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THE 48-hour ultimatum given by the Communications Authority of Zambia (CAZ) to Zain Zambia to resolve cellular phone network problems is welcome.
Mozambican computers are now rolling off an assembly line in Maputo, under a deal between the Mozambican government and the South African company Sahara Computers.
Globacom will on Monday commence a new promotion that will create about 103 millionaires from its existing and new subscribers within a space of 90 days.
THE Communications Authority of Zambia (CAZ) has directed Zain Zambia to resolve its network problems within 48 hours.
GOVERNMENT has started consultations on the Information Communication and Technology Bill which will repeal the Broadcasting Services Act, Postal and Telecomunications Act and amend some sections of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) does not have the statutory power to grant Mobitel or any telecommunications outfit waiver for spectrum or operations fees, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said yesterday in Abuja.
Though Rwandatel failed to hit its subscription target by 30 percent that was set for the first half of 2009, management says its market share has increased to 15 percent.
ZAIN has launched ZAP, a mobile money transfer service that is expected to further transform the financial services sector.
BLACKBERRY mobile phones are safe from tapping since the information is meant for only the sender and receiver, MTN's sales and customer service manager has said.
The outgoing chairperson of the Parliament's committee on ICT, Edward Baliddawa, has raised questions about the cost of the national ICT backbone infrastructure project.
For more than 50 years, the International Council for Science (ICSU) has had world data centers -- open, nonpolitical repositories of data for scientists in every country. Now, the ICSU is replacing the centers with a leading-edge World Data System (WDS) whose scope and technologies are evolving but whose policy of nondiscriminatory access to science remains a priority.
The first batch of laptops specifically designed for pupils in the world has arrived in Nigeria.
The Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) disclosed that it was working on mobile phone upgrading project as of March 2009 in a bid to centralize the mobile network service that was formerly rendered separately by different companies and improve the overall quality of the service in the capital.
Kenyan internet users will for the first time have their views presented at the highest internet governing body, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Kenya's mobile providers are moving to strengthen their Internet offerings in response to growing demand for services over the last quarter.
Angola's Minister of Science and Technology, Maria Cândida Teixeira, has called for the support of the French Government, for training of cadres in various areas of sciences and technologies, Angop has learnt.
One of the popular Botswana Hip-hop musicians Zeus, has just signed a licensing deal with leading cellular network provider, Mascom.
The Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology, José Carvalho Rocha, on Wednesday considered in Kuito city, central Bié province, that optical fibre installed to connect various regions will bring about benefits for population.
Zain Kenya customers will from Friday spend 25 per cent less in internet access charges for the unlimited internet package service.
For the management of Intels Nigeria Limited, a logistic service company and port concessionaire, the current global low business activities will not diminish investments in its facilities and human resources.
The Managing Director of electronic Testing Company (eTC), Mr Tunde Oladipo has called on tertiary institutions, companies and all examination bodies in Nigeria to have confidence in Computer-Based Testing CBT as it is now being extensively used in many parts of the world for the past fifteen years, stressing that it is in Nigeria that we are considering the work ability of the innovation.
Nokia, one of the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers, will this month send representatives to Uganda, to push for the removal of Value Added Tax on mobile phones sold in the country.
Affordable computer solutions have been developed to manage data and information storage.
The UN yesterday launched "Texting4Health," a 10-day pilot health initiative using mobile phones to spread important health information to MTN users in Jinja.
Russian energy giant Gazprom has inadvertently walked into an online racism debate with the announcement of its new joint venture in Nigeria -- Nigaz.
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