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June 24, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Telecoms subscribers in Nigeria registered over 13,880 abuses against the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in quarter one, although complaints about poor services dropped during the period. According to a report by the Nigerian Telecoms Consumer Complaints (NCC), Q1 2018, the number of complaints against telecommunication operators decreased by 3,367 from...
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June 23, 2018 •
East Africa, Lists, Mobile and Telecoms, North Africa, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Much of 2018’s growth in internet users in Africa has been driven by more affordable smartphones and mobile data plans. Mobile phone users in Africa are up by more than 20 percent, with the reported number of internet users in Mali increasing by almost 6...
June 22, 2018 •
Internet of Things, Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Neo Sesinye •
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Telecommunications companies, MTN South Africa and Ericsson, have validated the technological prowess of fifth generation (5G) wireless technology in the first demonstration of its kind in Africa. This demonstration displayed a live feed from a car on a skid...
June 22, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Commercial rollouts of 5G and larger than previously forecasted deployments of cellular IoT are focal points in the latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report. The forecast for cellular IoT connections has nearly doubled since November 2017. It is now...
June 21, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa •
Danielle Kruger •
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Vodacom, in partnership with Microsoft introduced Microsoft Azure products to its Cape Town customers. Through Vodacom Business, Vodacom is one of the first Telco companies to go to market with a full suite of Azure products that offer local customers...
June 20, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Neo Sesinye •
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Nokia has completed a live network trial in Poland in collaboration with Orange to validate the benefits of cloud-optimised radio access networks for the smooth evolution to next-generation 5G technologies. The two companies trialled Cloud RAN technology to...
June 19, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Neo Sesinye •
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Apple has been slapped with an A$9 million ($9.6m) fine by Australia’s Federal Court for making false or misleading claims to customers with faulty iPhones and iPads. The court action was started by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission...
June 18, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Internet Solutions (IS) has expanded its Wholesale LTE service offering with the release of an entry-level Cell C data package that will be available through its resellers from 19 June 2018. The package was created to meet resellers’ demand for entry-level...
June 15, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
Danielle Kruger •
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Nokia is launching new services to help operators prioritize their 5G investments and bring 5G-based services to market faster. Network slicing, cloudification and 5G New Radio technology pose different challenges for operators, and the new networks will...
June 15, 2018 •
Cloud Computing, Mobile and Telecoms •
Neo Sesinye •
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Global mobile technology provider Cloudbanter is offering mobile users a unique new way of utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) within its messaging, apps and phone technology. Cloudbanter technology, which is available through a range of platforms...
June 15, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Security •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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By 2020, an estimated 23.28 million South Africans will be using smartphones. With cloud technology becoming increasingly popular as a business solution, more and more people will be using their personal devices to access work-related data remotely....
June 13, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Sponsored, Top Stories, West Africa •
Neo Sesinye •
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Leading mobile technology multinational, TECNO Mobile has continued to consolidate its position as the number one smartphone brand in the African mobile market with the release of yet another outstanding smartphone,the TECNO Spark 2. This device which is the...
June 12, 2018 •
Gadgets and Gaming, Mobile and Telecoms •
Neo Sesinye •
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BlackBerry has rolled out a new smartphone in it’s latest effort to revive the once-dominant brand. The BlackBerry Key2 was unveiled Thursday in New York by TCL Communication, the Chinese manufacturer which took over the rights to...
June 11, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Southern Africa •
Danielle Kruger •
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The high court in Johannesburg ruled on Thursday afternoon, June 7, that the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) could not implement the new data regulations surrounding out-of-bundle (OOB) billing and rollover data. These regulations...
June 10, 2018 •
General, Mobile and Telecoms, People, Southern Africa •
Danielle Kruger •
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According to a statement issued by Vodafone Zambia on June 6, the company CEO, Lars Hendrik Stork, has retired. Chairperson, Gilbert Temba, said in a statement that the new CEO would be announced alongside the new Vodafone Zamia ownership and other important...
June 9, 2018 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Opinion •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
Comments Off on What will drive Africa’s digital economy
Access to technology changes people’s lives, improves business and drives economic growth – that much is a fact of life. Universal access to internet connectivity is even being punted as a basic human right. Huawei’s recently released GIV...
