Kigali will soon go wireless after the government launched a $7.66 million wireless broadband (WiBro) facility that is set to make it the first “hot spot” capital city in Africa.

Gateway Communications has announced the acquisition of a 10.5Ghz spectrum license for 10 states in Nigeria. The states are Kano, Kaduna, Rivers, Delta, Abuja, Edo, Oyo, Anambra, Abia and Enugu.

Compounded by the success of its recent launch into Mexico, MXit’s expansion plans are rapidly gaining traction as a major player within the global mobile social network and instant messenger arena, and an application of choice for young adults the world over.

Research In Motion (RIM), one of the world’s leaders in mobile communications market, today announced its third quarter results for the period ending 28th November. Revenue for the stated period of fiscal 2010 was $3.92 billion,

Motorola adds multi-band mobile radio APX 7500 to its portable radios range and makes available the UHF Range 1 frequency band, among other new features which include a display remote speaker microphone.

Huawei Technologies, leader in next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, has brought its transport “bandwidth cloud” solution on South African ground, allowing local telecom operators to benefit from faster internet access, video services and high definition television.

Ericsson partnered with MTN Ghana to boost its mobile network switching capacity and provide significant cost savings by deploying Africa’s first MSC Server Blade Cluster.

Spescom DataVoice, South African developers of products and services within business transaction management sector, today announced signing a strategic agreement with Teleopti, international supplier of Workforce Management solutions.

Globacom Nigeria announced a new phone chat service for their exclusive social networking service, Glo. Named Frenszo Voice Chat, the service will connect Globacom’s subscribers with similar interests across Nigeria, writes local publication Daily Trust.

Banque Populaire du Rwanda (BPR), Rwanda’s largest bank in terms of branch network and market share, yesterday announced the introduction of mobile banking for its customers starting from next year, writes Rwandan publication The New Times.

The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe will pay US $5 million to local telecoms companies for expansion projects under the Universal Services Fund, according to Zimbabwean publication The Herald.