Telecoms Generated $810bn For Governments In 2025, GSMA

  Telecommunications has cemented its place as one of the largest single contributors to public finance worldwide, with the global mobile industry generating more than $810 billion in tax revenues for governments in 2025, underlining its widening role in digital transformation, economic growth, and public sector financing. The figure, contained in the GSMA’s The Mobile…

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Telcos Target Affordable Smartphone to Close Africa’s Digital Divide

Telcos Target Affordable Smartphone to Close Africa’s Digital Divide

A coalition of Africa’s largest mobile operators, the “G6,” has unveiled a plan to pilot entry-level 4G smartphones priced at approximately ₦56,000 ($40) by 2026. The initiative, coordinated by the GSMA, aims to break the primary barrier to internet adoption in Nigeria and five other African nations: Rwanda, the DRC, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda. Despite…

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