Mobile, Page 53
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Fri, November 15th, 10:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Vodacom releases iPhone 5c and 5s
iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c handsets are available to Vodacom customers in South Africa as of today (Friday), as the operator opens sales of the coveted devices. → Read more
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Fri, November 15th, 06:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Telecel Zimbabwe launches road emergency service
Telecel has launched a new emergency response facility, dubbing it ‘911 Road Assist’ in Zimbabwe, to help customers call for assistance in the event a vehicle breaks down or there is a road accident. → Read more
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Fri, November 15th, 05:00 · Selipha Kihagi
IBM to transform mobile market with new acquisition
IBM has announced a move to buy Fiberlink Communications, a mobile management and security company, as part of its efforts to build the industry’s most comprehensive set of mobile capabilities. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 18:30 · Brandon Gregory
Price not the only issue for smartphone rollout in Africa
Delivering on the specific needs of African consumers in terms of handsets and devices is a vital topic, according to Bradley Shaw, head of business development for Spinlet, speaking during a panel discussion at AfricaCom 2013 today (Thursday). → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 18:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Ugandans to report corruption with new app
The Uganda Media Development Foundation (UMDF), through its project Action for Transparency (A4T), has launched a new app allowing citizens to report corruption incidents in social service delivery through their mobile devices. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 17:00 · Nick Sato
Safaricom to provide TV services
Safaricom, Kenya’s leading mobile operator, has announced plans to begin selling bundled internet and television services for on-demand viewing in the next year. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
25 years before total SA internet penetration – MTN
It will take 25 years for South Africa’s four operators to achieve 100 per cent internet penetration, unless investment is significantly speeded up, according to Lambo Kanagaratnam, chief enterprise business officer at MTN South Africa. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 13:00 · Nick Sato
Lipa na M-Pesa now available at Shell stations
Safaricom and Vivo Energy Kenya have partnered to allow Shell petrol station customers to pay for fuel using the new cashless payments platform Lipa na M-Pesa. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 12:30 · Richard Cutcher
Social media is ideal platform to launch mobile money marketing
Social media is the best tool for spreading awareness and driving adoption of mobile money services in new markets, according to Vytas Paukstys, chief executive officer at Eskimi. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 11:30 · Paul Adepoju
Data subscribers drop in Ghana, Airtel hardest hit
Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA) has released its latest figures on mobile subscriber data in the West African country, with Airtel taking the biggest hit. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 08:30 · Brandon Gregory
Local content can accelerate data growth in Africa – Nagar
Data consumption via mobile is exploding and Arun Nagar, group chief executive officer (CEO) of Spice Africa, spoke about the drivers of data usage through content services in his presentation at AfricaCom 2013 in Cape Town. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 07:00 · Winfred Kuria
MTN renews Opera Software partnership
MTN Group has extended its deal with Opera Software to provide a custom version of the Opera Mini mobile browser for another two years. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th, 19:30 · Kamau Mbote
Kronex Chemicals launches first interactive billboard in Kenya
Kronex Chemicals has launched the germ free Kenya campaign and the first interactive billboard in the region, integrating air gesture technology as well as an Android powered campaign app on tablets. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th, 19:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Econet launches home power stations at AfricaCom
Econet Solar International (ESI) launched its “Home Power Stations”, which use solar energy to provide lights and charging stations for homes on the continent, at AfricaCom 2013 today. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th, 18:00 · Nick Sato
MTN Mobile Money to withdraw and pay at Visa points
MTN Group has partnered with Visa to offer customers a new mobile payment solution which allows MTN Mobile Money subscribers make face-to-face and online transactions wherever Visa is accepted. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Mobile advertising needs new business model – panelists
New models are needed to move advertising into the mobile space, to achieve monetisation of mobile content and spur digital content creation, according to panelists at AfricaCom 2013. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th, 15:30 · Selipha Kihagi
Twitter’s Vine now available for Nokia Lumia
Vine, the app that enables users to create and share short videos, will now be available on Nokia Lumia devices, allowing customers to share their videos on Twitter and Facebook. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th, 15:00 · Brandon Gregory
Question mark over operators will remain for another decade
Despite the reality the telecommunications industry is still being built, Informa Telecoms and Media is not sure what the future holds for operators, said Mark Newman, chief research officer at Informa, during his presentation at AfricaCom 2013, in Cape Town, today. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th, 12:31 · Richard Cutcher
YooMee to launch LTE network in Cameroon, targeting Angola and Ivory Coast
Cameroon could get its first LTE network in the first quarter of 2014, after data-only specialists YooMee announced a partnership with global vendor Alcatel-Lucent. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th, 11:30 · Richard Cutcher
New Africa MD for BlackBerry in management shake-up
BlackBerry has appointed Yudi Moodley as its new managing director (MD) for Africa, replacing Alexandra Zaguy. → Read more
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