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Altech prevails in court battle against SA Minister

Altech prevails in court battle against SA Minister

Altech announced today that it has been successful in opposing the Minister of Communications, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, in her application for Leave to Appeal against the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) / Value Added Network Services (VANS) judgment, which found in favour of Altech Autopage Cellular, on the 29th of August 2008.

October 31 2008 | Posted in Mobile and Telecoms | Read More »

MTN subscribers increase by 9%

MTN subscribers increase by 9%

MTN Group Ltd., Africa’s largest mobile phone company, said subscriber numbers grew 9 percent in the quarter ended September from the preceding three months.

October 31 2008 | Posted in Mobile and Telecoms | Read More »

Neotel lands VOX Telecom deal

Neotel lands VOX Telecom deal

Vox Telecom has signed Neotel as its preferred supplier of telecommunications infrastructure for enterprise customers, the company announced yesterday.

October 31 2008 | Posted in Mobile and Telecoms | Read More »

Annex projects technical value onto local market with ViewSonic

Annex projects technical value onto local market with ViewSonic

Annex Distribution, official distribution partners to ViewSonic Corporation, a global vendor and provider of visual display products, announces the availability of the ViewSonic PJ513D multifunctional data/video projector to the local market.

October 31 2008 | Posted in Gadgets | Read More »

Nebula Expands its South African Footprint

Nebula Expands its South African Footprint

Cape Town based Nebula, a professional services company in the ICT and telecommunications sectors, has announced the expansion of its national footprint, with today’s official opening of an office in Centurion, Gauteng.

October 31 2008 | Posted in Top Stories | Read More »

Infor joins Gartner’s leaders quadrant

Infor joins Gartner’s leaders quadrant

Infor has been positioned by Gartner in the leaders quadrant in the “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) for Manufacturing” report. Gartner evaluates vendors in its Magic Quadrant on “Completeness of Vision” and “Ability to Execute”.

October 31 2008 | Posted in Top Stories | Read More »

Business Connexion Joins Google Enterprise Professional Program

Business Connexion Joins Google Enterprise Professional Program

Business Connexion today announced that it has joined the Google Enterprise Professional program, which extends the power of Google across the enterprise and helps customers get more value out of their Google enterprise deployments.

October 30 2008 | Posted in Software | Read More »

Dell intensifies after sale services in Kenya

Dell intensifies after sale services in Kenya

Dell, a global systems and services company is investing Sh40 million in Kenya to enable it offer after sales services for its range of products locally.

October 30 2008 | Posted in Hardware | Read More »

Motorola expected to announce “Google Phone” plans this week

Motorola expected to announce “Google Phone” plans this week

The new head of Motorola’s mobile phone division, Sanjay Jha has decided that the company should focus the bulk of its efforts on developing phones based on the Google backed Android system.

October 30 2008 | Posted in Gadgets, Mobile and Telecoms | Read More »

Online media seen as Kenya’s next advertising frontier

Online media seen as Kenya’s next advertising frontier

The Kenyan media landscape is no longer what it was in the 1990s; holding a television screen in your palm is now a reality;

October 30 2008 | Posted in Digital | Read More »

Mobile device demand increases as PCs are dumped- IBM

Mobile device demand increases as PCs are dumped- IBM

IBM has released the results of a survey which points to the fact that over 50 percent of consumers would substitute their Internet usage on a PC for a mobile device.

October 30 2008 | Posted in Mobile and Telecoms | Read More »