PREPARATIONS for the International Telecommunications Union TELECOMWORLD 2009, the leading global ICT showcase that will bring together heads of State, Ministers, industry leaders and Regulators for the high-level summit, cutting-edge Forum and a dynamic exhibition will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, have begun.

The mobile telecommunication operator Celtel Burkina Faso (Zain Burkina Faso), Emitac Mobile Solution (EMS) and Research In Motion (RIM) yesterday announced the launch of the BlackBerry® solution in Burkina Faso. The BlackBerry solution brings together smartphones, software and services to allow easy wireless access to email, phone, calendar, web, multimedia and other mobile business and [...]

SOUTH Africa and Australia, the two countries bidding to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope, have agreed to work more closely in advancing this iconic project.
This emerged at the SKA Forum this week, which was the highlight of two weeks of specialist meetings that focused on the design, construction and science goals [...]

LEADING players in the information and communication technology sector, Microsoft and Vodafone have announced an agreement under which Vodafone will offer businesses a single communications and collaboration solution composed of fixed and mobile voice and data, customer equipment and handsets, and Microsoft Online Services.

NIGERIA’S Transcorp, which this week said it would sell part of the 51 percent stake it holds in Nigeria Telecommunication (NITEL), lamented the low subscription to its Initial Public Offer (IPO) it posted in 2007.
Transcorp chairperson Professor Ndi Okereke-Onyuike, attributed the setback to the political risk associated with the change of government and uncertainties about [...]

HIGH hopes exists that the formation of a government of national unity in Zimbabwe will revive the troubled information and communications technology sector in Zimbabwe.
Like many sectors in the Southern African country’s comatose economy,

In an effort to boost global integration at Marico, the company has expanded its SAP platform to the Consumer Division of Enaleni Pharmaceuticals Ltd. – its latest acquisition in South Africa.
By extending its SAP platform to Marico South Africa, Marico has created an integrated landscape leading to better controls and data visibility across borders.

The business goals and challenges of customer relationship management (CRM) programmes will remain the same today as they were 10 years ago, and they will continue to predominate during the next 10 years, according to Gartner, Inc.

THIS year’s edition of the African Development Level Telecommunications Institute (AFRALTI) governing council meeting has kicked off in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe’s newly-appointed Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Nelson Chamisa, officially opened the event in the resort town of Victoria Falls.

AccessKenya Group, Kenya ’s first publicly listed ICT company and leading Corporate Internet Service Provider, today announced that it has completed the purchase of the business and assets of Satori Solutions, a mid sized “Virtual ISP” serving primarily Small Office, Home Office (“ SoHo ”) customers.

South Africa’s Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has pledged its commitment to make consumers aware of their right to communication.
ICASA, which regulates the country’s telecommunications sector, is currently holding consumer rights roadshows to that effect.