Telecoms
Oct 11,
2016
Internet users on Nigeria’s telecommunications networks increased to 93,591,174 as at August 2016, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said. The regulatory body made this known in its monthly Internet…
Oct 11,
2016
Internet users on Nigeria’s telecommunications networks increased to 93,591,174 as at August 2016, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said. The regulatory body made this known in its monthly Internet…
Oct 09,
2016
MTN has raised $1 billion (R13.9 billion) in two dollar bonds, the telecoms firm said, the first such issue by Africa's biggest wireless carrier by sales since 2014. The news…
Oct 03,
2016
The number of mobile phone subscribers in Kenya increased by 3.7 percent to 39.7 million in the fourth quarter ended 30 June from 38.3 million subscriptions recorded in the third…
Oct 03,
2016
A collaboration between Kenyan and American universities has produced the first comprehensive public transport data for a micro minibus (matatu) system in Africa. Digital Matatus continues to collect and update…
Sep 30,
2016
Samsung's having a really terrible month. Several of its products — new and old — are literally exploding left and right. Samsung's having a really terrible month. Several of its…
Sep 28,
2016
It’s the end of an era. BlackBerry, a name once synonymous with high-end smartphones, will no longer make mobile devices. Along with a dismal financial report, the company announced on…
Sep 28,
2016
Ajax’s 5-0 cup victory against fellow Dutch premier division side Willem II on September 21 saw a first in football: the official world debut for a video assistant referee in…
Sep 27,
2016
Passengers traveling through various airports in the Ghana cannot use or charge their Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on-board flights and are banned from stowing them in any checked baggage.…
Sep 23,
2016
Yahoo Inc said on Thursday that at least 500 million of its accounts were hacked in 2014 by what it believed was a state-sponsored actor, a theft that appeared to…
Sep 21,
2016
Google said it will hold a media event in San Francisco next month, where it is expected to unveil its new flagship phone. The October 4 event was announced in…
Sep 19,
2016
The Broadband Commission of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has ranked Ghana as the third country in Africa with the highest active mobile-broadband subscriptions, according to the Commission’s ‘The state…
Sep 16,
2016
South African mobile phone operator MTN Group has pulled the plug on its local mobile money business, saying it was not viable in a country where around three quarters of…
Sep 15,
2016
A Huawei P8 Lite smartphone has saved the life of its owner, who was shot in the chest by armed muggers, by taking a bullet for him. Huawei P8 Lite…
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