Mobile, Page 26
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Fri, April 4th, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi
MTN to invest $9.2m in metro fibre in Kenya
The Kenyan urban centres of Kisumu, Eldoret and Nakuru are set to be beneficiaries of a KSh800 million (US$9.2 million) metro fibre network from pan-African operator MTN. → Read more
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Thu, April 3rd, 14:00 · Chris Udemans
WhatsApp messages hit 64bn in one day
Instant messaging (IM) platform WhatsApp announced over social media yesterday it has processed a record number of messages, topping 64 billion in a day. → Read more
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Thu, April 3rd, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA parliament communications committee welcomes MTR ruling
The recent High Court ruling on disputed mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations in South Africa was a “balanced decision”, taking into consideration consumers, the public interest and government policy aimed at lowering communications costs, according to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Communications. → Read more
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Thu, April 3rd, 12:00 · Agatha Nduku
Airtel becomes 2nd largest telecoms operator in Nigeria
Airtel Nigeria has overtaken Globacom to become the country’s second largest mobile operator by customer numbers, though it still remains far behind market leader MTN, according to the latest figures released by market regulator the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). → Read more
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Thu, April 3rd, 11:30 · Chris Udemans
Cheap smartphones key to Africa’s internet penetration – Duarte
Low-cost smartphones are key to increasing internet penetration in Africa, according to Dave Duarte, South African entrepreneur and social media expert. → Read more
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Thu, April 3rd, 10:00 · Chris Udemans
Text For Change launches WASHtxt sanitation project in Uganda
Text For Change along with open source internet and mobile software developer Akvo have launched WASHtxt, a project in Uganda to provide communities with clean water, hoping to improve hygiene and sanitation in the country. → Read more
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Wed, April 2nd, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Wabona launches Mayibuye film festival
South African local video content streaming startup Wabona has partnered with Cape Town-based Gravel Road Entertainment to launch the Mayibuye film festival, bringing previously unseen African film content to television, as well as making it available online and mobile via Wabona’s services. → Read more
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Wed, April 2nd, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTR cuts will cost Vodacom $94m in a year
The new mobile termination rates (MTRs) implemented yesterday by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) will have a full-year impact of approximately ZAR1 billion (US$94 million) on the country’s leading operator Vodacom, meaning the company will have to reconsider the extent of investment it makes. → Read more
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Wed, April 2nd, 13:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Telkom completes management restructuring
South Africa’s part state-owned operator Telkom has appointed Ouma Rasethaba as chief risk officer (CRO), completing the management restructuring which began at the company in June last year. → Read more
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Wed, April 2nd, 11:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Dream Mobile launches free SIM website
Cape Town-based startup Dream Mobile has launched a website offering free SIM cards for all local networks, in a bid to facilitate access to mobile communications in South Africa. → Read more
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Wed, April 2nd, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Transferbee offers free money transfer from UK to Nigeria
Transferbee, a United Kingdom (UK)-based money transfer company, has launched a campaign allowing individuals in UK to send money to Nigeria free of charge. → Read more
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Wed, April 2nd, 08:30 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Huawei reports 8.5% sales revenue increase
Huawei has released its audited 2013 financial results, recording an 8.5 per cent year-on-year increase in sales revenue and net profits of CNY21 billion (US$3.4 billion). → Read more
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Tue, April 1st, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Spurring competition behind SA High Court MTR ruling
MTN and Vodacom’s “commercial” intentions, as well as the “burden” carried by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to spur market competition supported the High Court decision to temporarily implement the mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations even though it declared them invalid. → Read more
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Tue, April 1st, 12:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria to increase internet penetration by reducing phone costs – Johnson
Omobola Johnson, Nigeria’s communication technology minister, has announced the Nigerian government’s plans to increase internet penetration in the country by reducing the cost of internet-enabled mobile phones. → Read more
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Tue, April 1st, 11:30 · Tom Jackson
Former Safaricom CEO launches M-Pesa in Europe
The former chief executive officer (CEO) of leading Kenyan operator Safaricom, Michael Joseph, has launched M-Pesa in Romania, the first European launch on the mobile money transfer system. → Read more
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Tue, April 1st, 11:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTN, Vodacom “vindicated” by court ruling
South Africa’s leading mobile operators Vodacom and MTN feel “vindicated” by yesterday’s court decision ruling the mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations set out by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to be “invalid and unlawful”, while rival Cell C bemoaned the operators’ attempt to “frustrate” market competition. → Read more
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Tue, April 1st, 08:00 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 launched in Kenya
Samsung East Africa has launched the Galaxy Grand 2 into the Kenyan market at a retail price of KSh37,999 (US$440) at all authorised Samsung dealers countrywide. → Read more
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Mon, March 31st, 16:49 · Gabriella Mulligan
ICASA’s “invalid and unlawful” MTR cuts can proceed
Cuts to mobile termination rates (MTRs) as well as asymmetric pricing for South African operators proposed by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) are “invalid and unlawful”, but may be implemented nonetheless, a court has ruled, dismissing applications by leading operators MTN and Vodacom. → Read more
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Mon, March 31st, 15:00 · Chris Udemans
MTN launches dormant SIM programme
South African mobile operator MTN has launched a programme rewarding subscribers for reviving dormant SIM cards. → Read more
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Mon, March 31st, 12:00 · Agatha Nduku
Blackberry reports $5.9bn annual loss
Smartphone maker Blackberry has reported a net loss of US$5.9 billion for the last financial year. → Read more
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