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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…
Giants vie for Rwanda ‘s telecom market
Four telecommunications companies have emerged as serious contenders for the third national telecommunications operator license after presenting their bids to Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA) on Tuesday.
MTN acquires two major operators in Ivory Coast
The MTN Group has boosted its assets and subscriber base in Africa with the acquisitions of Ivory Coast’s second fixed-line operator, Arobase Telecom, and Afnet, an ISP (Internet service provider).
VoIP now legal in Zimbabwe?
HAS the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) finally seen the light? If developments at Econet Wireless are anything to go by, VoIP is now legal in Zimbabwe. Or is it?
Samsung Aims to Double Market Share by Mid 2009
Samsung Mobile expects to double its market share in India by the end of this year, and aims to raise it to 15% by the middle of next year. Country Head, Samsung Mobile, Sunil Dutt, said that the company would…
Mobile phone brands not cool
The latest league table of international cool brands has been announced, leaving all the specialist mobile companies out of the top twenty.
Kenya bans use of mobile phones in schools
KENYA has banned use of cell phones in schools as one way to contain scholars’ rioting, which hit the country over second weekend of July. Kenyan scholars went on rampage over alleged maladministration, incompetent staff and poor supervision, which students…
African regulators to impose fines for poor mobile service
African communications regulators are moving to combat poor services by mobile service providers by imposing heavy fines.
