Mobile technology
GIFEC Expands Rural Telephony Coverage Service
The Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) has rolled out 54 Rural Telephony Project (RTP) sites...
Retailers Set To Ring Up Sales In 2017
Cooling inflation, positive consumer sentiment and an expected rebound for the economy should underpin a strong...
MTN Seeks 4G Partnerships In First Year of License
It has been a year since MTN got its 4G license, and they are already in talks with other 4G players in the country for...
NCA To Soon Ban Unsolicited Messages and Calls
The National Communications Authority (NCA) the thebftonline.com has gathered has begun the process to end the...
NCA Tightens Rules Against Unsolicited Messages, Calls
National Communications Authority (NCA) has begun a public consultation process to amend and tighten the existing...
MTN Wins Engineering Excellence Award
MTN Ghana, a telecommunication service provider, has won an Engineering Business Management award for its 4G LTE...
If I Were To Tell You How Telcos Have M-Powered People And SIM-Pacted Lives
A few days ago, my father in-law called me. He said he wanted to discuss something very important. As I took my phone...
People Now Crave Wi-Fi More Than Sex, Chocolate Or Alcohol – Study Finds
Dependence on Wi-Fi is now so high that 4 out of 10 people would prioritise it over sex, chocolate, or alcohol, a new...
SMS Declines As Mobile Data Use Doubles
A 15-month report on short message service (SMS) and mobile data use in the country indicates SMS use declined...
MTN Awarded With 4g Lte Engineering Excellence
MTN, Ghana’s leading telecommunications services provider, has received an Engineering Business Management award in...
Vodafone Gh Defines NCAs $67.5m Cost of 4G As Over-Priced
Vodafone Ghana has described as over-priced, the cost of the 4G spectrum by the National Communications Authority. The...
Unregistered Sim Cards Will Lose Their Mobile Numbers
The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has advised mobile phone users to register their SIM cards immediately or risk...
The Evolution of Mobile Phone Banking Services
I do have a question for you. Is the use of Mobile Phone Banking making significant efforts in bridging the gap to...
Kwadee Lived 11 Years Without Mobile Phone
For more than 11 years prolific hiplife artiste Okomfour Kwadee real name, Jerry Anaba has not used a mobile phone. His...
The Elusive World of Telecom Fraud. What Is the Way Forward?
The elusive world of telecom fraud. What is the way forward? Internet fraud has been known in Ghana for many years but...
Group Threatens To Sue Telcos Over Unsolicited Text Messages
A civil society group, Excellent Ghana, is demanding apology from mobile telecommunication operators in the country for...
How To Get Someone To Stop Texting You Unnecessarily
When push comes to shove and a simple text becomes a hundred, what do you do? Use these steps on how to get someone...
The Love Affair Between Young Nigerians and Disruptive Mobile Technology
We are all familiar with the stereotype of the young entrepreneur; technology whizz kids with all the latest mobile...
Fighting SIM Box Fraud in Ghana, over 300,000 SIM Cards Deactivated
About 300,000 SIM cards used in Subscriber Identification Modules (SIM) box fraud have been detected and deactivated in...