There was commotion at the country’s fourth telecom company Celcom Limited on Thursday afternoon when its employees staged a strike demanding their fortnight wages. Celcom which, for years, has been failing to rollout is situated in Ginnery Corner in Blantyre and is 100 percent owned by local conglomerate, the Mulli Brothers Limited. The striking employees- majority […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) has gone ahead to award a mobile telecommunication service provider licence to Lacell Private Limited, which failed in its bid for a similar licence in 2008 as they did not meet the criteria. The renegotiation process to give licence to Lacell Private Limited was imposed on Macra board by government, […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) Director General Charles Nsaliwa is said to have breached rules and procedures when he chaired a management evaluation meeting for the award of mobile phone licences which was eventually given to once might and powerful business magnate during the former regime Leston Ted Mulli. A dossier of revelations of under-dealings […]
Malawi’s fourth telecom company Celcom Limited which was awarded a dual fixed and mobile telephony licence by the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) in May 2011, has said it expects to start providing services before the October 2012 launch deadline set by the regulator. Macra said under its licence, Celcom must provide fixed-line and mobile […]
Malawi’s fourth telecom company Celcom Limited is finding it hard to convince international banks to provide capital, Nyasa Times understands. The sources say although the company is backed by Malawi’s influential business giant, Mulli Brothers Limited most of the banks it has approached internationally are not willing to provide it loans due to its in […]