Acer is planning to launch a range of mobile Internet devices by the end of May 2010, in a bid to increase its product portfolio and profitability. The Taiwanese company announced it would launch devices with 3G wireless connectivity and multimedia sharing features, according to Global Telecoms Business. Acer also divulged plans to expand its [...]
The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency said it would offer a fourth mobile license in a bid to boost wireless penetration in the country. The license will be granted when market conditions permit, said the regulator, who indicated sales by the third operator, Millicom’s Tigo, as a reference point. Rwanda’s telecom regulator has already secured the [...]
SAP has announced the opening of its first software training centre in East Africa, SAP Education Centre. The centre, opened in Kenya’s Nairobi, is run by Bluekey Software Solutions and ASYST Intelligence, both SAP resellers, serving the region. The SAP Education Centre’s role is to train business managers and IT executives on the application of [...]
Google’s Android platform will overtake Nokia’s Symbian OS by 2014, according to a new report compiled by Analysys Mason. The report states that global smartphone units will top 1,7 billion by 2014, representing 26% of the world’s handsets, writes Total Telecom. This major increase is fueled by emerging market growth and efforts to promote multimedia [...]
The Ugandan parliamentary committee on ICT has urged all Ugandan operators to register their subscribers’ SIM cards within six months, in accordance with a new Communications Bill. The process will be coordinated by Uganda Communications Comission, said the committee chairman, Igeme Nabeta, according to the country’s The New Vision publication. He said service providers must [...]
Rwandan businesses that rely on the internet have been adversely affected by the recent failure of SEACOM’s undersea cable, with some businesses switching operators to stay afloat. “We initially thought it was a minor and temporary breakdown but it persisted, that is why we opted to change to another ISP”, said one of the country’s [...]
According to research firm Frost& Sullivan, the mobile communications markets of Southern Africa, which includes Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, experienced a subscriber growth of more than 10% in the last five years, fuelled by mobile data services demand. The growth has been even more significant in markets with high mobile penetration levels, such as [...]
Following positive feedback after the launch of its metro network in Sandton, MTN Business is already building a national fibre network to support growing demand from the business sector. “Our network uptime has been 99% and is coupled with consistent strong performance,” said Angela Gahagan, Managing Executive at MTN Business. The company provided circular fibre [...]
Gateway Communications kept East and Southern African countries connected during last week’s Seacom outage. “When such an outage occurs, the cost to businesses and inconvenience to customers is great and as such, we decided to re-route our connections at our own cost. Although many other operators decided to claim ‘unavoidable outage’, connecting Africa is what [...]
A recent study by Pyramid Research states that South Africa’s growth over the next five years will be backed by strong demand in mobile data and broadband Internet, estimating a $15.1 billion telecom market by 2014, at a CAGR growth rate of 1.6% per year.
News of struggling IT companies and even liquidations in the industry is the natural culmination of two very tough years. Integr8 Group Joint CEO, Rob Sussman, says CIOs should apply a four-question audit to ensure they are on the right track. In much the same way as individuals do a yearly financial health-check, we believe [...]