Mobile, Page 42
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Mon, January 13th, 17:00 · Chris Udemans
75% of SA firms see BYOD as threat
Seventy-five per cent of South African companies believe employees making use of personal mobile devices for work-related purposes poses a threat to the integrity of company data. → Read more
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Mon, January 13th, 15:40 · Paul Adepoju
NCC threatens to withdraw Capcom’s CDMA licence
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it may withdraw the operation-in-principle licence it gave to Capcom following the latter’s acquisition of the merged three Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operators – Starcomms, MultiLinks and MTS First Wireless. → Read more
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Mon, January 13th, 12:20 · Paul Adepoju
MTN best telecoms company to work for in Nigeria – Jobberman
Nigeria’s largest operator MTN ranks highest of all the country’s telecoms in online search platform Jobberman’s 100 Best Companies To Work For in Nigeria, ranking fifth in the country overall. → Read more
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Mon, January 13th, 11:00 · Nick Sato
CCK introduces heavy penalties for telecoms over poor services
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has revised upwards fines and penalties for operators in an attempt to force compliance with the minimum Quality of Service (QoS) standards. → Read more
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Mon, January 13th, 10:20 · Tom Jackson
Uber cuts price of lower cost UberX service
Global taxi app Uber, which recently launched across South Africa and is set to enter the Kenyan market, has cut the prices of its cheaper UberX service by up to 34 per cent in 16 American cities. → Read more
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Mon, January 13th, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
Tecno honours young Nigerian app developers
Mobile phone manufacturing company Tecno on Friday honoured young Nigerian app developers that emerged winners in a challenge held recently. → Read more
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Mon, January 13th, 06:00 · Tom Jackson
Galaxy S5 to be released by April
The executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business Lee Young Hee has said the company will release its Galaxy S5 smartphone by April, which may include eye scanner technology for the first time. → Read more
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Fri, January 10th, 20:00 · Nick Sato
Apple, Samsung CEOs agree to meet
The bosses of tech giants Apple and Samsung have agreed to attend a mediation session ahead of their battle in court over smartphone patents in March. → Read more
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Fri, January 10th, 19:00 · Tom Jackson
Nokia Lumia Black update rolling out in SA
Nokia has announced the rollout of its Lumia Black software update for Lumia owners in South Africa, including new features, imaging improvements and new apps. → Read more
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Fri, January 10th, 17:20 · Tom Jackson
Kenyan-Ugandan team launches Africa storytelling app
Ugandan Brian Asingia and Kenyan Franco Abott have launched DreamAfrica, a cross-platform app with illustrated e-books of African stories, and hope to scale into animated television series and game development in the future. → Read more
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Fri, January 10th, 16:40 · Nick Sato
MTN Uganda rolls out 115 new coverage sites, upgrades to 3G
MTN Uganda has announced the completion of the planned rollout of 115 new coverage sites and upgraded the capacity of another 406 sites, while upgrading its sites in Kampala to 3G. → Read more
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Fri, January 10th, 12:40 · Nick Sato
Mobile transactions in Kenya hit $19.6bn in 2013
Kenyans transacted KSh1.7 trillion (US$19.6 billion) through their mobile phones in the first 11 months of 2013, underscoring the increasing significance of handsets in the financial services sector. → Read more
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Fri, January 10th, 10:00 · Nick Sato
OPINION: Is the CCK bluffing over denying Safaricom its operating licence?
Ever since the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) adopted the Quality of Service (QoS) rating in 2008/09, Kenya’s biggest operator Safaricom has failed to meet its minimum requirements. → Read more
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Fri, January 10th, 09:00 · Nick Sato
Orange Kenya launches advertising campaign targeting Safaricom
Orange Kenya has launched a fresh mode of comparative advertising campaign against Kenya’s biggest mobile subscriber Safaricom as it looks to reignite competition among telecoms. → Read more
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Fri, January 10th, 06:00 · Paul Adepoju
Airtel targets Nigerian youths with new campaign
Airtel Nigeria has launched a “Come Alive” campaign targeted at Nigerian youths, seeking to empower them to realise their full potential and enable them to stay in touch with their family, friends and loved ones via the network’s offerings. → Read more
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Thu, January 9th, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Africa part of growth of mobile gaming – developer
Africa is not being left behind in the global mobile gaming surge, according to the developer of Kenyan mobile app Soccer Story. → Read more
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Thu, January 9th, 14:20 · Tom Jackson
Fairfax buys $250m of BlackBerry debentures
Fairfax Financial Holdings has agreed to purchase an additional US$250 million of six per cent convertible debentures in mobile manufacturer BlackBerry, taking up an option granted to them in November. → Read more
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Thu, January 9th, 10:20 · Nick Sato
“Comply or go out of business” – Kenyan government tells Safaricom
The Kenyan government has issued a hardline stance against the country’s biggest mobile operator Safaricom, saying it will not negotiate after the telecom failed to meet the minimum Quality of Service (QoS) rating by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK). → Read more
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Thu, January 9th, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
Kilimo fasta app plugs information gap for Tanzanian farmers
A Tanzanian developer has created an Android application aiming to boost the production of farmers in the East African country, who currently suffer from a lack of market information. → Read more
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Wed, January 8th, 19:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Global IT spending to hit $3.8tn this year
Global spending in the IT sector will hit US$3.8 trillion in 2014, displaying 3.1 per cent growth on last year’s figures, according to IT research analysts Gartner. → Read more
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