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Paratus upgrades mobile data LTE network
Paratus has successfully concluded the first phase of the upgrades to its Mobile LTE Data network. The operator has confirmed that phase two will commence during November 2018 when the equipment arrives from the vendor manufacturing line. The upgrade has…
BBM Messenger gets new features
Experience the latest BBM version for Android, which is also coming soon for iOS. In this latest BBM release, as revealed by the company, you’ll enjoy the expanded experience of customising chat background, BBM Desktop (Android only), a new Album Tab in Official…
Get free YouTube with Telkom
Telkom announced the inclusion of free YouTube as the latest addition to its FreeMe prepaid bundles. This is one of the benefits that comes with Telkom’s latest summer campaign aptly themed Summer of More. Customers on Telkom’s FreeMe Post-paid are…
South African tech startup RapidDeploy partners with APD Communications
Following the recent announcement of South African tech startup RapidDeploy’s partnership with multinational telecommunications company AT&T, RapidDeploy has announced an alliance with APD Communications to provide a complete hosted solution for control room operations globally. RapidDeploy provides an innovative cloud-based…
MTN launches Entertainment Pass bundles
MTN contract customers, according to the firm, can now enjoy free data access to social media, music and video streaming with the recently launched Entertainment Pass bundles. The Entertainment Pass gives customers, on select price plans, access to Facebook, WhatsApp,…
South Africa’s app developers have upped their game
The MTN Business App of the Year Awards is in full swing. The intensive judging process that concluded last week will culminate with the winners, in various categories, being announced in Johannesburg on 11 October 2018. The judging panel, made…
Kenya: Telkom expands mobile money platform with Safaricom
Mobile money services are on the rise and will most likely take an upward trajectory in coming days in Kenya. The development of mobile money platforms in Kenya was conceptualized more than a decade ago when Kenyans started to enjoy…
SatADSL, Avanti launch commercial Ka-band broadband in Africa
SatADSL and Avanti have launched commercial Ka-band broadband services in Sub-Saharan Africa which aim to bring cost-effective coverage to communities and businesses. Utilizing Avanti’s High Throughput Satellite (HTS) HYLAS 4, the new offering will provide consumer and corporate business connectivity…
Airtel Nigeria extends 4G network footprint to River State
Airtel Nigeria is currently building the largest 4G network in Nigeria, this is according to the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Airtel, Segun Ogunsanya. Ogunsanya who was speaking on Wednesday, 27 September 2018 revealed that Airtel is currently…
Airtel launches 4G in Delta
Telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria has announced the launch of its 4G – LTE (Fourth Generation – Long Term Evolution) service in Delta State, covering major cities and towns including Warri, Effurun, Asaba, Kwale, Ughelli, Sapele, Okpanam, and Agbor, amongst others.…
SACS cable goes live
The South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) is now on-stream and open for commercial traffic. The new digital information highway is the first and fastest link between Africa and the Americas with the lowest latency and will provide a more direct…
Say goodbye to free Twitter
After providing free Twitter to millions of subscribers for four years, MTN’s Twitter service will come to an end at midnight on Tuesday 25 September 2018. “Free Twitter started out as a 90-day promotion in May 2014 and over time,…
Is 5G a reality in South Africa?
With global 5G rollout gathering speed and the recent launch of 5G in Lesotho by Vodacom, the question of whether South Africa is ready for the transition to 4G’s successor is dependent on various factors that could cause a delay…
Liquid Telecom partners with Zindi to accelerate Africa’s data science ecosystem
Pan-African telecoms group, Liquid Telecom, has announced a partnership with Zindi to support the rollout of its new data science competition platform across Africa. Zindi was launched last week at the AI Expo Africa in Cape Town, providing a platform…
MTN Uganda and Mastercard diversify mobile money service
MTN Uganda in partnership with Mastercard and United Bank for Africa (UBA) have announced a new online payments service. Through this partnership, MTN MoMo customers will use a virtual card to shop or make payments at the vast network of…
EcoSlips app set to reduce waste impact on environment
The City of Johannesburg has told ratepayers that we are left with less than three years before the city runs out of space at landfill sites. The consequences of this could be dire for residents, as they would be forced…
