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Nigerian telecoms investment tops $11 billion in 7 years
Investment in the Nigerian telecommunications sector has topped $11 billion within a period of 7 years, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua said yesterday.
Tax authorities probe telecom firms in Tanzania
Mobile phone operators in Tanzania are among large taxpayers that have come under the spotlight as the Tanzania Revenue Authority moves to plug loopholes in the regulations in order to reduce the room for “tax planning.”
Kenya to relax laws to encourage foreign investment in telecoms
Foreign telecoms investors in Kenya will no longer require local partners to do business in the country, the government announced yesterday.
2,500% mobile phone tariff hikes in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe ’s mobile phone operators have hiked their tariffs by more than 2,500 percent, causing a massive domino effect on the pricing structure of e-commerce, e-banking, and e-business.
ICT industry growth vital for overall economic development in South Africa
Adapt IT Holdings has released its first interim results since the notable merger between three KZN-based ICT companies last year. Though a tough year economically, the company has proven that South Africa is ready for a dynamic, home grown business…
Storage market demand high in Africa- Samsung
The growth in digital devices has driven demand in the storage market in Africa, Samsung said today.
Telkom South Africa prepares fixed-wireless trial
Telkom South Africa has confirmed plans to deploy a W-CDMA high speed fixed wireless network aimed at small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) customers.
Kenyan consumers benefit as mobile service ‘war’ erupts
With less than a month having entered the mobile market, Telkom-Kenya has registered more than 30,000 new connections to its freshly minted GSM mobile phone service, sending warning shots to the entire market.
Computer Olympiad warns of skills shortage
The Standard Bank/CSSA Computer Olympiad is an annual competition to identify, encourage and reward programming skills among high school learners.
Nigeria ready for Commonwealth Telecommunications Summit
The 2008 version of Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisations (CTO) Iinformation Communication Technology (ICT) summit will begin in Nigeria on Monday next week. The Nigerian President Umaru Yar‘Adua will open this summit,tagged “Abuja CTO 2008”.
MTN drops a surprise in Uganda
MTN Uganda has turned its promotional offer into a permanent one. MTN Zone, with over two million subscribers has been running on a promotional basis since July this year.
Telecoms sector seeks new rules to drive growth plan
Increasing globalisation and convergence within the telecommunications industry is driving the Kenyan government and trade unions to partner in seeking effective policies to govern the industry.
New, light-weight affordable Dell Vostro notebooks now available
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has announced the availability of Dell’s latest range of Vostro laptops aimed at South Africa’s small-to medium-businesses (SMB’s), adding to its existing range of notebooks, desktops and servers designed to meet the needs of this…
ATIO announces new partnership with a world leader in IP performance testing
ATIO, a leading South African based Information Communication Technology (ICT) service provider has signed an agreement with IXIA to sell and service its IP network testing solutions and services in Africa.
Kulula launches mobile phone shopping website
With the unbridled growth of South Africa’s mobile telecommunications market, kulula today launched the country’s easiest website where consumers can browse, build and buy a cell phone package from the three network operators. Powered by Altech Autopage Cellular, kulula connect…
South Africa: iPhone launch exploited by “pharming” attack
A Trojan purporting to be a video of the iPhone is at the centre of a new pharming attack The malicious payload of the Trojan can result in users being redirected to fraudulent web pages when they try to access…
