Articles by Chris Udemans, Page 11
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Fri, May 23rd, 14:00 · Chris Udemans
CWU to resist Telkom job cuts
South Africa’s Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) has said it will resist part state-owned telecommunications company Telkom’s plans to cut 1,000 jobs. → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 12:00 · Chris Udemans
Internet Solutions takes full ownership of AlwaysOn
South African internet service provider (ISP) Internet Solutions (IS) has increased its shareholding in Wi-Fi provider AlwaysOn to 100 per cent for an undisclosed sum. → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 10:30 · Chris Udemans
Mobile money not customer friendly
The current mobile money climate is not a customer friendly experience, according to Ruan Swanepoel, commercial manager of Tigo Pesa Tanzania. → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 09:00 · Chris Udemans
Rural Ugandan women relying on agents to make mobile transactions
Women in rural Uganda are relying on mobile money agents to make transactions for them, highlighting a lack of mobile and numerical literacy, according to Lisa Kienzle, mobile financial services programme director at the Grameen Foundation. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 16:30 · Chris Udemans
Safaricom’s M-Shwari has 7m subscribers
Over seven million subscribers are now using Kenyan mobile operator Safaricom’s microfinance platform M-Shwari, according to George Ndegwa from the operator’s financial services division. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 13:30 · Chris Udemans
Children’s mobile money a gap in the market
There is a large gap in the youth mobile money market, with few companies providing services aimed at children, according to Christopher Bee, head of strategy and business development at mobile money solutions firm Soulstice Consulting. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 12:30 · Chris Udemans
Prepaid systems key to mobile payments – Wirecard
Prepaid systems need to be incorporated into digital payments at point-of-sales (PoS) terminals to attract more users, according to Enrique Beza, vice president of sales telecommunications in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) at financial services and technology group Wirecard. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 10:00 · Chris Udemans
Lack of interoperability hurting mobile money market
A lack of interoperability is harming the mobile money market, with only ten operations reaching success out of the 150 launched in the past few years, according to Virginie Bonnot, mobile financial service sales director for Southern and Central Europe at Oberthur Technologies. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 09:00 · Chris Udemans
Diaspora Zimbabwe’s major mobile money driver – Telecel
The diaspora market is one of the biggest drivers of mobile money in Zimbabwe, according to Nkosinathi Ncube, financial services director at mobile operator Telecel. → Read more
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Wed, May 21st, 18:00 · Chris Udemans
Regulation crucial for success of mobile money platforms
Regulation is a deciding factor on whether mobile money platforms succeed or fail, according to Richard Ketley, director and owner at consulting firm Genesis Analytics. → Read more
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Wed, May 21st, 14:30 · Chris Udemans
Rural Lesotho deserves connectivity – Universal Service Fund
Rural communities in Lesotho deserve to be connected just like anywhere else in the world, according to Nthabiseng Pule, executive secretary at the Universal Service Fund (USF) of Lesotho. → Read more
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Wed, May 21st, 12:30 · Chris Udemans
Mobile video set to boom
The next big area of growth is going to be video services on mobile devices, according to Pierre van der Hoven, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) at low bandwidth mobile video provider Tuluntulu. → Read more
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Wed, May 21st, 11:00 · Chris Udemans
Guarantee operators clients in rural areas – USAASA
Guaranteeing mobile operators clients in rural areas is the best way to secure private sector investment to connect underserviced communities, according to Thabo Makenete, executive head of broadcasting at the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA). → Read more
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Wed, May 21st, 10:00 · Chris Udemans
Satellite TV should complement terrestrial – Platco
Satellite television is complementary to rather than in competition with terrestrial television, according to Dave Coles, executive of business development at digital distribution company Platco. → Read more
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Tue, May 20th, 17:00 · Chris Udemans
WISPs focusing on unlicenced spectrum in SA
Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) in South Africa are increasingly operating in the unlicenced spectrum space due to the costs involved in operating in licenced spaces, according to Nick Ehrke, sales director for Southern Africa at wireless telecommunications company Radwin. → Read more
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Tue, May 20th, 13:30 · Chris Udemans
SA can increase GDP by $5bn with 10% broadband growth
Increasing South Africa’s internet penetration by 10 per cent could raise the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) by over US$5 billion, according to Paul Feenan, director of government services at Avanti Communications Group. → Read more
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Tue, May 20th, 11:00 · Chris Udemans
50 African countries will miss digital migration deadline – consultant
Fifty African countries will not meet the June 2015 deadline for digital migration, according to Russell Southwood, chief executive officer (CEO) of United Kingdom (UK)-based telecoms consultancy firm Balancing Act. → Read more
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Tue, May 20th, 08:00 · Chris Udemans
Humanitarian smartcards launched in DRC
Global development organisation Mercy Corps has partnered electronic money issuer sQuid to provide contactless smartcards to households in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through which money can be distributed for use at local merchants. → Read more
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Mon, May 19th, 18:00 · Chris Udemans
20% of FDI into Africa goes to tech, media, telecoms
Technology, media and telecommunications projects in Africa received 20 per cent of all foreign direct investment (FDI) on the continent in 2013, according to a study. → Read more
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Mon, May 19th, 13:30 · Chris Udemans
Zambia launches Digital Migration Policy
The Zambian government has launched its Digital Migration Policy, seeking to provide guidelines for the establishment and operation of signal distributors and the implementation of a licensing framework ahead of the planned 2015 switchover. → Read more
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