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SA’s Vodacom users recover from network outage
Vodacom subscribers in South Africa were affected by a network outage for the entire day, on Thursday 30 June 2011. The cause of the outage, which affected subscribers in selected spots across the country, was a multiple failure of transmission…
Dajcom creates jobs in Nigeria
Dajcom Limited, an official Samsung electronic distributor in Nigeria, has created more employment opportunities for citizens living in the country by hiring over 1 000 Nigerians across 36 Nigerian states. Dajcom’s Marketing and Communications Director, Carla Chantri-Safa, says the company’s efforts…
Alcatel-Lucent makes Internet more fluid
Alcatel-Lucent, a global communication company, has unlocked the potential for radical new Internet applications and services with a technology hailed as the key to greater capacity, faster connections and reduced congestion on the web. Alcatel-Lucent released a next-generation chip that…
Nigerian operators in BlackBerry price war
GSM networks in Nigeria have embarked on a BlackBerry price war to encourage mobile subscribers to convert to their networks. In an apparent response to other networks in the country, Airtel Nigeria has introduced a new a new BlackBerry bundle…
ITNewsAfrica to partner with MSN
Johannesburg-based ITNewsAfrica (www.itnewsafrica.com) has entered into an agreement with MSN Arabia to provide specific content that is relevant to their audience. MSN Arabia covers 14 countries from Morocco to Pakistan including all the Arabian Gulf States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and…
SA’s iWeek conference preparations on track
The 2011 10th Anniversary iWeek conference, a South African Internet and telecoms industry’s annual gathering, will feature international speakers from six continents. iWeek 2011 is a free conference and most of the proceedings are open to anyone involved in the…
SA’s Cell C joins Johannesburg Internet Exchange
South Africa’s non profit Internet industry organistion, Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) has added an extension to its Johannesburg Internet Exchange (JINX) in order to cater for massive growth in internet traffic. SA mobile operator, Cell C now exchanges Internet…
Telkom reaches agreement over Multi-Links
Telkom has issued a statement on the failure to sell the CDMA business of Multi-Links Telecommunications Limited to Visafone and the Telkom Board’s decision to stop funding Multi-Links. Telkom has now reached an agreement with an affiliate of Helios Towers…
Altech in key empowerment drive
Craig Venter, CEO for Altech, a South African multi-billion rand high-tech group, shares his insights on the future of the group, the SA government’s role in the ICT sector and a recent empowerment deal with Southern Palace. ITNewsAfrica.com: What are…
Mobitel Nigeria offers 4G
Broadband provider Mobitel Limited, which recently launched in Nigeria, is set to release its new 4G broadband wireless service in the region. Johnson Salako, Mobitel CEO says Nigerians should be excited and prepared to enjoy an unsurpassed Internet broadband experience…
Egypt gets call centre for farmers
Egyptian farmers were presented with a new call centre to help integrate the agricultural sector with the mainstream telecommunications economy. The call centre is a business partnership initiative between the Agricultural Research Center (ARC) and Vodafone Egypt, and is a positive…
African Tech publication collaborates with USAID
Johannesburg based ICT publication, ITNewsAfrica (www.itnewsafrica.com) and the United States Agency for International Development’s Global Broadband and Innovations portal has entered into a knowledge and resource sharing agreement, whereby IT News Africa will contribute local and African news articles to…
Galaxy Backbone Trains 600 Civil Servants on e-Government
Galaxy Backbone Plc, a public enterprise of the Federal Government has trained over 600 public servants across various cadres in federal government Ministries and Development Agencies (MDAs) with the latest knowledge on e-government. The training forms part of Nigeria’s commitment…
Bharti finalizes Zain deal
Bharti Airtel, a global telecommunications provider, has finalised the purchase of Kuwaiti telecom operator Zain’s African assets, worth about $9 billion. The deal makes Bharti Airtel the 5th largest telecom company in the world. The final payment to Zain was…
McAfee appoints New Director to SA and Sub-Saharan Africa
McAfee, one of the world’s largest dedicated security technology companies, has appointed Craig Hockley as its new Regional Director for South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. Hockley will be based at McAfee’s regional headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa, and will be responsible…
HTC unveils 3D smartphone
HTC recently launched their HTC EVO 3D. Delivering a glasses-free 3D experience, the stylishly rugged HTC EVO 3D, with the latest HTC Sense experience, makes it easy to capture and share stunning 3D home movies and stills with friends and…
