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Nokia and Microsoft sign definitive agreement ahead of schedule
Nokia and Microsoft today announced the signing of a definitive agreement in the partnership which was announced on February 11. The definitive agreement sets out how the assets of both companies will be utilized, and setting out payments which will be…
Nigeria delivers ICT tools to school girls
The Nigerian government is implementing a new strategy for school girls, entering their first year of junior secondary schools, aiming to assist them with the “challenges” of living in a male dominated society. The program will deliver tools and background…
Uganda tries to block Facebook, Twitter
As protests in Uganda continue over rising food and energy costs, the country’s government has attempted to block social networking sites Facebook and Twitter in an effort to curtail anxiety now fomenting in the country. It follows a similar pattern…
“FibreCo” national network on schedule
FibreCo Telecommunications (“FibreCo”), a partnership between Cell C, Internet Solutions and Convergence Partners, is making excellent progress with its plans for the deployment of its open-access long-haul terrestrial fibre optic broadband network in South Africa. FibreCo, established in 2009, will develop…
First in Africa: RIM demo’s BlackBerry Playbook at Innovation Dinner
Research In Motion (RIM), the maker of the BlackBerry solution, demonstrated the latest BlackBerry PlayBook tablet at the April Innovation Dinner held in Sandton, Johannesburg last night. This was the first public demo of the device in Africa. The BlackBerry Playbook was…
WACS Landing in pictures
At dawn yesterday, a group of determined journalists and executives gathered on an icy cold beach to watch the landing of the West Africa Cable System (WACS) cable at Yserfontein in the Western Cape. A clear sky, lit by a…
WACS has landed
After a 14 000 kilometer journey down the West Coast of Africa, the small town of Yserfontein marks the South African landing site for the West Africa Cable System (WACS). This multi-million dollar project marks an exponential leap in South…
Vodacom selects Hughes for broadband satellite
Vodacom, South Africa’s leading cellular business has selected Hughes Network Systems(HUGHES), a leader in broadband satellite networks and services, to provide its market-leading HN and HX broadband satellite solutions to help propel Vodacom’s aggressive expansion of converged service offerings in…
Egyptian Cabinet protect the Right to Access Information
The Cabinet of Ministers described the decision to cut mobile communications and internet – taken by the previous regime during the Egyptian revolution – as “inappropriate”. The Cabinet of Ministers has announced a review of the current communications law, and in particular article no.…
Orascom may go to int’l arbitration over Algeria debacle
Egyptian telecommunications giant Orascom Telecom (OT) said on Thursday that it had little hope that Russia’s Vimpelcom would succeed in negotiations over a dispute with the Algerian government over the company’s Djezzy unit. According to CEO Naguib Sawiris, coming to…
BCX looks to cloud to lift “disappointing” revenue
Business Connexion (BCX) today announced that it is expecting the growth in cloud computing to help drive the company’s recovery from poor performance over the past six months. In a presentation of its interim financial results for 2011, Benjamin Mophatlane,…
Innovation Dinner, exceptional opportunity for ICT executives
AFRICA’S foremost ICT publication ITNewsAfrica.com, today announced that Research In Motion (RIM), makers of the BlackBerry® solution together with MTN Group are partnering up at the ITNews Africa Innovation Dinner later this month. The theme chosen for the Innovation Dinner…
Google announces Sub-Saharan Africa Android Developer Challenge
Google today announced its Google Android Developer Challenge, an opportunity for African developers to take advantage of the growing Android market on the continent. Every day more than 300,000 Android devices are activated globally. A growing number of these mobile device…
Libya rebels create rogue mobile network
Libyan rebels fighting against their country’s embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi’s crackdown on all communications and Internet services, have established a rogue mobile network to ensure they are able to have continuous communications as the violence and fight for the country…
Facebook population “bigger” than North America
According to statistics released today, by Internet World Stats, almost 10% of the world’s population uses Facebook. As of March 31, more than 664 million people use the social networking site. This announcement comes at a time when Facebook is…
Nokia’s Ovi Store sees 5 million downloads per day
Nokia has announced that its Ovi Store has grown by nearly eight times over the last year and now reaches up to 5 million downloads per day. This growth is propelled by the latest Symbian devices – the Nokia N8, Nokia C6-01,…
