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Kenya to relax laws to encourage foreign investment in telecoms
Foreign telecoms investors in Kenya will no longer require local partners to do business in the country, the government announced yesterday.
Telkom South Africa prepares fixed-wireless trial
Telkom South Africa has confirmed plans to deploy a W-CDMA high speed fixed wireless network aimed at small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) customers.
Nigeria ready for Commonwealth Telecommunications Summit
The 2008 version of Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisations (CTO) Iinformation Communication Technology (ICT) summit will begin in Nigeria on Monday next week. The Nigerian President Umaru Yar‘Adua will open this summit,tagged “Abuja CTO 2008”.
UgandaTelecom to sensitize financial institutions
Uganda Telecom will today hold an exposition for financial institutions in Uganda, in a bid to sensitize them on telecommunication services that can enhance and increase their profitability.
Telecoms sector seeks new rules to drive growth plan
Increasing globalisation and convergence within the telecommunications industry is driving the Kenyan government and trade unions to partner in seeking effective policies to govern the industry.
Giants vie for Rwanda ‘s telecom market
Four telecommunications companies have emerged as serious contenders for the third national telecommunications operator license after presenting their bids to Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA) on Tuesday.
Mobile phone brands not cool
The latest league table of international cool brands has been announced, leaving all the specialist mobile companies out of the top twenty.
Kenya bans use of mobile phones in schools
KENYA has banned use of cell phones in schools as one way to contain scholars’ rioting, which hit the country over second weekend of July. Kenyan scholars went on rampage over alleged maladministration, incompetent staff and poor supervision, which students…
Altech wins holding in Kenya cable operation
Listed telecoms group Allied Technologies (Altech) has secured a 10 percent stake in the Kenyan government’s undersea fibreoptic cable project, called Teams. Teams is one of five undersea cable projects linking Africa with the rest of the world, aiming to…
Telkom incorporates new Billion 800VGT router in “Do Broadband” bundles
Telkom has chosen Billion’s 800VGT router as one of the modems to be bundled with a ‘do Broadband’ Level 3 contract aimed at SoHo (small office, home office) and large home markets. This modem is suited to VPN (virtual private…
Mobile Industry Continues to Boom Despite Turmoil in World Financial Markets
Despite turmoil in world financial markets over the last year the trillion USD mobile industry continues to confound expectations with spectacular accelerating growth. A new report from Portio Research reveals that over half the world now uses a mobile phone…
Cellphone firms under scrutiny over tax planning in Tanzania
Mobile phone operators in Tanzania are among large taxpayers that have come under the spotlight as the Tanzania Revenue Authority moves to plug loopholes in the regulations in order to reduce the room for “tax planning.”
Rwanda scores a first in East Africa with $0.5m phone assembly plant
Link Technologies from China has set up a $500,000 phone assembling plant in Rwanda that is producing 200 mobile phones a day.
75% of travellers say ‘No’ to mobile phones on planes
Hot on the heels of the airline, Emirates – Ryanair has also announced that passengers will be able to make mobile calls during flights within weeks. However, accordingly to a recent poll by Wanderlust Magazine, the vast majority of travellers…
Burundi’s U-com plans to double users by 2010
Burundi’s biggest mobile phone operator U-com plans to double its subscribers in the tiny central African country to 555,000 by 2010, the company said on Thursday.
MTC to distribute laptops to Namibian schools
To foster ICT development in Namibia, Mobile Telecommunication Company (MTC) has started distributing laptop computers to schools in the country. The distribution is aimed at promoting Namibia’s e-school program, which will impart computer knowledge to students.
