Tanzania: Telecommunication service providers must toe the line
The Tanzania Daily News quotes the country’s Minister of Communication, Science and Technology, Professor Makame Mbarawa as saying that telecommunication service providers who provide inadequate service to consumers, without a valid explanation, could face a penalty of fines or imprisonment. Tanzanian telecommunication service providers face hefty More...
Samsung unveils ultra-fast 5G technology
Electronics giant Samsung has announce that they have successfully introduced 5G technology by developing the world’s first adaptive array transceiver technology operating in the millimeter-wave Ka bands for More...
Ericsson partners with Airtel to deploy Connect To Learn in Malawi
Communications provider Ericsson has joined forces with mobile operator Airtel to expand the Connect to Learn Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solution to two schools in the Malawi Millennium Village More...
SA Communications Minister lodges complaint against newspaper
South Africa’s Minister of Communications Dina Pule has lodged a formal complaint with the Press Ombudsman over the weekend in relation to the alleged smear campaign against her by the Sunday Times newspaper. South More...
Airtel Nigeria Introduces single rechard card for voice, data
Telecommunications operator, Airtel Nigeria, has introduced a dual-purpose single recharge card for both voice and data services on the network that will allow customers to recharge for both services with only one More...
Flexenclosure deploys eCentre for Vodacom Mozambique
Flexenclosure, a specialist developer of intelligent power management systems and pre-fabricated data centres for the ICT industry, has deployed an eCentre – an energy efficient and pre-fabricated data centre More...
Nigeria: citizens can bank on national ID system
The Nigerian National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and MasterCard have announced at the World Economic Forum on Africa the roll-out of 13 million MasterCard-branded National Identity Smart Cards with electronic More...
Kenya: IBM opens Innovation Centre
As part of its ongoing expansion in Africa, IBM has opened its first IBM Innovation Center in East Africa. Located in Nairobi, Kenya, the center will help fuel growth and innovation in the region, providing IT More...
Epsilon, SEACOM Interconnect to increase global access to Africa
Epsilon Telecommunications, a global telecommunications network exchange, has signed an interconnection agreement with privately owned communications service provider SEACOM. With SEACOM preconnected, Epsilon can More...
QFE’s multi-billion Dollar investment in Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has announced that it has entered into a binding agreement with Qatar Foundation Endowment More...