A new mobile phone network service, Lacell Private Limited, which has been awarded a license to operate in Malawi has paid Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) $1.1 million (K600 million) for the licence and spectrum, also said it is set to create 1 000 jobs. Lacell board chair Farook Sattar said the newly licensed mobile phone […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) has formally issued out a 10 year licence to mobile telecommunication service provider Lacell Private Limited. Speaking during the presentation ceremony in Blantyre, Macra boss Godfrey Itaye the country has high expectations from Lacell to provide “quality service.” He said the coming in of another player in the telecommunication industry […]
Andrew Kumbatira has been removed as boss of Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) reportedly for being critical to political pressure on bootleg deals and a thorny working relationship with the board of directors, Nyasa Times understands. Chief Secretary to the Government George Mkondiwa has confirmed Kumbatira, a former executive director of Malawi Economic Justice Network […]
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, […]
Controversy has ensued in Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) after some board members have confided in Nyasa Times that they are being bulldozed in granting a licence to another mobile operator. In 2008 the Macra board looked at the bids of six companies in an international tender process. During the bid Milcom scored highly with […]