The Nigerian Communication Satellite Limited says that they want to try to overcome the lack of digital resources within the country. They plan to open 10 telecentres per state that will be serviced by satellite, focusing on the people in…

Neotel is in the process of finalizing a contract with a national chain store to make it easier for consumers to buy its services.

France Telecom which owns the majority stakes in Telkom Kenya has signed the start of a pricing war in the country’s fast growing telecommunication industry.

Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, Minister of Communications, is expected to issue a policy direction for the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) to license Broadband Infraco, to allow strategic infrastructure investment in the communications and information technology sector.

Mobile phone provider, Safaricom has launched broadband Internet service in Mombasa. The firm has invested Sh1.8 billion in license fees and infrastructure development to launch the service.

By Teryl Schroenn, CEO at Accsys Flexibility in the workplace – or the assumption of control over ones own time, resource management and outcomes – is the chief characteristic that now defines the modern formal working environment, both publically and…

Bayo Ligali, Chief Executive Officer of Zain Nigeria, said that identified vandalising of installations and equipment is the biggest threat facing GSM providers. Bayo says that Zain has lost two generators across the country over the past two weeks. from…

Telkom Kenya, the countries oldest operator, will adopt a new name as from this morning. The relaunch also celebrates the beginning of a busy year that is said to strengthen Telkom Kenya in the fight for control of the mobile…

Sahara Computers, in association with its international technology partner, Intel Corporation South Africa is proud to debut its latest mobile solution, the Sahara ImageBook 15WS notebook – based on Intel’s latest platform and powered by Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology.

Seacom’s 15 000 km fibre optic undersea cable, linking Southern and East Africa, Europe and South Asia, is scheduled to go live in June 2009.

On August 29, Nigeria’s telecommunication Globacom will mark its 5th anniversary. Globacom was launched in 2003, with the launch of GSM in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This was the 4th GSM service provider to launch operations; two years after…

Ahmed Rufai, Managing Director of Nigeria Communications Satellite has once again said that the nation’s communications satellite that was launched into orbit is an important IT infrastructure to overcome the digital divides.

The continuous Telkom price hikes have left many customers in despair and with no other choice but to disconnect their land line connections.

FishText, used to text messages to destinations across the globe without using mobile operators, has attracted more than 100 000 registered users since its launch three weeks ago.

South Africa may not meet its target to switch from digital broadcasting, even though cabinet assured that the plan would go ahead.

According to BMI TechNowledge, Africa’s mobile market has been growing, Internet and broadband access rates remained low, regulatory involvement could help bring prices, market services available and enable growth.