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Nokia offers more music to consumers
NOKIA, a leading handset manufacturer, has launched mobile phones with a music service that allows unlimited downloads of music.
Kenya’s power company to enter ICT industry
Kenya Power and Lighting Company is set to enter the ICT sector after its application for a licence to enter the commercial data transmission market.
PTA Bank gets $50 million for Africa telecom development
The Eastern and Southern Africa Trade and Development Bank (PTA Bank) has signed a $50 million credit line from China Development Bank for telecom infrastructure and other projects in Africa.
Globitel to participate in North Africa Com 2008 in Egypt
Globitel, the leading global provider of converged telecom solutions, recently announced its participation in the annual North Africa Com 2008, which will be held in Cairo, Egypt on the 14th and 15th of October 2008.
Safaricom announces a 70% cut on call charges
Kenyan consumers have become the biggest beneficiaries of intense competition in the mobile industry. Safaricom Kenya’s biggest mobile-phone company today announced that it will cut call charges by as much as 70 percent to win more customers. “All our subscribers…
Telkom Orange launches low cost handset with Swahili menu
Telkom Kenya has launched brand new low cost handsets with special features in the market retailing at KES1,499.
Alcatel-Lucent Wins South African 3G Contract
ÂAlcatel-Lucent has won a EUR22 million (US$30 million) contract from South Africa’s Vodacom to design, build and deploy an upgrade of its existing 3G network. The enhanced 3G wireless network will improve Vodacom’s network voice-quality and data-transmission speeds, while further…
Tanzania’s internet cafes using Vodacom HSPA network for Backhaul
ÂVodacom Tanzania, supported by the GSMA Development Fund and Qualcomm has connected Internet cafes in three of Tanzania’s cities to its HSPA mobile broadband network. Run by local entrepreneurs, each Internet cafe is equipped with several computer terminals connected to…
Titan Elite: New Online UPS system launched
Channel Data has released a new uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system targeted at applications in small to medium sized businesses. Dubbed the Titan Elite, the locally assembled unit is available in seven model options, ranging in capacity from one kVA…
New cellphone payment system launched today
A major challenge comes to South Africa’s high bank charges – the most expensive in the world according to the Competition Commission – with today’s launch of POCit (www.pocit.mobi).
Comtech gets $1.1 million West Africa contract
Comtech Telecommunications Corp.announced today that its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., won a $1.1 million equipment order to support a satellite communications-based cellular backhaul network. A major GSM operator will utilize the equipment to upgrade an existing network…
Algeria to delay Algérie Télécom privatisation
ÂAlgeria’s state owned telecoms operator, Algérie Télécom is now unlikely to be privatized for at least two to three years as the company implements an improvement program to make it more commercial. The company is the country’s dominant landline operator,…
Largest operator initiative by Buongiorno in Africa
Buongiorno , the multinational leader in digital entertainment, has signed a new, larger and more comprehensive agreement with Orange for the management of the operator’s WAP portals in Africa. The new contract supersedes a previous agreement that saw Buongiorno providing…
Rush to sell off sends Safaricom shares tumbling
An overwhelming supply of Safaricom shares at the close of business last week sent the counter to a new low, marking the third consecutive day that the dominant stock was breaking the floor.
Integr8 IT, Volvo Trucks roll out technology to support education
Integr8 IT, South Africa’s largest privately owned national BEE ICT network integration and infrastructure management specialist, in association with Volvo Trucks, has committed itself to the roll out of ICT infrastructure in support of the Star for Life initiative.
Review your telecom laws, World Bank tells Zambia
The World Bank has urged Zambia review its laws in the telecom industry. According to the Bank the country has become the most expensive in the region for private investors to enter the industry.
