellphone operators have protested decision by the Malawi government to hike corporate tax from the normal 30 percent to 33 percent which government charges on the mobile firms plying trade in the country, a mid week Business Times publication has revealed. Senior officials at the country’s two leading mobile firms, Airtel and TNM Limited, told the paper […]
Airtel is to send two Malawian winning teams in the Airtel Rising Stars Competition to Kenya to participate in the company’s newly introduced Pan African Tournament. To be held in that country’s capital, Nairobi, the tournament will draw together representatives from 16 African countries where the firm currently operates. “The tournament will be held over […]
Airtel Malawi hosted Chancellor College (Chanco) fourth year students on an educational visit at the company’s head office in Limbe, the country’s commercial city Blantyre on Thursday. IT Director for Malawi, Dr Mathews Mtumbuka, explained to the inquisitive students how the phone businesses run. He said Airtel is the fastest growing mobile company in the […]
Bharti Airtel, which is a parent company to Airtel Malawi Limited has announced significant milestones to build a ‘green’ environment friendly mobile network and reduce its carbon footprint in Africa. The telecommunications operator has undertaken a series of initiatives from last year like reducing the number of telecom sites running solely on diesel by more than […]
Airtel Malawi on Wednesday launched a mobile money service called “Airtel Money Transfer”, a mobile money platform that provides Malawians an opportunity to pay for utilities, top up their airtime and money transfer service. The service started as a pilot in a few districts of the country and will be rolled out nationwide. Airtel Malawi […]
Blackberry user across Malawi as they are highly disappointed with the deteriorating internet services on their devices. Users have been complaining of the disruption to internet and most times are unable to use BBM, a popular instant messaging service that offers a free alternative to text messaging and is a major selling point for BlackBerry […]
Telekom Networks Malawi has partnered with Emitac Mobile Solutions (EMS) to give mobile phone users in Malawi access to Blackberry services. Although Airtel offered the services first in Malawi, TNM partnered with EMS and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion to focus on delivery, implementation and support of BlackBerry solutions. “TNM mobile subscribers will now be […]
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 […]
Some subscribers of Airtel Malawi had a rude awakening on Thursday when they were charged with all the remaining talk time in there phones for a single text message. One subscriber vented her anger on Facebook, saying she had topped up with K500 only to discover that there is no credit left in her phone. […]
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 […]