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.

Mitec Telecom Inc. announced a new contract to provide its Very Small Aperture Satellite Terminal product, also known as a VSAT Block up Converter for a major cellular network operator in Africa. Financial terms were not disclosed

A leading broadcaster of African television over broadband internet has noticed a surge in the number of Kenyan viewers and others around the world avidly following disturbing political developments in Kenya. Africast-TV streams real-time and archived programming over the internet…

Damage to an undersea cable in the Mediterranean on Wednesday has been blamed for major Internet outages across Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, bringing many businesses to a standstill and leaving others struggling to cope.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – A new product launched by leading Internet Service Provider (ISP), Web Africa, offers an innovative solution to the headache of managing multiple ADSL accounts within a company. The product, DSL Groups, allows an ADSL master…

Mitec Telecom Inc. has announced a new contract to provide its Very Small Aperture Satellite Terminal product, also known as a VSAT Block up Converter for a major cellular network operator in Africa.

Johannesburg, South Africa– Pebbletree Consulting and MTN Business are offering South African businesses a complete, integrated solution that extends the functionality of their SAP systems to mobile employees.

New analysis from growth consulting company Frost & Sullivan, Selected African Fixed Telecommunications Operator CAPEX Trends, finds that capital expenditure on fixed telecommunications in Africa was at least $195 million in 2006.

Specialist Telecommunications company Multimatics now guarantees cost savings for clients. This is good news for South African businesses, and a sure sign that the local telecomms sector continues to evolve at a rapid pace.

Investment in African telecommunications is set to rise with undersea cables being the most active segment, a newly released report shows.