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Ethio Telecom launches electronic payment services

Ethiopia's sole telecommunication provider, Ethio Telecom has announced the launch of payment services for prepaid mobile recharging. The service allows customers to recharge their mobile airtime online. The new system has been made available to customers across the telecom's...

Opinion: Mobile Phones are Under Attack

Long-known but relatively obscure vulnerabilities in global mobile telecommunications systems are reaching a wider audience, including cybercriminals, who are always looking for new ways to intercept sensitive data and co-opt user authentication sessions intended to protect digital banking and...

Egypt’s Orascom shareholders approve capital hike

Shareholders of Egypt’s telecom group Orascom Telecom (OT) approved on Thursday a split of the company and a capital increase. Analysts said the move was expected and should not hurt the company’s standing in the country and across the...

Orascom may go to int’l arbitration over Algeria debacle

Egyptian telecommunications giant Orascom Telecom (OT) said on Thursday that it had little hope that Russia’s Vimpelcom would succeed in negotiations over a dispute with the Algerian government over the company’s Djezzy unit. According to CEO Naguib Sawiris, coming to...

Egypt’s Orascom looks to invest in local sites

Egypt’s leading telecommunications company Orascom Telecom (OT) said in a press statement on Wednesday that it is looking to increase its investment in local enterprises, including content providers. Local Egyptian financial newspaper al-Mal reported that its new affiliate Orascom Telecommunications...

Uganda stops MTN from blocking calls

Uganda has ended any visions MTN’s local unit had of blocking calls to competitor Uganda Telecom – owned by Libya – after the company last week had threatened to bar customers from phoning people with the other network. It comes...

Egypt: Broadband optimism on the rise

Egypt’s broadband development could be key to revenue generation of the the country’s telecommunications sector, a new report published by Pyramid Research stated. It said that with the post-revolution atmosphere possibly bringing about a more stable country, it could “nurture...
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NRF & UNESCO Body Sign MoU to Advance Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation

The International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre for South-South Cooperation under the auspices of UNESCO (ISTIC) and South Africa’s...
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