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April 24, 2014 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Charlie Fripp •
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On 12 April 2014, mobile service provider MTN South Africa demonstrated its high-speed Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) offering to residents of Monaghan Farm – an eco-friendly gated estate, located 30km north of Johannesburg. The commercial delivery of FTTH...
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April 24, 2014 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Charlie Fripp •
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Online food ordering service Hellofood.com, founded by Africa Internet Holding (AIH), has announced a partnership with Samsung at the launch of the new Samsung Galaxy S5 in Lagos. As part of the Galaxy Gift Package, Hellofood has been selected as one of six...
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April 24, 2014 •
Company News, People •
Charlie Fripp •
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SekelaXabiso has appointed Martina Madali as Associate Director of its IT Audit business unit, effective March 2014. Madali has been in the professional services industry for more than 23 years specialising in IT audit, information security, business...
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April 23, 2014 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Charlie Fripp •
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PCCW Global, the Hong Kong-headquartered international operating division of HKT, has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Shanghai Zendai, an urban complex developer specializing in commercial real estate from mainland China, to provide...
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April 23, 2014 •
Satellite Comms, Top Stories •
Charlie Fripp •
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Since its acquisition of iWayAfrica and Africa Online, pan African telecoms operator, Gondwana International Networks has focused on the development of its terrestrial and satellite network products and solutions. According to CEO, Mathew Welthagen, Africa...
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April 22, 2014 •
Lists, Top Stories •
Charlie Fripp •
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If Internet use proliferates in Africa at the rate mobile phones did in the early 2000s, the continent stands to add as much as $300 billion to its economic growth by 2025, a new study by the McKinsey Global Institute has found. While most internet...
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April 22, 2014 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Charlie Fripp •
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Chinese communications equipment giant Huawei Technologies has launched the first of a series of 169 base stations that will connect rural communities in Zambia to the mobile phone network. The development will bring the latest mobile voice and data...
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April 22, 2014 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Charlie Fripp •
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As Chinese technology giant Huawei starts rolling out mobile services to rural areas in Zambia, Tanzania’s Minister for Communication, Science and Technology, Prof Makame Mbarawa, has asked Tanzania’s mobile operators to roll out mobile communication...
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April 22, 2014 •
Opinion, Top Stories •
Charlie Fripp •
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The furore around mobile termination rates as Cell C, Vodacom, MTN, Neotel and Telkom duke it out in the media, may well be grabbing headlines lately but really amounts to a minor, public lovers’ spat compared with what looms. The mobile networks are headed...
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April 22, 2014 •
Software •
Charlie Fripp •
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Veeam Software, a provider of Protection for the Modern Data Center, racked up a second year of over 80% growth in South Africa in 2013. Warren Olivier, Veeam’s Regional Manager for Southern Africa, says the company now has more than 1,000 local customers...
