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Vodafone revises launch of BlackBerry Storm
VODAFONE, which now owns a 65 per cent stake of South Africa’s leading mobile telephone network – Vodacom, has revised its launch timing for the BlackBerry Storm, to ensure it can meet demand from across Australia.
Nokia develops smart home platform
Nokia has announced that it is developing a smart home platform, Nokia Home Control Center. The platform is opening a new era for networked home services and solutions. Nokia’s Home Control Center will be the basis for next generation security,…
Odinga calls for mobile phone providers to lower tariffs in Kenya
KENYAN Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Thursday (today) called on mobile phone service providers to lower tariffs to promote the usage cellphones in the country. Odinga said Kenyans were concerned that telephone charges, especially for roaming services, were beyond the…
Nokia releases SDK Series 40 6th Edition
THE world’s leading mobile manufacture Nokia has released a new software development kit (SDK) for its Series 40 6th Edition mass-market mobile devices, providing application developers and network operators with new tools to create unique applications and services for the…
Nokia unveils latest gadgets in Nigeria
RENOWNED world mobile handset manufacturer Nokia has unleashed new gadgets onto the market, which have become a big hit in Nigeria.
Econet goes ‘live’ in Kenya
Econet Wireless Kenya will finally launch its mobile phone network today after braving five years of legal and financial setbacks. This follows last week’s launch of its brand name Yu, and an initiative that allows subscribers with rivals Safaricom, Telkom…
Kenya set to digitalise villages
Kenya will soon be embarking on an ambitious plan to create digital centres in 210 constituents across the country which will help enhance development through ICT, the Deputy Minister of Communications in Kenya Dhadho Godhana revealed the plan in an…
Vodacom comes to the rescue of SA’s visually impaired
THE visually impaired in South Africa received a major boost this weekend from mobile network services provider Vodacom.
Adenuga Jnr shines at Nigerian telecoms awards
ONE of Nigeria’s wealthiest entrepreneurs and Telecoms mogul, Mike Adenuga Jnr, has been voted the Pan-African Telecom Investor of the Year by the Nigerian Information Telecommunications Technology Awards (NITTA). Adenuga whose company Globacom made a surprise bid to Telkom in…
NEPAD Submarine Cable & e-Schools Projects Make progress
The NEPAD Business Foundation (NBF) hosted its inaugural Ithuba Business Forum on the 20th of November 2008. The purpose of the forum was to provide a comprehensive update on the status of the submarine cable initiative and e-schools project under…
Bye bye, Blackberry’ for Obama
When he steps into the White House, US president-elect Barack Obama will have to make significant lifestyle changes, among them abandoning his avid use of email and the Blackberry.
Kenya’s Safaricom clinches deal with Sybase 365
KENYA’S leading operator Safaricom, has signed an international SMS inter-operator services agreement with Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase. Safaricom, which is Kenya’s leading operator, with more than 12-million subscribers, is the latest to get into the deal with Sybases…
Nigeria: Allegations of extortion surface in awarding fixed licenses
ALLEGATIONS of extortion in awarding of fixed telecommunications licences are a major concern in Nigeria, as the west African country embarks on advanced telecommunication and mobile phone technology.
EppixComm vows to create ‘Africa tigers’
EppixComm has pledged to create a vast pool of entrepreneurs in Africa; this was revealed by Dr. Saugata Barnerjee last week in Cape Town during the Africa Com conference.
Telkom continues to grow Nigeria market share
LANDLINE services provider Telkom continued to augment its growth in Nigeria, West Africa’s economic hub. The South African based company, which has operations around the continent, said its mobile based transactions, optic fibre deployments had grown tremendously over the last…
Mobile technology usher new hope for Africa’s poor
Mobile technology has been hailed as the latest agent for transformation within Africa, this is according to the panelists’ attending e-strategies conference in Cape Town last week. The gathering which brought together leaders across the continent to discuss the e-governance…
