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March 10, 2014 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Charlie Fripp •
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Telkom has entered into a Heads of Agreement (HoA) with MTN South Africa (MTN). This HoA explains that the parties intend to conclude network management services and reciprocal roaming agreements, whereby MTN will take over financial and operational...
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March 6, 2014 •
Opinion, Top Stories •
Charlie Fripp •
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The time has come to say goodbye to a much loved annual event: declaring the coming year as the “Year of VDI”. There is no doubt that VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) deployments will continue to grow, use cases will develop and the technology will...
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March 6, 2014 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
Charlie Fripp •
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Zimbabwean Telecash customers can pay their Dstv subscriptions from their mobile phones, following an agreement between Zimbabwean mobile operator Telecel and South African pay-satellite television provider MultiChoice. Telecash, which is Telecel’s mobile...
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March 6, 2014 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
Charlie Fripp •
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Rwanda’s Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and ICT, Rosemary Mbabazi has urged citizens to embrace the use of Information and communications technology (ICT), pointing out that ICT is as vital as water and electricity. She revealed this during...
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March 6, 2014 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Charlie Fripp •
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Huawei, a global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has announced the launch of its first store in Africa, offering customers direct access to Huawei devices and technical support. The store, located at Vodacom World in...
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March 5, 2014 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Charlie Fripp •
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VeriFone Mobile Money has been selected by Teasy Mobile in Nigeria to widen mobile money services. VeriFone Mobile Money is a joint venture between VeriFone Inc. and Mobilis Networks Limited to drive the adoption of mobile money and wallet solutions...
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March 5, 2014 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
Charlie Fripp •
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South Africa’s National Broadband Advisory Council (NBAC), which will advise the Minister of Communications on the implementation of “South Africa Connect”, the Broadband policy and strategy, was officially launched yesterday. The Council comprises...
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March 5, 2014 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Charlie Fripp •
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Multinational mobile operator MTN has announced its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2013. According to the company, they connected 207.8-million people in 22 countries across Africa and the Middle East. “Group subscribers increased by...
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March 4, 2014 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
Charlie Fripp •
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Telkom Mobile, the mobile division of telecommunications company Telkom, and BlackBerry today announced an integrated carrier billing service for BlackBerry smartphone customers in South Africa. The service is made possible through Telkom Mobile’s newly...
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March 4, 2014 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Charlie Fripp •
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Africa’s largest independent telecommunications infrastructure company IHS Holding has announced that they have managed to secure $490 million of equity and debt in its latest financing round. “This is strong validation of the growing strength of the IHS...
