Telecoms infrastructure company Nokia Siemens Networks has donated one R1 million into a social educational development programme in South Africa.

According to an article on the Power Engineering website, China and South Africa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding facilitating cooperation on the development of pebble bed nuclear reactor technology.

THE Interactive Data Corporation (IDC) believes that the demand for external storage systems will increase in the next five year period, despite the current global economic recession.

Members of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) will meet in Portugal in April for the World Telecommunication Policy Forum, to discuss major challenges facing the sector.

NOKIA Siemens Networks, the first telecommunications network provider to join the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Climate Savers program, has announced that the company is on track to achieving its targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

According to Kingdom Stockbrokers, a leading market-watcher in Zimbabwe, the ability of mobile phone operators to now charge customers in foreign currency would boost the sector.

Nokia has released a software update for one of its music playing devices – the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. The update is intended to enhance performance and provide additional functionality to users.

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has announced that it intends to categorize frequency 91.7 MHz as a commercial sound broadcasting service frequency.

MTN has partnered with Garmap, the leading provider of satellite navigation and mapping services in South Africa, to provide the next generation of Garmap’s mobile phone navigation applications on the MTN network, using Blackberry smartphones.

Workers in the South African telecommunications sector have expressed dissatisfaction with Telkom’s restructuring programme.

Zimbabwe has for the past few weeks experienced serious internet connection problems due to unavailability of the servers managing the Southern African country’s domain routing.