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Namibia’s Telecom Regulator to Settle Interconnection Fee Dispute
Namibia’s three mobile operators have agreed to dump their ongoing dispute about interconnection fees onto the telecoms regulator, the NCC and let it sort out the mess. Telecom, One Cell and MTC met on Monday this week, at the request…
Scramble for control of mobile cash in Kenya
Safaricom’s mobile phone money transfer service M-pesa has in a year signed up more customers than Kenya’s banking industry did in a century, triggering a rush by financial service providers to replicate it or simply get hooked to it.
Nigerian ICT companies fail to conquer rural connectivity market
Nigerian companies are still behind when its comes to ICTs for rural connectivity, this is despite the country being the leading market for telecommunications with 55.2 million phone user, according to stastics Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
Sierra Leone telecom law follows regional regulations
Sierra Leone’s Telecommunications Act of 2006 is 98 percent consistent with the provisions and spirit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Supplementary Acts, a release from the country’s Ministry of Information stated.
Spectre of ‘load shedding’ returns to South Africa
The spectre of ‘load shedding’ and power blackouts could return to South Africa before year-end [2008] if rumours that Eskom is set to pull two power stations off the national grid for repairs and maintenance are true.
Africa to benefit from Google’s $14million grant
Africa is set to benefit from Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google’s $14 million grant to support partners working in Southeast Asia and Africa to prevent the next pandemic.
MTN celebrates 10 years in Uganda
MTN today marked its 10th anniversary in Uganda; the telecommunication giant launched its operations in Kampala in 1998.
Kenya’s ICT players cautioned over Internet security
ICT stakeholders and industry players have been urged to upgrade their internet security. The call was made by Charles Njoroge, the Director-General of the Communications Commission of Kenya during the recent Kenyan Internet Governance Forum (KIGF).
AIRCOM Sign 3G Network Planning Deal with Mobinil
AIRCOM International, the leading independent network planning and optimisation consultancy, has been selected by Egypt’s largest mobile operator Mobinil, to help plan and implement 3G technology into its existing 2G network.
Technology leaders call for clarity in standards landscape
The first-ever Global Standards Symposium concluded yesterday in Johannesburg, South Africa with broad agreement on the need to take aggressive action to streamline standards work and end the duplication of efforts within the sector.
Motorola tops new vendor “Green Wi-Fi” matrix ranking
Motorola has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research.
Calls for more research into mobile phone – Brain cancer links
Major research initiatives are needed immediately to assess the possibility that using cellular phones may lead to an increased risk of brain tumors, according to an editorial in the November issue of the journal Surgical Neurology.
Fire disrupts telecoms in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s telecommunications industry has be severely disturbed after a fire gutted a telephone exchange in the capital.
Kenya directs institutions to spend 50% of IT budgets locally
Kenya’s software developers are set to benefit from government’s order that require all public institutions to spend half of their IT budgets on the local market.
Kenya’s ICT sector gets $144 million credit facility
Kenya has received $144.4 million in credit from the International Development Association for the Transparency and Communications Infrastructure Project (TCIP).
African Online selects DIGITALK for voice services
Africa Online, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telkom South Africa has confirmed that DIGITALK will be their preferred supplier for value-added voice services in Africa.
