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Vodacom to throttle Blackberry internet
Mobile service provider Vodacom has announced that it will be throttling the internet speeds of Blackberry users who use up a lot of the bandwidth. Blackberry’s Internet Service (BIS) is very popular with the younger market, as it provides users…
GovTech – Cloud allows Gov-Citizen connection
Governments across the world are under intense pressure to reduce costs and increase their operational efficiency, while also improving service delivery to their citizens. Their IT environments are under even more pressure to do more with less and as infrastructure…
Econet to launch Eco Cash mobile money
Mobile operator Econet Wireless says it plans to launch its mobile money platform Eco-Cash at the end of September 2011. The system will allow its over 5 million subscribers to make payments of less than $20 using their mobile phones.…
LION2 undersea cable lands in Kenya
Kenya will soon be hooked to its fourth undersea fibre-optic cable following the laying of the France Telecom-funded Lower Indian Ocean Network 2 (LION2), The Standard reported online. The ship laying the LION2 arrived in Mombasa, Kenya on 30 August…
Bharti Airtel gets Rwanda’s 2G, 3G mobile license
Bharti Airtel, India’s global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa said on 8 September 2011 that it has been awarded a license by the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA) to operate 2G and 3G GSM…
Indian delegation seeks African ICT opportunities
Indian ICT businessmen will tour the African continent in pursuit of new African ICT investment opportunities from 12 to 22 September 2011. These ICT businessmen will be visiting Nigeria and Ghana as part of their African tour. The National Association…
eNaTIS to combat SADC vehicle theft
Plans are underway to roll out the Electronic National Traffic Information System (eNaTIS) into other Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. The eNaTIS plan is subject to inter-governmental negotiations, to modernise the management of vehicle and driver registration and licensing…
Kenya unwraps multi-million data centre
Kenya Data Network  (KDN) has unveiled a multimillion-dollar state-of-the art data center to be used for hosting data and software applications. Speaking at the launch this week, KDN Chief Executive Officer Rikus Matthyser said the Data Center, now ready for…
Google Maps arrives for six African countries
Google has announced that they rolled out their popular Google Maps service for 40 new countries, of which six are on the African soil. “Our efforts to start putting Africa on the map kicked off in 2009 when we launched…
Vodacom to protect customers from fraud
Mobile service provider Vodacom has unveiled a new step to protect its customers from cellphone fraud by automatically locking a SIM card if any irregular call activity is detected. Vodacom stated that they saw an increase in the number of…
Top Ten pirates in Africa
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has released the figures of their latest findings into piracy across the globe, and some statistics are shocking. The global piracy rate dropped by 1 point from 2009 to 42%, meaning that 42% of the…
Q&A: Africa’s customer experience is evolving
ITNewsAfrica caught up with keynote speaker Micheal Baucke, Alcatel-Lucent Customer Experience Transformation Programme Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) during a break at the 14tn annual SATNAC conference in East London, South Africa. During his presentation, Baucke provided…
SA might decrypt BBM messages
South Africa’s Deputy Communications Minister Kopeng Obed Bapela told a delegation at the Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (Satnac) in East London, that South Africa might look into the decryption of BlackBerry-type messenger services such as BBM if…
New PSP model caters for kids
Sony is due to release a new PSP model, but added that the budget device would be aimed at younger players and teens. “You will see the audience skew younger. If we are going to take PSP very young –…
Vodacom takes customer service to Social networks
Mobile service provider Vodacom has recognised the importance social media is taking up in their customer care department, and decided to increase the number of staff working in its specialist dedicated customer care team. The team’s operating hours has also…
Samsung launches News24 Smart TV app
Samsung South Africa announced that together with News24, they will make available a News24 app, the first locally developed Smart TV application in Africa. The app will allow users to access the latest in breaking news and lifestyle content from…
