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July 20, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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Crisis plagued telco 9Mobile (previously known as Etisalat Nigeria) is embroiled in yet another controversy as one of its key strategic partners, Huawei Technology, sacked over 100 Nigerian engineers on Tuesday, this according to Blueprint report. Having worked for the company for over 8 years, the affected workers were outraged by the sudden...
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July 18, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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In an attempt to entice new customers, mobile operator Cell C has announced a new fibre-to-the-home promotional offer, giving new customers three months of free C-Fibre access to kick start their high-speed internet journey. Until 30 September 2017, new...
July 18, 2017 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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On the 14th of July, the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) fined six telecom operators for violating subscriber registration rules. Violations include operators registering SIM cards with unauthorised identity cards and registering SIM...
July 18, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Security, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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In a statement released on Monday morning, South African telecommunications service provider, MTN, warned its subscribers to beware of the latest scam doing the rounds in the country. How it works A supposed MTN call centre agent requests the customer’s...
July 18, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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In yet another interview showcasing the latest tech developments on the Africa continent, IT News Africa recently spoke to Laurent Grimaldi, CEO of satellite broadband solutions company, Konnect Africa. Konnect Africa, set up by Eutelsat in 2015, aims to...
July 18, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, People, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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Cisco, the multinantional technology service provider, has announced the appointment of Ali Amer as Managing Director for Global Service Provider Sales in the Middle East and Africa region. In his new role, Ali will be responsible for helping...
July 17, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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More than half a billion people across Sub-Saharan Africa will be subscribed to a mobile service by the end of a decade, according to a new GSMA study. The new report, ‘The Mobile Economy: Sub-Saharan Africa 2017’, was published at the GSMA Mobile 360 –...
July 17, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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Although there has yet to be official confirmation from the telecommunications operator, Etisalat Nigeria is reportedly changing its name to 9Mobile, this is according to a report by Nigerian Communications Week. Premium Times Nigeria reports that embattled...
July 17, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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According to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), by May this year, Nigeria hit the 91 million mark in terms of internet users in the country. The number, which has risen from 90,124,428 in April to 91,565,010 in May, was revealed in a report...
July 14, 2017 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, West Africa •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Annoying and unwanted spam calls are on the rise around the globe, with Truecaller’s Truecaller Insights: Top 20 Countries Affected by Spam Calls in 2017 report revealing that within large markets such as India, the US, and Brazil, the average...
July 13, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Southern Africa, Sponsored •
Dean Workman •
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Networking and fibre specialists looking to take their environment to the next level can now do so with the release of the Netshield QSFP 100G range of compatible transceiver modules, ideal for bandwidth intense networking environments, from Netshield South...
July 12, 2017 •
Finance, Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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Huawei, an ICT solutions provider, and WorldRemit, a digital money transfer service, announced at the GSMA’s Mobile 360 conference in Dar es Salaam that the two companies will be entering into a partnership which will make WorldRemit’s international money...
July 11, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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After a turbulent start to 2017, Etisalat International announced on Monday that the telecommunications service provider will be pulling out of Nigeria in a matter of weeks. The announcement which was made by Hatem Dowidar, the chief executive of Etisalat...
July 11, 2017 •
General, Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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Angola Cables, a multinational telecommunications company, announced today that construction has begun on its South American data centre, located in Fortaleza, Brazil. The data-center will advance the use of subsea internet cables connecting Africa to the...
July 11, 2017 •
Internet of Things, Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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The Internet of Things (IoT) requires the ability to reliably send and receive data and Flickswitch, a provider of business SIM management solutions in Africa, has launched South Africa’s first Internet of Things (IoT) starter pack. “We are coming across...
July 7, 2017 •
Finance, Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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Standard Bank, announced today that they have dropped their data charges on their mobile banking app. This means that Standard Bank customers will no longer be charged for data, no matter what network they are on, when using the Standard Bank app. This...
