Articles by Richard Cutcher, Page 3
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Fri, December 6th, 12:30 · Richard Cutcher
Intel latest IT giant to join Egypt’s tech park
Intel has opened its new building in Egypt, located in the Maadi technological investment zone, the largest of its kind in the Middle East and Africa. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 11:30 · Richard Cutcher
TTCL upgrades management system
Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL) has launched its new business and operational support system after collaboration with ZTE, Huawei and local vendors. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 10:00 · Richard Cutcher
NCC to engage consumers through social media
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is to utilise social media to monitor consumer complaints of poor service from telecommunications. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 09:00 · Richard Cutcher
Ghana data centre delay angers minister
Edward Omane Boamah, Ghana’s minister of communications, has fired a warning shot at Top International Engineering Limited over the delays to the US$40 million data centre project it was contracted to carry out on behalf of the government. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 19:00 · Richard Cutcher
Google lifts the lid on its own robotics development
Google is reportedly developing its own man-like robots to transport and deliver packages, further evidence that the world’s biggest technology companies are taking the future adoption of drones seriously. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 16:30 · Richard Cutcher
Zuma must expel Pule – DA
Marian Shinn, the Democratic Alliance’s shadow minister for communications, has called on President Jacob Zuma to expel South Africa’s former minister of communications Dina Pule from parliament after the public protector published a scathing assessment of the latter’s conduct. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 15:30 · Richard Cutcher
Pule must apologise – public protector
Dina Pule, South Africa’s disgraced former communications minister, has been ordered to apologise to the Department of Communications (DoC), parliament and the Sunday Times newspaper by the country’s public protector Thuli Madonsela. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 15:00 · Richard Cutcher
Online portal for e-toll charge list, wheelchair set on fire
The South African National Roads Agency’s (SANRAL) online e-toll portal allows any person to view the outstanding bills of any vehicle, whether theirs or not. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 14:00 · Richard Cutcher
MTN Ghana apologises for poor service delivery
MTN Ghana has apologised for network disruption caused by a fibre cable cut on the Accra and Suhun, with engineers currently working to fix the problem. → Read more
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Wed, December 4th, 19:00 · Richard Cutcher
Dragon Africa gears up for bigger SMW Lagos
The Social Media Week (SMW) Lagos organisers have announced the second event, being held between February 17 and 21, 2014, will be “bigger, better and bolder” than its inaugural conference in 2013. → Read more
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Wed, December 4th, 18:30 · Richard Cutcher
WAPA push for open access Wi-Fi networks
The Wireless Access Providers’ Association (WAPA) has called on industry stakeholders to collaborate in South Africa to put the groundwork in place to roll out more ‘carrier-grade’ Wi-Fi networks. → Read more
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Wed, December 4th, 17:00 · Richard Cutcher
Telkom to continue wholesale network investment
Telkom’s wholesale and networks division has announced it is investing ZAR12 billion (US$1.2 billion) in next generation high speed broadband, benefitting the internet service providers (ISPs) which leverage off the Telkom infrastructure. → Read more
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Wed, December 4th, 15:30 · Richard Cutcher
Nigeria needs to address local ICT content creation – minister
Omobola Johnson, Nigeria’s minister of communication technology, has said there remains a “negative trade balance” between locally produced and foreign ICT products. → Read more
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Wed, December 4th, 14:30 · Richard Cutcher
Low-cost smartphones to kickstart African penetration – Ericsson
The anticipated introduction of a US$50 smartphone should significantly boost penetration of the devices in Sub-Saharan Africa, bringing more people online and aiding the development of economies, according to a ConsumerLab report by Ericsson. → Read more
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Wed, December 4th, 11:30 · Richard Cutcher
Vodacom preparing for Ethiopian presence
The Vodacom Group will apply for a value-added-services (VAS) license in Ethiopia, potentially joining MTN in the otherwise state-dominated telecommunications sector. → Read more
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Wed, December 4th, 10:00 · Richard Cutcher
SA ASDL for $9.50 per month
Incredible Connection has partnered with Internet Solutions in South Africa to offer ADSL services, with the lowest price at ZAR99 (US$9.50) per month. → Read more
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Wed, December 4th, 09:30 · Richard Cutcher
BitPesa aiming to disrupt African remittance industry through Bitcoin
Nairobi-based BitPesa is in discussions with multiple banks and network operators in Kenya over partnerships that could allow the mass introduction of Bitcoin remittance payments into the East African country. → Read more
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Tue, December 3rd, 19:30 · Richard Cutcher
Westerbos takes the reins at Westcon Group
South Africa’s Datatec has appointed Dolph Westerbos as chief executive officer (CEO) of its Westcon Group, the distribution division of its advanced networking, security and unified communications solutions. → Read more
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Tue, December 3rd, 15:00 · Richard Cutcher
Etisalat could re-visit Zain deal in Sudan
Etisalat, the United Arab Emirates-based telecom with operations in Africa, is reportedly considering selling its Sudanese operation Canar to Zain after negotiations had previously broken down. → Read more
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Tue, December 3rd, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
SA university develops smart glove for leprosy patients
University of Cape Town (UCT) researches have helped develop a smart glove which will aid leprosy patients by returning some feeling to their hands. → Read more
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