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February 27, 2015 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
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Orange Kenya has inked a deal with GreenLight Planet in order to provide solar lighting to Kenyan homes. The homes targeted are essentially based in areas that have limited access to electricity. According to Orange Kenya, it is set to launch a product bundle that includes a mobile handset, which will be coupled with a ...
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February 27, 2015 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
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Liquid Telecom has revealed the launch of its Fibre To The Home (FTTH) service. According to the company, the FTTH Service is expected to provide speeds of up to 100Mbps within Zambia. According to the telco, the FTTH service will provide Zambians with real...
February 26, 2015 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
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Millions of M-Pesa and Tigo Pesa customers in Tanzania will soon be able to send and receive money directly into each other wallets. This follows the recent signing of a mobile money interoperability agreement between Tigo and Vodacom. The agreement will see...
February 26, 2015 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
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Bharti Airtel has effectively invested Ksh. 2.5 billion to upgrade its network. The move is intended to enhance indoor coverage and 3G quality in Kenya. According to the company, the upgrades of all sites in Mombasa and Kitale townships have been completed....
February 25, 2015 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
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According to the developers of the NSE Ticker, the app equips investors with tools to understand the Nigerian Stock Exchange and analyse its data. NSE Ticker is the first of a series of apps designed to help improve access to leading stock markets in Africa....
February 25, 2015 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Darryl Linington •
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Diamond Bank has revealed the launch of a fingerprint recognition feature, which has been incorporated within the Diamond Mobile app. The new service has been incorporated utilising the iOS Touch ID feature, and allows users of the app to log into their...
February 24, 2015 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Darryl Linington •
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WorldRemit and VTNetwork have collaborated in order to launch a new mobile money transfer service. According to both companies, the platform is expected to offer residents the opportunity to directly deposit money into the mobile wallets of friends and family...
February 24, 2015 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
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The Zimbabwean ICT ministry has effectively cancelled Telecel’s operating licence. The move by the official was due to the mobile operator’s alleged failure to settle its outstanding debt. The debt incurred, according to Nehan Radio, is currently...
February 24, 2015 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
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According to reports, the Kenyan government is set to adopt an educational model used in Brazil in order to establish computer labs in schools. Education Cabinet Secretary, Jacob Kaimenyi said the ministry studied the Brazilian computer project for schools,...
February 23, 2015 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
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Kenya’s ICT ministry has revealed that it plans to roll out 1,600 kilometres of fibre optic cables, over and above the current project, during the course of 2015. According to the authority, this is part of the National Optic Fibre Backbone...
February 23, 2015 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
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According to a Orange Botswana, it has now launched its new 4G service in Gaborone. According to the company, the launch is set to offer a timely boost to the local economy offering firms the opportunity to increase innovation, boost productivity and cut...
February 20, 2015 •
Mobile and Telecoms, West Africa •
Darryl Linington •
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MTN said it expects a 15-25 percent increase in earnings from 2014 due to the sale of its passive infrastructure in Nigeria. According to the company, Net earnings are expected to reach ZAR 16.79-18.25 per share, and headline earnings will increase an...
February 20, 2015 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
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The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) is set to increase the amount payable, for fines paid by telco operators, for poor Quality of Service (QoS). According to the authority operators that do not comply, or fail to meet the set quality standards that the...
February 20, 2015 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
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VMK, a company founded by Vérone Mankou, the Congolese entrepreneur behind the first tablet made in Africa, announced the opening of its first VMK store in Abidjan. Located in the Treichville commune at Zone 3 C, Immeuble Rive Gauche, this point of sale –...
February 19, 2015 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
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Airtel Rwanda has finalised the sale its mobile towers, with IHS taking hold of the assets. According to Airtel, the deal will see a vast majority of mobile subscribers enjoy networks that are more stable. Additionally, the company revealed that higher...
February 19, 2015 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
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The Kenya Internet Exchange Point (KIXP) has recorded an average of 1.2Gbps in bandwidth throughput, compared to 900Kbps ten years ago. At 13 years old, the KIXP now has 30 peering members across Telco’s, corporate and independent ISPs, making it one of the...
