South Africa's biggest operator Vodacom, majority owned by Britain's Vodafone, announced a partnership with Amazon's Project Kuiper LEO satellite in 2023. (Reporting by Nqobile Dludla; Editing by ...

Cellular phone ads and towers in Tanzania speak to the growing demand for information technology in Africa, which many feel only satellites can supply. Jenny Barker At a recent satellite ...

MTN South Africa and low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite service company Lynk Global carried out a successful technical trial of one of the first satellite-to-mobile device phone calls in South Africa.

Mobile operator MTN SA and Lynk Global yesterday successfully completed a technical trial of what they describe as “Africa’s first satellite-to-mobile device phone call”. US-based Lynk ...

The South African unit of MTN Group and American low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite provider Lynk Global said on Thursday they had made Africa's first phone call via satellite, a potential solution to ...