Articles by Nanine Steenkamp

Articles by Nanine Steenkamp, Page 53

Wed, November 7th, 12:23 · Nanine Steenkamp

Mobile services hailed for boosting African mining

Viewed as one of Africa’s most profit generating sectors, mobile guided mining services provides an easy solution to aid with such aspects as drilling locations. → Read more
Wed, November 7th, 10:20 · Nanine Steenkamp

Banks in South Africa taking up Windows mobile apps

Two of South Africa’s top banks Nedbank and Standard Bank have recently made deals to develop banking apps for Microsoft’s Windows Phone smartphone platform. → Read more
Wed, November 7th, 09:29 · Nanine Steenkamp

Global mobile solutions leader TCS to open African office

US-based TeleCommunication Systems (TCS), world leader in mobile communications technology, has said it plans to open an office in South Africa’s financial capital Johannesburg to serve as its central African domain. → Read more
Wed, November 7th, 07:22 · Nanine Steenkamp

Nambia’s MTC to supply mega 4G

As Namibia’s leading mobile network operator MTC lays out plans to cover some 75 percent of the country with 4G-enabled connections, Telecom Namibia might soon be displaced from top to second. → Read more
Tue, November 6th, 13:09 · Nanine Steenkamp

Kenyan MoDe wins IBM award

Kenya’s Mobile Decisioning (MoDe), a mobile nano credit startup, is this year’s overall winner of the IBM Africa SmartCamp contest at Tech4Africa. → Read more
Tue, November 6th, 11:55 · Nanine Steenkamp

Tight contest for .africa domain

The .africa domain is being highly contested given the radical changes by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), organisation responsible for managing the Internet's addresses, which had recently opened up name applications. → Read more
Tue, November 6th, 10:21 · Nanine Steenkamp

Cell C announces massive year-end LTE launches

Cell C has promised it would launch 4G alongside other Long Term Evolution (LTE) services by the end of the year, joining South African competitor mobile operators MTN and Vodacom in high-speed network provision. → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 13:30 · Nanine Steenkamp

Tablets the answer to SA textbook crisis

Talks on the possibility of replacing printed materials with curriculum-loaded tablets are underway, following the dilemma of insufficient textbooks for schools in South Africa. → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 13:21 · Nanine Steenkamp

No next time for Nexus in SA

Despite offers, the Google Nexus 4 will not be released in South Africa given the “lack of positive response to previous launches.” → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 12:57 · Nanine Steenkamp

Android beats BlackBerry in market share clasp

Towering above BlackBerry, Android now makes up to 75 percent of the smartphone market share, according to the new Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker statistics. → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 09:45 · Nanine Steenkamp

RIM unveils BlackBerry lab in Cape Town

Canada-based smartphone-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has announced the launch of BlackBerry lab in Cape Town, South Africa for local apps development set to boost the BlackBerry platform. → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 06:46 · Nanine Steenkamp

Nigeria’s Visafone first African operator to release CDMA-based BlackBerry

Nigeria’s leading network operator Visafone became the first in Africa to release CDMA-based BlackBerry smartphones last week. → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 06:38 · Nanine Steenkamp

SA Telkom offers iPad inclusive Internet

South Africa-based telecoms operator Telkom has launched its “Awesome Campaign”, offering customers the cost-free addition of iPad, Tablet or laptop to Telkom Do Broadband Bundles. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 13:52 · Nanine Steenkamp

SA’s faster network speeds means higher costs, say experts

With South African service providers Vodacom and MTN announcing higher speed data networks, experts are predicting higher costs for consumers. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 12:11 · Nanine Steenkamp

Zimbabwean Telecel sued for copyright

Telecel, a mobile service provider in Zimbabwe, faces a law suit of US$340,000 from Trumbelt Computers after a failed business agreement. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 08:48 · Nanine Steenkamp

First African fact checking site launched, developed by AFP

Africa’s first fact checking website, developed by the Agence France Presse (AFP) Foundation, was revealed on Wednesday, aiming to hold leadership and media accountable for their facts. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 08:22 · Nanine Steenkamp

New Elikia smartphone launched in Congo

Congo Brazzaville-based company VMK has announced the launch of a new Android-powered smartphone, called the Elikia. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 07:58 · Nanine Steenkamp

Kobo challenges Kindle on SA launch

The Canadian e-reader manufacturer, Kobo is confident it will overtake Kindle in sales on amazon.com by 50 percent within a year after the Kobo Touch was released in the country. → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 13:01 · Nanine Steenkamp

Bytes and FrontRange integrate to provide cloud services in Sub-Saharan Africa

FrontRange Solutions and Bytes System Integration have announced a partnership for the purpose of providing a cloud service platform to sub-Saharan Africa. → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 11:16 · Nanine Steenkamp

SA to host Africa’s first Legal IT conference

Legal IT Africa 2012 will equip pioneering minds from both legal and commercial technology industries on 27- 28 November in Sandton, Johannesburg. → Read more