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Zain to relaunch its money transfer service in Kenya
Mobile phone operator Zain will re-launch its Sokotele money transfer service under a new brand name Zap early next year.
MXit introduces new chatroom blocking function
POPULAR yet often criticized cellphone-based networking medium, MXit, is committed to protecting young and vulnerable children. This is according to chief executive officer, Herman Heunis, following MXit’s introduction of a new chatroom blocking function for parents to prevent youngsters unintentionally…
SONY-Ericsson joins the Open Handset Alliance
SONY-Ericsson has announced its membership of the Open Handset Alliance and confirmed its intention to develop a handset based on the Android platform.
Africa’s 1st satellite ready in two years
Africa will in the next two years be having its own satellite; this was announced today in Johannesburg by Intelsat and their partner Convergence Partners.
Vodafone partners with Western Union on Money Transfers
Vodafone has joined forces with Western Union on an international mobile money transfer pilot; residents in the U.K. town of Reading will be able to send money to the mobile phones of relatives and friends in Kenya.
RIM Aims to Boost Security Technology
Research in Motion is making a $66 million dollar hostile bid to acquire security cryptography company Certicom Corp. The BlackBerry maker, which said it initiated talks in February 2007, is offering $1.50 per share in cash, representing a 76.5 percent…
Mobile technology plays huge role in South Africa’s matric exams
MOBILE phone technology will play a prominent role at the end of this month when South African students that sat for their matric examinations receive their results. A leading daily newspaper has come up with a short messaging service that…
Vodacom, Telkom deals to be investigated by union
SOUTH Africa’s Communications Workers Union (CWU) has brought Telkom’s sale of a percent stake to Vodafone once again. The trade union wants the transaction to the United Kingdom based company investigated as well as the restructuring of Telkom’s fixed-line operations.
Nokia issues market warning in light of global slowdown
NOKIA issued a market warning for the second time in less than a month, cutting its outlook for global handset sales, as the world’s largest handset maker braces for a slowdown in the coming year.
Internet usage in South Africa hits all-time high
INTERNET usage in South Africa has hit an all-time high in the last seven years. This is according to findings by a study titled Internet Access in South Africa 2008, which revealed that internet users have increased to 4, 4…
Running the blade? Plan ahead
There is no doubt that blade servers offer tremendous benefits to the data centre; providing high-density computing that in turn allows for a smaller footprint without the resultant power compromise.
MTN ICT Learning Centers Launched in Ghana
The MTN Ghana Foundation has launched the MTN ICT Learning Centers at an impressive ceremony held in the capital, Accra. The project will involve the construction of 10 replicable ICT learning centers in each of the 10 regions of the…
Universal Service Fund could help SA’s Set Top Box funding
The Department of Communications is to approach the Universal Service Fund (USF) to help finance Set Top Box subsidies in South Africa if National Treasury turns down the department’s request to subsidise five million Set Top Boxes.
Bandwidth scarcity drawback to SA internet usage
INSUFFICIENT bandwidth remains the biggest drawback to the growth of internet usage in South Africa, analysts have said. “What we have thought of as a fast connection in this country to date is not even broadband.
Mobile internet usage soars in Nigeria
INTERNET access through mobile phones has increased considerably in Nigeria, a development that confirms the country’s status as a technological leader on the continent. According to Nielsen Online senior analyst, Kent Ferguson, while internet access via mobile phones had leaped…
World server shipments increase by 4.4 percent
WORLDWIDE server shipments for the third quarter of 2008 increased 4,4 percent over the same period last year, while revenue declined 5,4 percent.
