Mascom Wireless Botswana, launched the world’s most advanced communication solution, 3G and 3.5G technology, which will give Botswana a global edge by having the fastest mobile broadband.

Vodacom’s bid to become a major player on the continent has intensified with the announcement that the South African mobile operator, has agreed to buy most of African network and satellite services firm Gateway for $675 million.

While some economists look at a country’s mean income and utilities infrastructure as anecdotal indicators of its financial well-being, internet penetration has quickly become another key factor in this equation, and with good reason.

The Internet is with little doubt one of the greatest inventions of the 20th Century and coupled with powerful search engines can be described as the best educational tool in the world.

Telkom and the Cape-based business accelerator, the Bandwidth Barn, have signed a deal which sees the telecom company sponsoring the Barn R1 million a year for three years.

Neotel has announced a further milestone in the company’s growth, by making their consumer services available in Cape Town. “We have come a long way in our journey to redefine the way in which South Africans connect,” says Ajay Pandey,…

As the December deadline for the race to pick a  new core investor for the Nigerian Communications Ltd NITEL draws near, the Federal Government has picked BNP Paribas as its adviser on the deal.

President Umaru Yar’Adua has approved the acquisition of 15 per cent stake in the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited and its mobile subsidiary, the Nigerian Mobile Telecommunications Limited by the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited.

An accord signed between the government of São Tomé and Portugal Telecom will allow the former’s telecommunications company to partake in the West African Festoon System (WAFS).

Hits Telecom was granted a mobile license last March and to date has only carried out test calls. This prompted the the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) to issue a warning to start operations by September or loose its license.

India’s Essar Global Ltd. will invest US$500 million over two years in Kenya’s newest mobile phone service operator, Econet Wireless Kenya Ltd., to set up a network, among other things, said S. Srinivasa, the East Africa director for the group.…

With over 3.3 billion cellular phone users worldwide, companies are reassessing the way in which they reach out to their customers. The race is on to move beyond the clutter of everyday advertising to gain mindshare and the pressure of…

The Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) said on Thursday that NITEL board had not approved the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) presented to the public by Transcorp Plc. recently.