Wed, December 11th, 16:00 · Richard Cutcher
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has cast doubt on information submitted by Telkom concerning the value of its Access Line Deficit (ALD), resulting in the regulator telling the fixed-line operator to bring the cost of its operations down. → Read more
Wed, December 11th, 14:30 · Selipha Kihagi
The Central Bank of Nigeria, through its governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has said it will partner satellite system companies as part of its efforts to boost international telecommunication services in the country. → Read more
Wed, December 11th, 14:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTN South Africa has launched a pilot project allowing customers with feature or Java-enabled phones to access the internet via their mobiles. → Read more
Wed, December 11th, 13:30 · Richard Cutcher
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has confirmed applications for the sought after 2.3GHz spectrum frequency are now open to new and existing players in the mobile data space. → Read more
Wed, December 11th, 11:00 · Richard Cutcher
The Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) is in discussions with stakeholders and experts with regards to what frequency and how much spectrum should be allocated for use in LTE deployment. → Read more
Wed, December 11th, 10:00 · Tom Jackson
Twitter shares rose for the second straight day yesterday, passing US$52 and reaching a new intraday high. → Read more
Wed, December 11th, 09:00 · Richard Cutcher
Some of Africa’s LTE networks currently operated by new players will eventually be acquired by the bigger mobile operators as the technology takes hold on the continent, Daniel Jaeger, Alcatel-Lucent’s vice president for Africa, believes. → Read more
Wed, December 11th, 07:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Orange has partnered with car manufacturer Renault to research the opportunities presented by long term evolution (LTE) technologies in the automotive industry, with a view to developing “hyper-connected” vehicles. → Read more
Wed, December 11th, 06:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Viber has announced the release of Viber 4.1 for Android and iPhone, which comes with the global launch of Viber Out, a feature allowing users to make calls to any mobile or landline phone number. → Read more
Tue, December 10th, 19:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Twitter has revealed over 1.7 million Tweets were posted regarding the draw for the football World Cup on Saturday, as fans flocked to see who their national teams will be playing in Brazil in June 2014. → Read more
Tue, December 10th, 18:00 · Richard Cutcher
Sonia Jorge, executive director of the Alliance For Affordable Internet (A4AI), has told HumanIPO the organisation’s first report on broadband costs across developing and emerging countries is just the beginning and the more hands-on work begin nows as it looks to liaise with governments and regulators. → Read more
Tue, December 10th, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Facebook statistics on activity on the social media site in 2013 has revealed Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa featured among the most popular “check in” sites, while Nelson Mandela was among the top 10 most talked about topics of the year. → Read more
Tue, December 10th, 16:30 · Nick Sato
Research by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International has shown that 91 per cent of organisations globally experienced cyberattacks at least once in the last year, with nine per cent victims of targeted attacks. → Read more
Tue, December 10th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
South African media group Caxton has acquired independent digital media house Habari Media, bringing high-profile African clients including bbc.com, LinkedIn and 2go into the Caxton group. → Read more
Tue, December 10th, 14:00 · Richard Cutcher
Nigeria’s Ministry of Communication Technology has expressed its willingness to work with and learn from the Alliance For Affordable Internet (A4AI) as it tries to build a national broadband network which will eventually serve the whole country. → Read more
Tue, December 10th, 13:00 · Nick Sato
The Kenyan government through the ICT Authority and the Kenya Education Network Trust (KENET) has officially launched the KENET Network, a US$22.5 million basic internet bandwidth service that connects member institutions at competitive and sustainable prices. → Read more
Tue, December 10th, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Cape-Town based wireless internet company Skyrove has launched a free Wi-Fi service in Camps Bay, with consumers given 100 megabytes (MB) of free data per device each day. → Read more
Tue, December 10th, 12:00 · Selipha Kihagi
The Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) yesterday launched a five-day regional consumer workshop. → Read more
Tue, December 10th, 11:30 · Richard Cutcher
Infrastructure development, public private partnerships (PPP) and driving demand are among the key necessities to make broadband affordable in developing countries, according to Joshua Goldstein of the Alliance For Affordable Internet (A4AI). → Read more
Tue, December 10th, 11:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has set up a range of forums to collect condolences and tributes from members of the public following the death of former president Nelson Mandela. → Read more
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