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Wed, July 10th, 10:20 · Kamau Mbote
Gilat Satcom announces non-stop coast-to-coast fibre redundancy in Africa
Gilat Satcom is set to unveil new fibre routes in coastal and landlocked Africa, guaranteeing coast-to-coast redundancy guarantees. → Read more
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Wed, July 10th, 07:42 · Kamau Mbote
Microsoft attacked by bug earlier exposed by Google researcher
Microsoft has suffered an attack by hackers who have exploited a bug that was disclosed two months ago by an Google researcher, leading to a backlash from the software giant over not being notified of the vulnerability before going public. → Read more
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Tue, July 9th, 16:10 · Brandon Gregory
Building and launching an LTE network in Africa
Pablo Brito, director of wireless strategies and business development for Huawei in Germany, spoke at the LTE Africa conference in Cape Town yesterday, on successfully building and launching an LTE network on the continent. → Read more
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Tue, July 9th, 15:22 · Martin Cheruiyot
Chogoria Girls’ Wi-Fi boosting learning
Wi-Fi has become a universal expectation to the students and teachers of Kenya’s Chogoria Girls High School in Meru County, Benson Njeru, the head of the ICT Department, has said. → Read more
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Tue, July 9th, 15:06 · Richard Cutcher
Huawei alone has 44 LTE networks in Africa, but many not operational
Huawei has 44 LTE networks across Africa, many of which are “invisible” and can be switched on immediately once the respective operators are ready. → Read more
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Tue, July 9th, 13:46 · Mercy Makumi
McAfee says South Korea cyberattack part of a 4-year spying campaign
The major cyber attack that hit South Korea on March 20, 2013, wiping the hard drives of tens of thousands of computers, was part of an elaborate campaign by hackers working to steal the country's military and governmental secrets, according to a McAfee Labs research report. → Read more
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Tue, July 9th, 12:55 · Richard Cutcher
Surfline and Alcatel-Lucent to roll out West Africa’s first LTE network
Alcatel-Lucent and Surfline Communications have announced a partnership that could provide Western Africa with its first commercial 4G LTE network - operational in Ghana - by the first quarter of 2014. → Read more
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Tue, July 9th, 10:26 · Brandon Gregory
LTE key to transforming Africa – Charnley
Mass broadband access is imperative to transforming Africa, according to Irene Charnley, chief executive officer (CEO) of Smile Communications. → Read more
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Tue, July 9th, 09:57 · Tom Jackson
Internet Solutions connects Namibia, Nigeria to WACS
Internet Solutions (IS) has connected Namibia and Nigeria to the West Africa Cable System (WACS), with plans to boost capacity in Ghana and Angola in the near future. → Read more
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Tue, July 9th, 09:44 · Richard Cutcher
LTE being piloted in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s Econet Wireless is piloting LTE technology, although it does not expect to begin a commercial rollout this year. → Read more
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Tue, July 9th, 09:06 · Richard Cutcher
Lack of spectrum holding South Africa back – Vodacom
The South African industry regulator's inability to allocate the 800Mhz spectrum is the equivalent of a fighter "fighting with one hand tied behind his back", according to Jannie Van Zyl, executive head of data products at Vodacom. → Read more
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Tue, July 9th, 08:44 · Richard Cutcher
LTE Africa conference kicks off in Cape Town
The LTE Africa conference kicked off in Cape Town today, with the release of statistics showing South Africa was way ahead of the rest of the continent, though as a whole Africa is lagging behind. → Read more
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Mon, July 8th, 15:32 · Tom Jackson
Microsoft to close MSN TV
Microsoft has announced it is to close its internet television service MSN TV at the end of September, saying there are now “many new ways” to access the net. → Read more
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Mon, July 8th, 15:06 · Tom Jackson
Yahsat appoints new CEO
Yahsat, which provides satellite broadband in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, has appointed Masood. M. Sharif Mahmood as its new chief executive officer (CEO) in place of Tareq Abdel Raheem Al Hosani, who will join the company’s board of directors. → Read more
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Mon, July 8th, 14:11 · Kamau Mbote
Khalid Abu Baker new Kaspersky MD for Middle East
Khalid Abu Baker has been appointed the new managing director (MD) of Kaspersky Lab Middle East, covering key markets including the GCC, Egypt and Pakistan as well as relevant territories including Libya and Ethiopia. → Read more
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Mon, July 8th, 13:06 · Paul Adepoju
Paddy Hack suspends Nigerian attack
An Irish hacker who brought down the Nigerian government website last week threatened to attack more of the country’s state websites, before suspending the action after 40 children died in an unrelated extremist attack. → Read more
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Mon, July 8th, 10:59 · Kamau Mbote
AccessKenya board urges shareholders to accept takeover bid
AccessKenya’s board of directors has recommended shareholders accept a KSh3.2 billion (US$36 million) takeover bid of 100 per cent of the shares by South Africa’s Dimension Data. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 15:22 · Nanine Steenkamp
Africa online trade growing, but lack of skills problematic
Leading African online car trader Cheki is expanding its operations across Africa, though finding the local skill level a challenge to reckon with. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 14:42 · HumanIPO
Guest Post: What is really wrong with e-commerce in South Africa
Andrew Lynch is co-founder of Cape Town-based e-commerce site CableKiosk.co.za, which specialises in supplying cables and electronics to the consumer and corporate market. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 12:48 · Richard Cutcher
NetApp appoint African regional director
Mark Ridley, formerly of IBM and Microsoft, has been appointed as regional director for Africa at data management firm NetApp. → Read more
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