www.itnewsafrica.com— Zain Nigeria has introduced a new service that enables mobile phone users to keep connect with leading social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo via SMS (short message service)… Continue…
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Bharti seeks bids for telecom towers in Africa
www.itnewsafrica.com— Bharti Airtel, which acquired the African Zain’s African assets a few months ago is seeking bids to set up towers in Nigeria, Kenya and Tanzania… Continue…
New cell sites go live in Cote d’Ivoire
www.itnewsafrica.com— Cote d’Ivoire’s first independent tower company “SWAP Technologies and Telecomms Limited” (SWAP) has gone live with its built-to-suit telecoms co-location cell sites, the first cell sites built for co-location went on air in Cote d’Ivoire in August 2010. SWAP commenced telecoms services operations in Abidjan in 2009 with the objectives of providing infrastructural support services to the industry in Cote d’Ivoire by construction of BTS and managed services to support mobile operators in a market set to double subscribers in the next three years… Continue…
Safaricom to start testing LTE technology
www.itnewsafrica.com— Listed telecommunication firm Safaricom is expected to begin technical trial of the 4G (fourth generation) technology on its network within the next two months. The roll out of the next generation Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology (4G) will be carried out by Chinese ompany Huawei Technologies… Continue…
Self-Service can help with cellular industry’s service woes
www.itnewsafrica.com— Just a few weeks ago, Cell C launched a massive brand campaign where they admitted what every telecommunications subscriber in South Africa already knows: the country’s cellular industry has a real problem with customer service… Continue…
Kenya mobile operators welcome tariff reduction
www.itnewsafrica.com— Kenya’s mobile telephony operators have welcomed the decision by the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) to slash the inter-connect mobile phone tariffs from Sh4.21 to Sh2.21… Continue…
Safaricom denies stifling Zain mobile call traffic
www.itnewsafrica.com— LISTED telecoms operator Safaricom has denied trying to stifle the delivery of Zain’s traffic to its network, saying concerns raised by the company over Safaricom’s handling of traffic originating from Zain were somewhat premature… Continue…
Zain accuses Safaricom of dirty tricks as Kenyan mobile war escalates
www.itnewsafrica.com— THE mobile war in Kenya between the two main mobile telephony providers, Zain Kenya and Safaricom, has further escalated with Zain accusing its competitor of employing dirty tactics… Continue…
Zain Nigeria launches free SMS service
www.itnewsafrica.com— Nigeria mobile operator, Zain has introduced free SMS (Short Message Service), lowered tariff for calls made to numbers within (On-Net calls) and out of the networks (off-Net calls), and loads of other benefits designed to give its customers more value… Continue…
M-Pesa costumers up by 60%
www.itnewsafrica.com— LISTED mobile serve provider, Safaricom is set to launch its M-Pesa services in South Africa, Africa’s Economic powerhouse at the end of August. This was revealed when the firm announced that its money transfer service, M-Pesa has so far netted 11.89 million customers, a 60 per cent growth as at last month compared to 7.4 million last year… Continue…
Vodacom upgrades popular phone for the elderly
www.itnewsafrica.com— Following the success of its ZTE handset designed specifically to meet the needs of the elderly, Vodacom is now introducing an upgraded version that takes the best features from the previous model and makes them even more user-friendly… Continue…
Econet Zim secures US$60 million for network expansion
www.itnewsafrica.com— ZIMBABWE’S leading cellular mobile company, Econet Wireless has secured a $60 million (about R444 million) loan from the Swedish export credit agency (EKN) to upgrade its network… Continue…
RIM Launches BlackBerry Podcasts
www.itnewsafrica.com— Research In Motion today launched BlackBerry Podcasts, a free application and service that allows BlackBerry smartphone users to enjoy podcasts from leading content providers. BlackBerry Podcasts gives users access to free audio and video content that can be downloaded over Wi-Fi or over cellular networks and then enjoyed through the BlackBerry media player… Continue…
Globacom extends prepaid roaming to UAE
www.itnewsafrica.com— NIGERIA’S Globacom announced over the weekend that its prepaid roaming service is now available in United Arab Emirates (UAE). It said the extension of the service to UAE enables prepaid subscribers on the Glo network to enjoy the network’s rich bouquet of services when they travel to that country… Continue…
Bharti spends US$500 million on fibre cables
www.itnewsafrica.com— Bharti Airtel has spent about $500 million on fiber optic cables in the last two years… Continue…
Starcomms Delivers CDMA Roaming
www.itnewsafrica.com— NIGERIA based Starcomms Plc has added yet another feather to its cap as it becomes the first Code Division Multiple Access operator in the world to provide its customers the opportunity of enjoying international roaming… Continue…
