Vodafone’s bid to chase growth in emerging markets was dealt a severe blow today when a planned £5 billion deal to boost its stake in a South African mobile operator collapsed. The mobile phone giant had been in negotiations for…

As the newly licensed cdma and Gsm operators starts breaking ground for roll out plans, indications are very strong that their might be some displacement in the Nigerian Telecoms Race. Clear favorites and pioneers like Mtn, Celtel and Glo are…

Commercial WiFi hotspots face a dim future in South Africa – at least among corporate workers on the move, a new research study by World Wide Worx reveals.

The construction of a 10,000 kilometre undersea fibre-optic cable is to bring huge improvements to Mozambique’s Internet and telecommunications access.

Multi-tasking, or doing more than one activity at a time, is a way of life for everyone these days. Between work, family and social life, people are finding themselves busier than ever.

Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc., a global leader in mobile messaging interoperability and the delivery of mobile content, today announced further growth within the African mobile market, consolidating its position as the number one provider of international SMS…

Nigeria’s Second National Operator and Third Generation (3G) compliant telecommunications company, Globacom Limited, has taken its vision of positioning itself on the continent to a higher level by commissioning the first portion of its $700 million fiber optic cable to…

Safaricom Kenya and Google have sealed a pact to deliver e-mail services direct to mobile phones. The partnership is expected to increase the number of internet users from the current 2.7 million to 4.4 million by virtue of Safaricom’s subscriber…

Charmaine Eggberry, vice president, of enterprise business unit, Europe,Middle East and Africa, Research in Motion (RIM), discusses how enterprises can adapt to an increasingly mobile workforce and the change in working practices. Facing the mobility challenge Over the last fifteen…

THE construction of the $650m (about sh1.1 trillion) undersea optic fibre cable project starts this week after a financial close was reached last week.

Nokia, one of the world’s leading provider of mobile phone services, has promised to release a new set of goodies in line with the company’s goal to promote the information society.

Tanzanian fishermen have benefited a great deal from the use of mobile phones in doing business with local communities. A study conducted by two students from Upsalla University, Sweden, in collaboration with the Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT),…

A consortium led by France Telecom offered Sh26.1 billion ($390 million) to beat two competitors to a 51 per cent stake in Telkom Kenya. The price is Sh6 billion ($90 million) above what the Government transaction advisor – the International…

Telecom Egypt (TE) announced today it has signed two agreements with SEACOM Ltd and VSNL approximately worth $90m in relation to its TE North Submarine Cable Project, which was announced earlier this year.