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Altech invests $39 million in Kenya
Altech has invested a further $39.5 million to increase its stake in Kenya Data Networks (KDN) to 60.8%, the company announced on Tuesday.
ISETT SETA,Microsoft drive R35m skills programme
The current IT skills shortage in South Africa will only decrease once students get the vital mix of work experience and formal skills training currently hampering their formal employment.
Safaricom launches new tariff system
Nairobi(IT News Africa)-Telecoms giant Safaricom has launched a tariff system that allows its subscribers to benefit from discounts based on time of calling and location.
Seacom – more bandwidth, more opportunity, more growth
More and cheaper international bandwidth – courtesy of the undersea fibre optic Seacom cable that runs up the east coast of Africa linking southern and east Africa, Europe and South Asia – will provide South Africa and sub-Saharan African countries…
Nokia named world’s most sustainable technology company
Nokia is the world’s most sustainable technology company according to the 2009 -10 edition of the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes that went live today.
DA joins the lower cellphone rates campaign
Johannesburg,(IT News Africa)-The Democratic Alliance (DA) has joined other political parties in calling for immediate reduction of interconnection rates by South African cellphone operators.
IBM launches another Africa Innovation Centre
IBM on Thursday opened an Africa Innovation Centre in Cape Town as it pushes its agenda on development of information technology.
Ovations acquires CrossStream Systems
Johannesburg, (IT News Africa)-OVATIONS has fully acquired enterprise middleware solutions provider CrossStream Systems for an undisclosed sum.
Parliament attacks South African telecom operators
South Africans will soon know if they will be charged an interconnect fee when making a call from one network to another.
Reabetsoe Motsepe appointed as CEO of Telkom Foundation
Reabetsoe Motsepe has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Telkom Foundation with immediate effect.
IS first to market globally with WBS27
Internet Solutions (IS) has become the first service provider globally to offer Cisco WebEx Business Suite 27 (WBS27). The latest version of the WebEx application suite offers improved features and functionality, as well as enhanced cross platform capabilities and support.
Multichoice secures satellite capacity on Intelsat
Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, announced that South African direct-to-home (DTH) television operator, MultiChoice, signed a long-term, multi-transponder agreement for satellite capacity.
More than half of new viruses only last 24 hours
According to Panda Security’s malware research lab 52% of the 37,000 samples of new viruses and other types of Internet threats that it receives each day try to infect users for just 24 hours.
Analytics is top priority for today’s CIO – IBM
A new global study of more than 2,500 Chief Information Officers (CIOs), released by IBM (NYSE: IBM) today, reveals that leveraging analytics to gain a competitive advantage and improve business decision-making is now the top priority for CIOs.
Indian companies eye controlling stake in Zain
India’s state-owned phone companies, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), are considering the purchase of a controlling stake in Kuwait’s biggest telecom operator, Zain, for about $14 billion (Rs67,900 crore). S. Behura, secretary at the…
Internet Solutions and CWN acquire stake in Mozambique based ISP
Internet Solutions (IS) and Convergence Wireless Networks (CWN) announced today that they have collectively acquired a 68.5% equity stake in a leading Mozambique based internet service provider (ISP), INTRA Lda.
