Mobile, Page 33
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Tue, February 25th, 17:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
Samsung unveils Galaxy S5
Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy S5 handset, saying the device is designed based on “what matters most” to consumers. → Read more
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Tue, February 25th, 13:40 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria gives telecoms deadline for local manufacture of SIM cards
Telecoms companies operating in Nigeria have until December 2015 to commence local manufacture of SIM cards. → Read more
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Tue, February 25th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
WhatsApp to add voice calls in Q2
Recently acquired mobile messaging service WhatsApp will add voice calls during the second quarter of this year, chief executive officer (CEO) Jan Koum told the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain. → Read more
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Tue, February 25th, 10:20 · Tom Jackson
Mdundo launches Android app, reaches 100k user milestone
Kenyan music streaming service Mdundo has launched an Android app for its increasing number of smartphone users, while also celebrating reaching 100,000 users on the platform. → Read more
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Tue, February 25th, 09:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Tigo launches world’s first cross-border mobile money transfer system
Tigo, a subsidiary of Millicom, has announced the launch of a cross-border mobile money remittance service between Tanzania and Rwanda, allowing its subscribers to send money from one country to another via their Tigo mobile money accounts → Read more
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Tue, February 25th, 06:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Mozilla launches seven commercial Firefox OS phones
Mozilla has showcased seven new commercial Firefox OS devices at the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, as it seeks to widen its mobile ecosystem, including a prototype for a US$25 smartphone aimed at the developing world → Read more
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Mon, February 24th, 19:00 · Tom Jackson
Nokia unveils Android-powered phones
Nokia has unveiled two Android-powered smartphone models just days before its mobile section’s acquisition by Microsoft is completed. → Read more
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Mon, February 24th, 18:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTN considers legal options over Cell C ad campaign
South Africa’s second mobile operator MTN is considering its legal options following an advertising campaign by Cell C telling subscribers to change network away from the company opposing the new mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations. → Read more
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Mon, February 24th, 16:20 · Paul Adepoju
MTN, Globacom, Airtel fined $4m by NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has fined MTN, Globacom and Airtel a total of NGN647.5 million (US$4 million) for breaching key performance indicators (KPIs) and providing poor quality of service for the month of January this year. → Read more
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Mon, February 24th, 15:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
Internet.org launches SocialEDU initiative in Rwanda
The Internet.org collaborative today announced the launch of its SocialEDU initiative, with the aim of providing Rwandan students with free access to online education. → Read more
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Mon, February 24th, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
WhatsApp suffers outage in wake of Facebook acquisition
Mobile messaging service WhatsApp suffered a three-hour outage over the weekend, just days after its acquisition by Facebook for US$16 billion. → Read more
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Mon, February 24th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Vodacom unveils Alcatel 2000 handset for elderly
South Africa’s leading mobile operator Vodacom has exclusively unveiled the Alcatel 2000 handset designed especially for the elderly. → Read more
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Mon, February 24th, 06:00 · Tom Jackson
Samsung SA appoints new MD
Samsung Electronics South Africa has appointed Sung Woo Han as vice president and managing director (MD). → Read more
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Mon, February 24th, 05:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Business travel apps now available on Windows Phone 8 platform
A new range of apps for business travellers have been launched on the Windows Phone 8 platform for owners of Nokia Lumia device → Read more
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Sat, February 22nd, 12:00 · Chris Udemans
Vodacom launches SuperRugby app
Vodacom South Africa has launched its SuperRugby app, allowing supporters to keep up to date with rugby statistics. → Read more
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Sat, February 22nd, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Why MTN has taken ICASA to court: Zunaid Bulbulia, CEO, MTN South Africa
The telecoms industry has spent the last four years on a journey towards cost-orientation, regulatory best practice and parity. That journey must continue and MTN fully expects termination rates to go on falling. But this fall must be informed by a transparent and credible cost study that reflects the costs incurred for all players in the market, including smaller players. This principled process is well known throughout the world and can be executed in a fair and commercially sustainable basis. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 19:00 · Chris Udemans
IM revenues to lag behind traffic growth
Instant messaging (IM) will account for 75 per cent of mobile messaging traffic by 2018 but only account for two per cent of messaging revenue, according to a study. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 13:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTR delay not in public interest – Telkom Mobile
Opposition by larger operators to the newly announced mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations in South Africa is against the public interest, part state-owned operator Telkom Mobile has said. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 11:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
New MTRs are a “regulatory attack” – MTN
The new mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations introduced by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) constitute “regulatory attack” and do not support the country’s economic development, according to Zunaid Bulbulia, chief executive officer (CEO) of MTN South Africa. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 10:20 · Paul Adepoju
AfroTalez mobile app will impart morals and lessons – creator
The creator of the Nigerian AfroTalez mobile app has said she hopes the stories told on the app will impart morals and lessons to children. → Read more
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