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Algerie Telecom to roll out fiber-optics in Tebessa
Algeria’s Algerie Telecom plans to develop 228 kilometers of fiber-optic cables near Tebessa, a report said. According to el-Mujahid online, Algerie Telecom (AT) has announced plans to expand its already growing network of fiber-optics. The company said that by adding…
Microsoft moves operations out of Egypt
After years of reaching out to tech companies and establishing Cairo’s Smart Village to attract major international corporations, unrest in Egypt has begun reversing those gains. International tech giant Microsoft has begun to distribute most of its operations in the…
Egypt’s last Internet provider shuts off
Since Friday morning only one Egyptian Internet Service Provider (ISP) was giving service to its customers. On Monday evening Cairo time, the tiny Noor Group ended its availability as a result of government pressure. Earl Zmijewski, the general manager of…
Interactive Intelligence reports 2010 fourth-quarter and full year results
Interactive Intelligence (Nasdaq: ININ), a global provider of unified IP business communications solutions, has announced results for its fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, 2010. The company reported 2010 fourth-quarter revenues of $50.7 million, an increase of 41…
Interactive Intelligence and Elingo sign agreement
Elingo (Pty) Ltd, a specialist multi-media contact centre and enterprise telephony vendor has replaced Dimension Data as the South African and African reseller and support services provider for the Interactive Intelligence IP communication suite. Interactive Intelligence, one of the world’s…
IPv4 address shortage approaching
The last two /8 blocks (of approximately 16m IPv4 addresses each) to be allocated according to demand and normal processes has just been made by IANA to APNIC. IANA, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, will now allocate one each of…
HP introduces reseller specialization program
Global technology giant HP has today announced the launch of its channel partner specialisation for resellers focused on selling networking products to small- and medium size businesses (SMBs) in the EMEA region. The new EMEA SMB Networking program gives channel…
Internet shutdown in Egypt has wider implications
The internet in Egypt has been shut down by the Mubarak regime, forcing locals to revert to old fashioned means of communication such as Fax, Landlines, Snail mail and ham radios. Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes said the social networking site…
Android overtakes Symbian as top smartphone OS
Google’s Android has overtaken Nokia’s Symbian as the number one smartphone operating system in the fourth quarter, research firm Canalys said Monday, underscoring the rapid changes sweeping through the mobile space. Shipments of Android-based smartphones surged sevenfold on-year to 33…
Spescom DataVoice launches Qnique V3.1
Spescom DataVoice has announced the release of Qnique v3.1, an updated version of their proprietary Contact Centre Suite for Workforce Optimisation. The new version of the suite contains general functionality enhancements as well as a new module, QAdherence, and upgraded…
Egypt blocks Twitter
CAIRO: For the second day in a row the social networking site Twitter is blocked in Egypt. The site was blocked as of mid-afternoon on Tuesday as tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered across the country. Twitter is a medium…
World Bank to boost Broadband in Africa
The World Bank announced three major projects across Africa aimed at boosting information communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and access. The 71.5 million dollar projects are aiming to help buttress services in Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Sao…
Africa sees rapid growth in industrial technology
A new study published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has reported that Africa’s rapid growth in industrial technological acquisition gives rise to the “hope that the continent may be joining other developing regions in building a…
Tunisia free from VOIP restrictions
Tunisia’s Secretariat of State of Communications Technologies said in a statement on Monday that the Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) is “free from any technical restrictions hindering its use.” The statement comes after worries that Tunisia was attempting to curtail…
Vandalism hits Kenya’s Safaricom
SAFARICOM has reported major cuts to its fibre optic network, leading to disruption of services in parts of Central, Western and Eastern regions of the country. The cuts to its fibre infrastructure occurred on Mombasa Road and Thika region and…
U.S. and Egyptian Universities collaborate on science
CAIRO: American and Egyptian scientists from Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland, and Fayoum University concluded a 10-day agricultural biotechnology research workshop at Fayoum University on Thursday, the US Embassy in Cairo reported in a statement online. The President of Fayoum…
