Wasace super cable: more details emerge

[Duncan McLeod: @mcleodd] The company behind the planned 40Tbit/s Wasace cable [David Ross Group] says the African leg of the submarine system will be ready for service in early 2014. And it's coming to SA. 11 May 2012 09:39

MTL rebrands service after WiMAX launch

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Malawi Telecommunications Limited (MTL), a telecommunications services provider has repackaged and rebranded its consumer internet access services soon after unveiling a new wireless access technology that provides customers with broadband services an IP based Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX). 8 May 2012 14:37

Broadband wireless access review in June

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Stakeholders and policymakers in the ICT industry will, at a workshop next month, review the status of broadband wireless access (BWA) and determine the roadmap and roll-out strategies for the new broadband and mobile systems in their respective countries. 7 May 2012 09:23

Uganda to host Africa's spectrum management workshop

[Julius Businge] Information and communication experts from all over Africa are meeting towards the end of this month in Uganda to brainstorm about spectrum management issues. 19 Apr 2012 13:25

Loeries expand into Africa with new category

A new category for the 2012 Loeries, 'Rest of Africa and the Middle East', will be officially launched on Thursday 19 April 2012 at 6pm at the Sierra Lounge, 2nd Floor, Yaya Centre, Argwings Khodek Road in Nairobi, Kenya. 5 Apr 2012 12:08

Cannes Lions: Creative Effectiveness, Design, Film, and PR Juries

CANNES, FRANCE: The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, taking place from 17-23 June, has announced the members of a further four juries: Creative Effectiveness, Design, Film, and PR Lions. South Africa is represented on the Design jury (Shelley-Ann Atkinson, Grid Worldwide Branding & Design) and on the Film jury (Catherine Ireland, Amplified). 30 Mar 2012 07:54

Telecoms skills stagnate while demand soars

There is a critical shortage of the technical skills needed to support the fast pace of telecommunications growth sweeping across the African continent. This is one of the main findings of the 2012 Telecommunications Survey, carried out by Landelahni Business Leaders, a member of the global Amrop executive search group. 27 Mar 2012 14:19

ForgetMeNot Africa launches mobile app competition

Zimbabwean app developers will see their unique ideas for SMS-based mobile applications launched to more than three quarters of the country's 7.7 million mobile subscribers this week at the JumpStart Community event taking place in Harare from tomorrow, 27 March 2012. The app competition will enable winning developers to earn revenue from their apps, which will be launched across Econet Wireless Zimbabwe's network of 6 million subscribers. 26 Mar 2012 10:22

MultiChoice calls for smartcard swap

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] MultiChoice Malawi have called on its subscribers to replace the old smartcards after changing its software to avoid hackers. 20 Mar 2012 10:11

Free to air satellite TV vital

[Albert Nhamoyebonde] Reports that millions of viewers of free to air satellite television will not be able to watch their favourite programmes are very disturbing. 12 Mar 2012 12:26

Get set for the .africa gold rush

[Craig Wilson] Africa looks set to get its own generic top-level domain, .africa, in 2013 if the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) gives the go-ahead, which looks likely. The creation of the new domain could set off a gold rush and create headaches for businesses wanting to protect their brands. 29 Feb 2012 09:48

Government condemns Sunday Times assessment

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] The Malawian government has yet again launched an attack on The Sunday Times newspaper for coming up with a cabinet assessment that has labeled the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government a total failure. 29 Feb 2012 07:45

BNL launches e-edition titles

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL), also known as Times Group, has lived up to its media pioneer billing with the establishment of its e-edition of its four titles, the Daily Times, Weekend Times, Malawi News and Sunday Times. 20 Feb 2012 09:15

ITWeb

ITWeb appoints Africa editor

[Issued by ITWeb] ITWeb has appointed Gareth van Zyl to be editor of ITWebAfrica, its soon-to-be-launched ICT news and information website dedicated to English-speaking African markets. 6 Feb 2012 09:59