Ghana Telecom Subscriptions for March 2021

Ghana National Communication Authority has released the Telecom Subscriptions for March 2021.
At the end of March 2021, the total number of mobile voice subscriptions was 41,418,710. This represents a percentage increase of 0.82% from February 2021’s figure which was 41,083,073. The total penetration rate for the month under review was 133.14%
MTN’s voice subscriptions for the period were 23,392,300 representing a percentage increase of 0.68% from February 2021’s figure of 23,235,141. MTN’s market share for the month under review was 56.48%.
Vodafone’s mobile voice subscriptions increased from 8,789,835 as at the end of February 2021 to 8,917,137 at the end of March 2021. This represents a percentage increase of 1.45%. Vodafone’s market share for March 2021 was 21.53%.
AirtelTigo’s voice subscriptions increased from 8,291,501 as at the end of February 2021 to 8,324,512 at the end of March 2021 indicating a percentage increase of 0.40%. Their market share for the month under review was 20.10% as compared to 20.18% in February 2021.
Voice subscriptions of Glo increased from 766,596 as at the end of February 2021 to 784,761 at the end of March 2021. With a percentage increase of 2.37%, their total market share for the month under review was 1.89%.

(Source: Ghana National Communication Authority)

China Accused of Cyber-Attack On Microsoft Exchange Servers

The UK, US, and EU have accused China of carrying out a major cyber-attack earlier this year.
The attack targeted Microsoft Exchange servers, affecting at least 30,000 organizations globally.
The UK said Chinese state-backed actors were responsible, while the EU said the attack came from “the territory of China”.
The Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) was also accused of wider espionage activity and a broader pattern of “reckless” behavior.
China has previously denied allegations of hacking and says it opposes all forms of cyber-crime. (Source: GCB Ghana online)

Whatsapp Blocks Two Million Indian Accounts

WhatsApp has said it blocked over two million accounts in India in May and June for violating rules.
The service said 95% of these users were blocked for violating the limits of the number of times messages can be forwarded in India.
The submissions were made by WhatsApp in its first monthly compliance report under India’s controversial new IT rules.

India is WhatsApp’s largest market with about 400 million users.

(Source: GCB Ghana online)

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