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Third Yahsat satellite to extend broadband to africa

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UAE-based satellite operator Yahsat has unveiled plans to launch its third satellite extending its commercial Ka-band coverage to an additional 17 countries and 600 million users, expanding on Yahsat’s current coverage area across the Middle East, Africa and South...
Mobile and Telecoms

MTN expands coverage of global Virtual Private Network

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MTN’s enterprise customers with global operations are now able to communicate with their branches and employees worldwide. This follows the signing of an agreement between MTN and leading international telecommunications provider PCCW Global, which will enable MTN to expand coverage...
Mobile and Telecoms

Zamir Telecom to take on Africa

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Zamir Telecom today announced the expansion of its wholesale VoIP network into Africa in response to increasing demand from its customers.  Zamir has signed its first partner, Exchange Telecom Ltd, one of Nigeria's six interconnect exchange carriers, and opened...
Mobile and Telecoms

Bharti Airtel boasts 60-million subscribers in Africa

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Bharti Airtel, a telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today celebrated its 60 millionth customer in Africa. Airtel, which recently moved up one notch in global rankings to become the fourth largest mobile operator...
Cybersecurity

One in every two spam messages are sent from Asia

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IT security and data protection firm Sophos has published the latest 'Dirty Dozen' of spam-relaying countries, covering the second quarter of 2012. While North America continued to reduce the proportion of spam it relayed by email, Asia increased its...
Mobile and Telecoms

Korean companies invest in Africa

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Korean mining, electronics, power generation and telecommunications companies are looking to invest more in African countries, as these markets expand at an accelerated pace. Many African nations have seen strong growth due to an increase in foreign direct...
Mobile and Telecoms

Bharti launches first 3G network in Congo

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Airtel and the Republic of Congo today, 25 October 2011, took a significant step towards building the largest 3G network across Africa by announcing the launch of a 3,75G platform in the country. Today’s launch follows the application and issuance...
Mobile and Telecoms

SAMENA conference attracts North African ICT companies

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Telecommunications professionals as well as market leaders across South Asia, Middle East and North Africa are scheduled to meet next month in Qatar, to discuss key global technology developments. Prominent telecommunications experts as well as market leaders across South Asia,...
People

Bharti Airtel appoints new MD for Chad

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Bharti Airtel, a global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the appointment of Salia Gbane as the Managing Director for Chad. Prior to his appointment as the Managing Director - Chad, Salia was...
Mobile and Telecoms

VAS – African mobile market differs from Asia

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Asia leads Africa in some aspects of mobile VAS (Value Added Services), such as RBTs (Ring Back Tones), integration with radio and TV and SMS services, but the continent still needs to catchup with Africa in the mobile money...
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SaaS 101: What Retailers Should Know Before Adopting SaaS Solutions

Modern retail is dependent on technology to deliver the type of frictionless experience consumers demand and employees need. Over...
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