Ghana - Current situation - History

24.07.2008

On 14th May 2008 FonTV, Africa's first mobile phone enabled television content service, was launched via DMB. The network is operated by Black Star TV in collaboration with OneTouch and VDL.  This launch followed on from the successful trial that ran in Accra during 2007.  The current commercial service is being rolled out nationwide.

20.01.2008

In the Summer of 2007 Ghana Telecom in collaboration with Blackstar TV started the first mobile TV test transmission on the OneTouch network in Ghana. They hope to launch the service commercially in October 2007 with coverage of two markets be Accra and Ashanti followed by a nationwide rollout.