Mobile and Telecoms
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September 20, 2017 •
Gadgets and Gaming, Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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Samsung has won the title hands down this year. They received 40% of the votes for being the best smartphone brand for 2017. This is according to the South Africa Mobile Report for 2017. According to the report, which conducted various surveys among 4993 South African mobile internet users, the stats prove that Samsung is [&hellip...
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September 20, 2017 •
Gadgets and Gaming, Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Lenovo, through its Subsidiary, Motorola Mobility, has announced plans to launch two new Motorola models the Motorola Moto G5S Plus and the Moto Z2 Play with JBL SoundBoost 2 Moto Mod in South Africa.The new models will be available in select Telkom stores...
September 19, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) revealed that the number of people using the internet in Nigeria decreased in the month of July 2017. The number of users declined from 91,629,066 in June 2017 to 91,450,252 in July 2017, a decrease of 178,814,...
September 19, 2017 •
East Africa, General, Mobile and Telecoms, North Africa, Opinion, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Since 2009, the African telecoms industry has come a long way in connecting people and businesses to reliable, affordable and fast Internet services. The new submarine cables that started to land off the continent’s east and west coasts from 2009 onwards...
September 18, 2017 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, North Africa, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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Deloitte on Monday 18 September 2017 released their “the future of telco business model” report which explores four possible scenarios which could shape the future of telco businesses. The report identifies that the telecommunications industry is...
September 18, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Ericsson has sued Wiko, a French smartphone manufacturing company for infringement of patents essential for 2G, 3G and 4G cellular technology, as well as implementation patents. According to Ericsson, Wiko has been infringing Ericsson’s intellectual...
September 18, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Opinion, Security, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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It has become more common these days to hear about the latest security breach or denial of service (DOS) attack, which highlights the many challenges businesses face as they look to curb an increasing number of attacks passing through their IT networks. In...
September 16, 2017 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, North Africa, Online & Social, Opinion, Southern Africa, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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To start things off the question remains… Should businesses have to choose between creating an app that provides a better user experience, or an app that is faster to develop and can run on more platforms and devices? With this ongoing debate of user...
September 15, 2017 •
Gadgets and Gaming, Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Samsung is continuing its roll-out of the Samsung Z4 smartphone in South Africa for R1,499 – powered by its very own Operating System (OS), Tizen. Tizen is made by Samsung, for Samsung, with the intention of making smartphones less complicated and more...
September 15, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
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South African telcos must start focusing on four key ingredients if they are to successfully own their part of the future telco market. The telco, that successfully prioritises these four elements first, will also set themselves up for huge successes. This is...
September 14, 2017 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Safaricom’s M-PESA platform has been upgraded. The company completed the upgrades on Sunday 10th September 2017. Mobile money transactions were interrupted for 13 hours. The upgraded platform will allow the gradual introduction of new features to the...
September 14, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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MTN has announced that it has expanded the rollout of LTE coverage to customers in Rustenburg, South Africa. This is in line with the telecoms focus of optimising network quality in major cities across South Africa. The increased LTE coverage in the mining...
September 13, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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South African telecommunications company, Cell C, announced on Wednesday 13 September 2017 that the company will be slashing its out-of-bundle (OOB) data rates for prepaid customers to its lowest tariff plan to 15c per MB. In addition, the company also...
September 13, 2017 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, North Africa, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Darryl Linington •
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App developers who may miss the 14 September 2017 MTN Business App of the Year submission deadline shouldn’t be despondent; MTN Business has extended the deadline for the sixth edition of the popular Awards to 18 September 2017, allowing delayed nominations...
September 13, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Opinion, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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Retrenchment, recession and reduced spending – signs of an economy under pressure, but, it would seem from research that SA companies are fighting back! Local ICT managed services provider and leading infrastructure management firm Integr8 says there is...
September 12, 2017 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, North Africa, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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South African telecommunications company, Cell C, announced on Tuesday 12 September 2017 that the company will be reducing international roaming rates to 58 countries covering 99 networks. The company said that the changes are aimed at making the pricing...
