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Uganda Telecom unveils 3G mobile broadband

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:27:00 +0200

Uganda Telecom (UT) has joined the league of global telecom operators offering mobile broadband services introducing the 3G Mobile Broadband card, a pocket-sized USB device that users can plug into either their laptops or personal computers to access and surf the internet. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Warid unveils first mobile customer care service units

Mon, 12 May 2008 15:20:00 +0200

Warid Telecom has unveiled four new advanced mobile customer care vans dubbed “Warid On Wheels” (WOW), with an aim to deliver mobile telephony service assistance to its subscribers. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Ugandan, Kenyan organisations win in global competition

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:27:00 +0200

Kenya's Centre for Training and Integrated Research for Development (CETRAD) and NETWAS Uganda are among the four winners in the inaugural nGomobile competition. The winning projects were selected from a pool of over 70 entries that came from Kenya, Uganda, Mexico and Azerbaijan. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Safaricom taps Equity Bank for staff share loans

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:17:00 +0200

Safaricom, one of Kenya's leading mobile telephone service providers, has made a deal with Equity Bank to allow its staff to access loans for the acquisition of its IPO shares through the bank at a subsidised interest rate of 10%. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Uganda Telecom, 3G network takes off

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:16:00 +0200

Uganda Telecom launched its multi-million euro wireless network based on 3G technology. The network was launched at the company's headquarters in Kampala in March, raising the bar in the delivery of telecommunication voice and data services. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Malawi hosts international telecommunications workshop

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:47:00 +0200

Malawi has hosted a telecommunication services workshop at its lakeshore district in Mangochi with calls to various rival telecommunications operators to share services so that consumers can access them at affordable charges. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Uganda to host COMESA telecom regulators

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:40:00 +0200

The Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) is organising a one-day symposium to be attended by telecommunications regulators from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) member states. This is going to be one of the activities of the commission that would be marking its tenth anniversary on 22 May 2008. Other activities would include launching of a new corporate identity and the logo. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Uganda's telecom operators throw the money around

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:36:00 +0200

From serious business to showbiz and generosity, Uganda's telecom companies are walking a similar path. Celtel Uganda started it all with the Say Yes! and Win a House campaign in 2007 where it gave away seven houses in excess of one billion shillings. Read full story... | Send to a friend

UCC approves Celtel Uganda's licence renewal

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:50:00 +0200

A report released by the Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) has recommended that the licence for Celtel Uganda that expires in September this year should be renewed. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Uganda Telecom to give away seventh car to customers

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:55:00 +0200

Thousands of university students in Uganda have the opportunity to own a new Nissan Tida, the seventh the company has given away. The offer has been made by Uganda Telecom (UT) is its latest promotion dubbed Jazz My Life. Read full story... | Send to a friend