Telecoms
Jul 22,
2016
Though the leading mobile operator in Sierra Leone with over 1.3 million customers, Orange said that, together with its Senegal-based partner Sonatel, it has completed the acquisition of 100% of…
Jul 20,
2016
Africa's biggest mobile phone operator MTN Group flagged lower first-half profit on Tuesday, blaming a hefty fine in Nigeria and sending its shares sliding nearly 4 percent. After months of…
Jul 18,
2016
To promote anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela's vision of education for all children through using technology, a series of affordable mobiles and tablets pre-embedded with content on the life and times…
Jul 15,
2016
Making use of VMware technologies, Medic Mobile has developed a software kit to be used in almost any kind of environment, support any language, and work with or without Internet…
Jul 14,
2016
Safaricom, the largest integrated telecommunication service provider in East Africa, is improving services for more than 25 million subscribers in Kenya, thanks to Nokia's Customer Experience Management on Demand. With…
Jul 09,
2016
The software is installing unwanted apps and spying on victims' browsing habits while generating fake clicks for adverts Up to 10 million Android smartphones have been infected by malicious software…
Jul 09,
2016
Inactivity between users and social communications app WeChat in Nigeria has fuelled speculation the company could soon exit the region. WeChat Nigeria has not been connecting with its users through…
Jul 08,
2016
A new report published by Vodafone Group reveals that smartphones are increasing opportunities in Ghana and that seven out of ten micro-entrepreneurs are likely to face difficulties continuing their business…
Jun 29,
2016
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has declared MTN as winner of its latest auction for a ten-year frequency spectrum licence for the 2.6GHz band, which guarantees superior performance for wireless…
Jun 23,
2016
According to Forbes magazine, 89% of business leaders believe big data will revolutionise business operations in the same way the Internet did. Naturally this does not only refer to big…
Jun 20,
2016
MTN has advised that it has appointed Rob Shuter as the new Group President and CEO of the company, following the successful resolution of its Nigerian dispute. Shuter would replace…
Jun 20,
2016
Worried by high cost of maintenance of generators at base stations in the country, occasioned by the notoriously unreliable public power supply; tower operators are eyeing massive investment put at…
Jun 20,
2016
For the third year running, Kenya holds tenaciously to a spot it edged Botswana out of in 2014. While Botswana continues to do well in terms of ICT growth, the…
Jun 14,
2016
The House of Representatives Committee on Communications has again summoned Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, Attorney General of the Federation and all other parties involved in the negotiation of MTN…
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