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Fri, February 8th, 11:05 · Elly Okutoyi

MTN to retail BlackBerry Z10 in Nigeria

Integrated telecoms company MTN is to launch the BlackBerry Z10 in Nigeria, barely a week after the handset debuted on home turf in Canada. → Read more
Fri, February 8th, 09:52 · Nanine Steenkamp

Telkom targets SMEs with business makeover competitions

South African telecoms operator Telkom is offering business upgrades worth R750,000 (US$84,000) as prizes to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector as part of a competition aimed at SME expansion. → Read more
Fri, February 8th, 08:30 · Elly Okutoyi

Safaricom among world’s most devoted brands on Twitter and Facebook

Kenyan telecom Safaricom has been ranked as the world’s second and fourth most devoted brand on Twitter and Facebook respectively, the only African firm in the top 10 of both rankings. → Read more
Fri, February 8th, 08:14 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian telecoms comply with NCC, switch to new tariff

Telecommunications companies in Nigeria have complied with the directive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) concerning the cost of SMS across the various networks. → Read more
Thu, February 7th, 09:15 · Brandon Gregory

ICASA and SABS working towards new service quality report

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has failed to issue a single analysis of mobile network quality, despite promising quarterly reports 18 months ago. → Read more
Wed, February 6th, 14:45 · Tom Jackson

SA’s Vodacom reports service revenue fall, increase in group revenue

Mobile operator Vodacom has reported a drop in service revenues in the quarter ending December 31, 2012, affecting both its local and African operations, though group revenue increased. → Read more
Wed, February 6th, 13:55 · Kamau Mbote

KNET transfers services to new satellite

Ghana’s telecommunications giant KNET has transferred its satellite services to a new high-powered digital telecommunication satellite, replacing the dying Astra 2B satellite launched in 2000 two years early. → Read more
Wed, February 6th, 13:50 · Richard Cutcher

MTN take full control of operator in Cyprus

South African mobile operator MTN Group has agreed a 50 percent equity deal in MTN Cyprus, giving it full control over its Mediterranean presence. → Read more
Wed, February 6th, 10:07 · Paul Adepoju

Liberian capital to become Mano River Union Basin’s first wireless city

The government of Liberia has expressed its readiness to transform the capital city Monrovia into the first wireless city in the Mano River Union Basin. → Read more
Wed, February 6th, 09:53 · Vincent Matinde

Safaricom employee joins elite club of IT specialists

Jimmy Mwangondi, an IT staffer at mobile network operator Safaricom, is the only Kenyan in an elite crop of 20 Africans who hold the prestigious Oracle Certified Master certification. → Read more
Wed, February 6th, 09:40 · Tefo Mohapi

Oracle to acquire Acme Packets, Ovum analyst believes acquisition will strengthen the company

Oracle is set to buy vendor Acme Packets, an acquisition which is believed to strengthen Oracle’s position with “enterprises and carriers by giving it a more central role in controlling and improving how devices and subscribers interact and communicate”. → Read more
Wed, February 6th, 08:00 · Tefo Mohapi

MTN Group and other SA companies lead the way globally in committing to United Nations Global Compact

South African mobile operator, MTN Group, along with eleven other South African companies have taken the lead globally in voluntarily committing to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 15:53 · Kamau Mbote

Orange Kenya’s new promotion rewards customers bonus airtime

Orange has assured its customers on the prepaid network of 25 percent bonus airtime for every new topup they make between February and March. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 10:54 · Tefo Mohapi

Safaricom awards CommProve network management contract

Kenyan operator Safaricom has awarded mobile monitoring company CommProve a network management contract in a bid to leverage their "next generation network monitoring solution". → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 08:57 · Elly Okutoyi

Africa’s ARISE.TV to rival BBC and CNN

ARISE.TV, a new 24-hour global TV news network, was yesterday “soft launched”, and will be broadcasting from centres in Lagos, Johannesburg, London and New York ahead of its official unveiling next month. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 08:16 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerians waste US$194 million on dropped and unconnected calls in 2012

An estimated 31 billion naira (US$194 million) was wasted by Nigerian telecoms subscribers on dropped and unconnected calls in 2012. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 12:57 · Brandon Gregory

Major telecoms merger may emerge in South Africa and Kenya

A consolidated mobile service provider may emerge in both South Africa’s and Kenya’s telecommunications sectors this year, comparable to the United Kingdom’s Everything Everywhere (EE), a report says. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 11:00 · Brandon Gregory

Zimbabwe’s Aquiva Wireless seeks mediation from Potraz over dispute

Aquiva Wireless has turned to the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) for mediation in an interconnection dispute with Econet Wireless. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 10:26 · Gabriella Mulligan

Hoffman Committee clears MTN Iran of Turkcell allegations

The Hoffmann Committee has cleared MTN of all wrongdoing with regard to the telecom’s activities in Iran, finding that accusations by rival operator Turkcell of conspiracy and bribery are untrue. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 10:05 · Brandon Gregory

DA calls on Public Protector and ethics committee to expedite Pule probe

South Africa’s official opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) has called upon the Public Protector and ethics committee to expedite the probe into claims Communications Minister Dina Pule’s personal friend Phosane Mngqibisa received R6 million (US$675,000) for management fees for last years ICT Indaba. → Read more