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April 20, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Southern Africa •
Neo Sesinye •
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HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones finally announced the availability of the highly-anticipated Nokia 8 Sirocco, Nokia 7 plus and the new Nokia 6 in South Africa. These new Android One Nokia smartphones were introduced at Mobile World Congress in February 2018 and will go on sale during April 2018 through Cell C, MTN and [&hellip...
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April 20, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Neo Sesinye •
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Popular communication app, Truecaller announced that it has reached over 100 million active users. With this new achievement, Truecaller in less than a year has moved passed from 100 million monthly active users (MAUs) to 100 million daily active users...
April 19, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Neo Sesinye •
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Vodacom has just reached a new milestone. Despite “vanishing data” problems in recent times, the network service provider has just become the first African mobile network to exceed 80% population coverage on 4G. Vodacom now provides 80.12% 4G coverage in...
April 18, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Software, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Neo Sesinye •
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With the all latest developments, features and apps on our smartphones, storage appears to be a real problem for many smartphone users in South Africa. According to research from a countrywide independent consumer SanDisk, 22 percent of users running out of...
April 11, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Intelsat S.A. operator of the Globalized Network and integrated satellite solutions company, has announced that Vodacom Business Nigeria has signed an agreement for satellite services to expand its enterprise broadband networks and enable new and enhanced...
April 9, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Even though the market has become more competitive in Africa, many insurers still rely on traditional methods to reach customers. While other industries have been pro-active in their adoption of mobile technology due to its convenience and reach, insurance...
April 6, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on First mover service providers outline 5G use case insights
As TV audiences across the world wowed in the immersive real-time interactive broadcast experiences of the recent winter sporting event in South Korea, many may have scratched their heads wondering how it was possible. In short, the answer was 5G....
April 6, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Huawei launches P20 series in South Africa
Huawei Consumer Business Group, South Africa unveiled their highly anticipated Huawei P20 and Huawei P20 Pro, on Thursday, 05 April 2018 barely a week after the phones’ global launch in Paris. According to the company, the P20 Series promises to usher in a...
April 5, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on MTN’s new mobile money kiosks to drive financial inclusion in Zambia
MTN Zambia has announced the rollout of more than 500 new mobile money kiosks as the company steps up its drive for financial inclusion of the country’s unbanked population. This is in addition to the opening of more than 3,000 new retail points aimed at...
April 4, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on 5G is expected to become an integral part of a connected society
In this digital age, devices and applications require a wireless network access that is not only fast but also resilient, secure, and able to protect the individual’s right to privacy. The 5G system puts all this front and centre. The latest white paper...
April 4, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Taking voice communications in a whole new direction
We live in a time where businesses, regardless of their size, find financial constraints at every turn, which is why the focus on ‘doing more with less’ has become the accepted cost saving mantra. While there are a multitude of ways these businesses can...
April 3, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Will the shift to 5G happen in 2018?
GlobalData, a data and analytics company, has revealed that the full transition to 5G will not happen in 2018. Network equipment vendors have been promoting mobile base station gear as ‘pre-5G’ and ‘5G-ready’. In Q1, 2018, when vendors announced 5G...
March 27, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
Comments Off on Uber introduces tipping function for drivers in South Africa
As of 27 March 2018, Uber revealed that riders in South Africa will be able to offer tips to their driver-partners. At the end of every trip, riders will now be able to issue a selected range of tipping to their driver-partner. This feature will also be...
March 27, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Vodafone Zambia to launch voice services
Vodafone Zambia has announced plans to launch 4G voice services (Voice over LTE – VoLTE) commercially within the next three months under a newly acquired license from the Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA). Chief Executive...
March 26, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Your high-end smartphone could be inadequately insured
With expensive, high-end technology such as tablets and smartphones more popular than ever before, South African consumers may be blissfully unaware that their favourite electronic devices are grossly underinsured – only realising too late when they claim...
March 22, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on Nigeria: Teleology finalises its takeover of 9mobile
Investment company, Teleology Holdings has finalised its takeover of 9mobile with payment of $50 million in fulfilment of the terms for the acquisition of the telecommunications company. Teleology has detailed a plan of action that will guide its rapid...
