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ICT boost for NGOs in South Africa
Non-governmental organisations across sub-Saharan Africa are set to benefit from the launch of a new set of online tools designed specifically to help them use technology more efficiently and to coordinate their resources in finding solutions to common challenges.
LG sounds warning to rivals
South Korean electronics giant LG, has invested Sh3.6 billion to gain a foothold for their premium mobile phone handsets in East Africa. This is part of its push into emerging markets as it consolidates plans to corner 15 per cent…
4 billion mobile phone user by year end- UN
The head of the UN’s agency for information and communication technologies has gazed deep into his crystal ball and predicted that there will be 4 billion mobile phone users by the end of this year – which equals more than…
Is MTN Rwanda taking its clients for granted?
MTN Rwanda has been fined by RURA for failure to meet contractual obligations. According to information posted on the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA) website the company a subsidiary of the South African based MTN Group is to pay an…
Nokia and Huawei sign Patents Agreement
Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks have announced a patent license agreement with Huawei and its affiliates for standards essential patents, Cellular News reported today.
75% of travellers say ‘No’ to mobile phones on planes
Hot on the heels of the airline, Emirates – Ryanair has also announced that passengers will be able to make mobile calls during flights within weeks. However, accordingly to a recent poll by Wanderlust Magazine, the vast majority of travellers…
Chinese telecom giant keen to expand into Africa
China Mobile Chairman and Chief Executive Wang Jianzhou said yesterday the company is interested in expanding in emerging markets, primarily in Asia and Africa.
RIM share price down by 15% as growth rate slows
The unrelenting growth of RIM was dented last week as it revealed its Q2 results, which were below expectations hammering the firm’s share price.
PGP® Command Line Now Runs Natively on IBM Mainframes zSeries Systems
Networks Unlimited and PGP Corporation, a global leader in enterprise data protection, today announced a new version of PGP Command Line for IBM zSeries mainframes that now runs natively on the z/OS operating system. Read more
Riverbed Announces Integration of VMware Platform on Riverbed Steelhead Appliances
Riverbed Technology, the technology and market leader in wide-area data services (WDS), today announced an OEM agreement to embed VMware software as the preferred virtualization platform for the Riverbed Services Platform (RSP), a virtualized service delivery solution within Steelhead appliances.…
South Africa’s Vodacom now offering iPhone 3G
Vodacom South Africa announced that iPhone 3G will be available through Vodaworld, Midrand from 00:00 on 26 September 2008. The iPhone 3G will be available to both Vodacom’s Prepaid and Contract customers in all major cities, from participating Vodacom outlets,…
Burundi’s U-com plans to double users by 2010
Burundi’s biggest mobile phone operator U-com plans to double its subscribers in the tiny central African country to 555,000 by 2010, the company said on Thursday.
Reduce costs and carbon footprint with unified communications
According to Business Management, IP systems spanning multiple sites can decrease a company’s power consumption by 38% depending on the configuration. Given that Sun Microsystems predict that energy costs, especially electricity, could soon account for almost half a company’s IT…
Blackberry Smartphone giveaway at INSITE 2008
ITNewsAfrica.com gave away a BlackBerry 8110 Smartphone at the International Science, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (INSITE) at the Sandton Convention Centre last Wednesday.
Equity commits to boost Kenya’s mobile banking
Backed by a war-chest of at least 2.8 million customers—a third of the banked population—Equity Bank on Thursday made a commitment to double the number of Kenyans with access to mobile financial services, a month after it launched its mobile…
A simple call? Think again, you might be at risk
The proliferation of Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP – as it’s more widely known – has shrunk the world to a global village, enabling users to reach out to their loved ones, colleagues, business partners and friends in a…
