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Thu, January 31st, 10:53 · Nanine Steenkamp

BlackBerry partners with SA Snapplify on BB10 operating system

South African digital publishing company Snapplify was made an official BlackBerry partner at the BlackBerry 10 launch in Johannesburg, South Africa, yesterday (Thursday). → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 09:55 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian Computer Society calls for “innovation growth”

The Nigerian Computer Society (NCS) has described an effective infrastructure sharing policy as the key to broadband penetration in Nigeria. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 09:42 · Tefo Mohapi

Features of the BlackBerry 10 platform on two new LTE-enabled smartphones

BlackBerry are labelling their latest platform, BB10, as the “re-designed, re-engineered, and re-invented BlackBerry platform that creates a new and unique mobile computing experience”. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 08:35 · HumanIPO

The HumanIPO Debate: Should super-high interest payday loan providers be allowed to contact people via mobile phones?

Wonga South Africa announced this week users will be able to obtain micro-loans using their mobile as a way of beating the low levels of computer access in the country and expanding its subscriber base. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 07:36 · Tefo Mohapi

Goodbye BlackBerry Internet Service, African market could look elsewhere

BlackBerry (BBRY) announced at yesterday’s launch that the new smartphones based on the BB10 platform will not support the BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS). → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 18:44 · Tom Jackson

Poll: Only one in eight would consider a BB10

A poll by mobile app developer Bite Interactive has found that only 13 percent of people would consider buying the new BlackBerry 10, which was released yesterday. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 16:01 · Tefo Mohapi

Alicia Keys appointed as BlackBerry’s new Global Creative Director

In a surprising announcement, BlackBerry Chief Executive Thorsten Heins, has named Alicia Keys as the Canadian phone manufacturer’s new Global Creative Director. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 15:35 · Richard Cutcher

BB10 Launch: RIM ceases to exist, re-branded as BlackBerry

Research In Motion (RIM) has launched its eagerly awaited BlackBerry 10 device and operating system at glamorous launches around the world, but eclipsed the announcement by revealing RIM no longer exists and will now be known simply as BlackBerry. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 14:19 · Tom Jackson

FNB launches BB10 app

South Africa’s First National Bank (FNB) has launched a banking app for Research in Motion’s (RIM’s) new BlackBerry 10 operating system, even though it is yet to launch one for the Windows Phone. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 13:48 · Vincent Matinde

International airtime recharge portal SwissClear Global launches in Africa

Singapore-based SwissClear Global has officially launched its mobile phone airtime recharge portal and set up base in several African countries. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 13:34 · Nanine Steenkamp

Free calls to Cell C subscribers in South Africa

Prepaid subscribers with South African network operator Cell C will be able to make unlimited calls to other users on the same network with the new TopUp option - SUPACHARGE. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 13:00 · Richard Cutcher

iPhone 5 supply concerns “evaporate” in SA amid BB10 anticipation

Major suppliers are reportedly fully stocked with iPhone 5s despite its launch on December 15 last year being Apple’s most high-profile yet. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 10:28 · Gabriella Mulligan

Pantech reveals world’s largest smartphone

South Korean phone manufacturer Pantech has revealed the world’s largest smartphone, boasting a full high-definition (HD) screen with the capacity to play 1080p video files at full-resolution. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 10:14 · Elly Okutoyi

Yu reverses tariff for off-net calls

Kenyan mobile network operator Yu Mobile has lowered its off-net tariff to KSh3 per minute, barely a month after increasing the tariff by 16.6 percent. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 09:55 · Elly Okutoyi

Money transfer from Kenya cheapest in Africa

The World Bank has ranked Kenya as the cheapest country in Africa from which to remit money abroad, with transaction costs averaging 9.2 percent of the value of the transfer compared to 11.89 percent in other countries across the continent. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 08:34 · Tefo Mohapi

Research In Motion will reach its “natural end”, despite today’s BB10 launch

Research In Motion’s imminent launch of the BlackBerry 10 (BB10) is widely seen as make or break time and Jan Dawson, Chief Telecoms Analyst at Ovum, believes the new devices will provide "a temporary boost in performance but no salvation”. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 05:29 · Tefo Mohapi

iROKOtv launches app exclusively on Nokia Lumia

Nigeria’s major online distributor of indigenous movies, iROKOtv, has struck an exclusive deal with Nokia to deliver a brand new mobile app. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 15:39 · HumanIPO

Latest cell phone clip evidence for SA police brutality in Marikana case

Freshly unveiled mobile phone footage, submitted by a South African police officer, could change the outcome of an investigation launched to judge the credibility of police strategy during the fatal Marikana protests in last year. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 14:48 · HumanIPO

OTTs and mobile operators equal in service innovation competence, industry report reveals

A sneak preview of the Telecoms.com Intelligence Industry Survey 2013 report reveals more than half of survey respondents view mobile service providers on equal grounds with over-the-top players (OTTs) in service innovation. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 13:34 · Gabriella Mulligan

MTN Nigeria ready to implement MNP

MTN Nigeria has revealed it is ready to implement Mobile Number Portability (MNP), in line with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) plans to launch the system over the first quarter of this year. → Read more