Etisalat, one of the telecom operators in the UAE, has launched mobile services in Nigeria, becoming the fifth operator in the oil-rich west African country, officials said on Saturday.

Demand for mobile content services in South Africa will grow by an average of 15 per cent per year until 2013, according to a report from Frost & Sullivan.

Nokia has launched a recycling initiative in East Africa that offers consumers a structured way to dispose of old mobile phones and accessories. The move comes amid fears that cast-off mobile phones are posing an increasing risk of hazardous toxic…

South Africa will host the FIFA World Cup in 2010, for which large numbers of people are expected to visit the country. Naturally there will be a great demand for information from these visitors before undertaking the trip. Keeping this…

Rwandatel, a landline telephony and Internet Service Provider has signed a US$35million deal with Huawei Technologies based in China to expand network in Rwanda.

Celtel Nigeria may be facing a crisis of its life time after top managers were relieved of their duties amid industry speculation about their future.

Four international communications firms, Messrs Telkom South Africa, Orascom of Egypt, Vodacom and France Telecomm have expressed their interest to take over the running of the crippled national carrier NITEL and its mobile telecoms arm M-TEL following weekend’s revocation of…

A NEW report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, (UNCTAD) states that use of modern ICT gadgets like the mobile phones and net access are helping to narrow the digital bridge between the rich nations and emerging…

New BlackBerry smartphone accessory enables users to play music wirelessly from their BlackBerry smartphone Your BlackBerry® smartphone allows you to share life experiences with those you care about through email messages, phone calls, text messaging, pictures, and even music. Now…

At the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona, Nokia Siemens Networks launched charge@once mediate – its first fully convergent mediation solution. The solution makes it easier and more cost-efficient for the operators to launch innovative convergent services in a flexible…

Consology, a pioneer in the South African Self-Service market, has been appointed by Carrier IQ to distribute and implement its Mobile Service Intelligence solutions to mobile telecom operators in Africa.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has reiterated its position on poor Quality of Service (QoS) across the Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) operators and said its ban on all promotions will stay in force until quality improves.

Vodacom and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today introduced the new BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8110 smartphone in South Africa. Presented in a striking black finish, the sleek, small and elegant BlackBerry Pearl 8110 smartphone integrates GPS (Global Positioning…

The iPhone has been on the market for less than a year, but the chic gadget has already made Apple the world’s third largest vendor of smart mobile devices, according to a recent report. Nokia and BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion…

ORASCOM, one of Egypt’s successful telecommunications company has dismissed rumours that it is for sale. According Mr Hassan Kabbani, as long as Algeria remains an emerging economy ICTs will remain central to its development so the sale of ORASCOM is…

Motorola announced it is exploring a “structural and strategic realignment” after its mobile phone business sunk from second to third place last year, falling behind Samsung and Nokia, reports The Guardian.