Mobile and Telecoms
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August 18, 2017 •
Finance, Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa •
Dean Workman •
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TotalSend has announced the addition of Push Payments to its product portfolio. The launch of Push Payments, according to the firm, will see TotalSend step into uncharted waters and form a unique category of being able to integrate payments into digital messaging. This means that bills can now be received over SMS or email and paid [&hellip...
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August 17, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Software, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA), a South African women’s right organisation, has released an app that is intended to help victims of abuse speak up and find help. The App is now available for free on all Android and Apple smartphones and was launched...
August 17, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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Airtel Nigeria has introduced Unlimited Data plans which, according to the company, will empower and create more opportunities for telecom consumers as well as boost mobile broadband connectivity. Airtel officially began the roll out of the Home Broadband...
August 16, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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In the latest development of the ever changing story of 9Mobile, formerly Etisalat Nigeria, the consortium of 12 banks involved in the $1.2 billion 9Mobile loan – a loan the firm took out four years ago; however, failed to repay due to a currency...
August 14, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Security, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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According to reports by the Nigerian Communications Week, the Nigerian Telecommunications Commission (NCC) has demanded that all mobile telecommunications firms block the use of pre-registered sim cards. The use of these sim cards are believed to be what...
August 11, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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According to reports by Buzz Nigeria, The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has decided to intervene and prevent Nigerian telecommunications company, Globacom, from proceeding with its planned free data day promotion. Globacom’s planned...
August 11, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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Lycamobile, a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), announced today that the company has partnered with Cell C and will begin rolling out its services in South Africa. With the South African development, Lycamobile has expanded its global network reach to...
August 10, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Opinion, Sponsored •
Dean Workman •
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If a network is compliant with regulations, does that mean it’s secure? Unfortunately for both IT professionals and businesses, it does not. “Compliance is not security, but security can be compliant – with a set of requirements and guidelines that...
August 10, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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The South African Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, Dr Siyabonga Cwele, earlier this week announced that his office welcomes the R5.5 billion private sector investment into Cell C. The minister pointed out the significance of this investment...
August 8, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Opinion •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Africa is witnessing rapid growth in the telecommunications sector, and the use of mobile telephones is at the forefront of this surge. While it was initially voice communication that drove the interest in mobile telephony, thanks to the increased...
August 7, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Telecom operator, Tigo has announced that it completed point-to-multipoint base stations in four major business districts across Ghana. Businesses and residents within the Accra, Kumasi, Takoradi and Sunyani central business districts now have access to...
August 7, 2017 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Ethio-telecom has announced that it will introduce new services for enterprise and individual customers. The new services will help end users by improving their internet, voice and SMS experiences says the company. The operator said the services include...
August 4, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on .Africa domain pricing drops
When the.Africa gTLD (generic Top Level Domain) was released during the General Availability Phase on a first-come, first-served basis to the general public on 4 July 2017, it came at a cost that many SME’s could simply not afford. This, however, has...
August 3, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Internet The Key To Unlocking Economic Access- Report
The recently released Internet Access in South Africa 2017 study, produced by World Wide Worx, a market research firm, with the support of Dark Fibre Africa (DFA), providers of wholesale fibre connectivity, highlighted the ever increasing importance of the...
August 3, 2017 •
Finance, Mobile and Telecoms, Opinion •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on How the mobile experience is shaping customer expectation
Our lives have become, in many ways, a ‘mobile experience’. We’ve become inseparable from, dependent on and emotionally attached to our devices to the extent that we feel lost without them. Whether for social media, banking, business tasks, buying and...
August 3, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Security, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Gemalto first in the world to be fully-certified by the GSMA for secure eSIM
Gemalto, a digital security company has announced that its On-Demand Connectivity Service has become the first in the world to demonstrate full compliance with the stringent security requirements of the GSMA’s Security Accreditation Scheme for embedded SIM...
