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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…
Kenya warns telecom operators
Kenya has warned telecommunication operators against poor services to their consumers, minister for Information and Communication said yesterday.
ICTs key to development- Namibian Minister
Information and Communication Technology is key to development of business and communities, this is according to, Joel Kaapanda, the Namibian ICT minister.
Fifth Episode of ZainMTV Advance Warning
Ongoing popular music reality TV show, Zain/MTV Advance Warning will take a new, exciting turn this weekend as the programme promises viewers an amazing television experience, profiling the life, times and rhymes of two upcoming Nigerian Hip Hop stars, Kel…
Ceragon awarded a $1.5 million contract in Eastern Africa
eragon Networks Ltd, a leading provider of high-capacity wireless backhaul solutions, today announced that its leading edge wireless trunk solution, FibeAir 3200T, was selected by a leading telecom operator in Eastern Africa.
Kenyan telecom firms explore green power as energy costs rise
Safaricom, Zain and Econet have joined a global consortium of GSM operators in a search for more renewable power sources as rising electricity and fuel prices push the mobile firms’ spending on energy to new highs.
Over 70 expert speakers confirmed at AfricaCom 2008
Now in its 11th year, AfricaCom is growing even bigger than in previous years to cover all the aspects of Africa’s dynamic communications markets and ecosystems.
Rwanda leading in IT while others stagnate
Rwanda’s rise as an ICT powerhouse has been credited to a youthful president who insists that the country must set the standard in the region. Paul Kagame is committed to teaching other presidents in the region a lesson on use…
