Telecoms, Page 52
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Thu, October 3rd, 06:00 · Brandon Gregory
Motorola partners Danimex for SA distribution
Motorola Solutions expects growth in the Sub-Saharan Africa region due to a new partnership it has entered into with Danimex Communications, a Denmark-based company. → Read more
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Wed, October 2nd, 20:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
ICASA to release call termination draft regulations
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) will release its draft on call termination regulations for public comment on Friday. → Read more
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Wed, October 2nd, 17:30 · Richard Cutcher
Vodafone International Services targeting MVNO market
Vodafone International Services (VIS) has built a ‘mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) business in a box’ package to offer to clients interested in building a MVNO. → Read more
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Wed, October 2nd, 13:20 · Paul Adepoju
Voice call quality poor due to insufficient capacity – World Telecom Labs
Nigerians regularly experience call drops as a result of the lack of capacity of the various telecoms companies to support a high volume of calls, according to Leigh Smith, managing director of World Telecom Labs. → Read more
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Wed, October 2nd, 12:20 · Nanine Steenkamp
Internet Solutions demands ICASA policy changes
Internet Solutions (IS) has requested the inclusion of strategic changes for South African communication to be implemented within the draft of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) Amendment Bill. → Read more
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Wed, October 2nd, 11:00 · Richard Cutcher
MVNO success is MNO success too
Sprint, the United States’ largest wholesale carrier hosting mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), has lauded the benefits of partnering with other brands. → Read more
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Wed, October 2nd, 05:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Ericsson to unveil new mobile radio technology
Ericsson is to launch a cellular radio small enough to fit in a person’s hand that provides enough indoor network coverage for a crowd of people. → Read more
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Tue, October 1st, 20:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Huawei’s first Middle East hub to serve Africa
Huawei has announced the opening of a new logistics facility in Dubai to serve as a supply chain hub in reinforcing the company’s future deliveries to the Middle East and parts of Africa. → Read more
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Tue, October 1st, 17:30 · Richard Cutcher
MVNOs in Africa is a waiting game
Beyond South Africa, market conditions are not yet suitable for mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) to be introduced in Africa, according to Robert Schumann of telecommunications and technology specialists Analysys Mason. → Read more
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Tue, October 1st, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
BICS expands African operations
Global wholesale carrier for voice, mobile data and capacity services BICS has announced its expansion in the African market with three additional offices in Kenya, Ghana and South Africa to ensure a strong local presence for customers in Africa. → Read more
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Tue, October 1st, 11:40 · Nick Sato
Airtel Kenya partners Pan Africa Life to offer life insurance through mobile
Airtel Kenya and Pan Africa Life Assurance Limited have entered into a partnership to provide life insurance cover through mobile phones, in an effort to increase the numbers of Kenyans with insurance. → Read more
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Tue, October 1st, 08:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Farren Roper leaves FNB
Farren Roper has resigned from his job as head of Connect ISP and business operations at South Africa’s First National Bank (FNB), revealing plans to embark on entrepreneurship. → Read more
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Tue, October 1st, 07:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Samsung ChatON IM service hits 100 million users
Samsung’s mobile messaging platform ChatON has reached a global user base of 100 million, double its figures of four months ago. → Read more
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Tue, October 1st, 06:00 · Nick Sato
Orange Kenya supports Women 4 Cancer Globe-athon 2013
Orange Kenya is aiming to help women access free pap smears from selected medical providers across the East African country by joining the Women 4 Cancer Globe-athon 2013 campaign. → Read more
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Mon, September 30th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Airtel launches Africa Connect network
Bharti Airtel has launched its Africa Connect network with the aim of enhancing the continent’s connectivity to the rest of the world in addition to increasing data capacity. → Read more
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Mon, September 30th, 16:00 · Richard Cutcher
Vodacom in Neotel acquisition bid
Vodacom has confirmed it is in negotiations to acquire 100 per cent of Neotel’s shares, in a deal which would substantially strengthen the mobile network operator’s ability to provide high quality data services. → Read more
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Mon, September 30th, 13:00 · Kamau Mbote
Tanzanian networks go to court over SIM duty
Tanzania’s mobile networks have sought an injunction barring the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) from implementing a SIM card duty that would require phone users to pay TZS1,000 (US$0.62) every month. → Read more
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Mon, September 30th, 11:00 · Richard Cutcher
Etisalat gets more time to complete Maroc Telecom deal
Etisalat and Vivendi have extended their deadline for talks over Maroc Telecom to October 31, as the United Arab Emirates-based company continues its bid to acquire Vivendi’s 53 per cent stake in the Moroccan operator. → Read more
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Mon, September 30th, 10:40 · Kamau Mbote
Safaricom wins award at African investment summit
Safaricom, Kenya’s leading mobile operator, has scooped the Ai140 Company of the Year award at the Africa Investor Index Series awards, due to its role in deepening Africa’s capital markets through vibrancy of its listed equities. → Read more
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Mon, September 30th, 10:00 · Richard Cutcher
All motions passed at Telkom AGM
Telkom, South Africa’s part state-owned fixed-line provider, will introduce a new “employee reward system” after all motions at its AGM were passed on Friday. → Read more
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