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Orange Uganda appoints Alcatel-Lucent

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:01:00 +0200

PARIS: Alcatel-Lucent announced yesterday, 9 October 2009, that Orange Uganda has selected Alcatel-Lucent to reduce its global network maintenance costs and improve network operating efficiencies. Alcatel-Lucent will build, operate and manage the Orange Uganda mobile network, by providing technical support, repair, field maintenance and program management services.
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Voice messaging for Uganda Telecom subscribers

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:47:00 +0200

Uganda Telecom subscribers can now send voice messages following the introduction of the company's voice SMS service. For UGX150, Uganda Telecom subscribers can now communicate without needing to type in text messages and fix typos etc.
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AIRCOM provides network optimisation tools to MTN Uganda

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:37:00 +0200

AIRCOM International, an independent network planning and optimisation consultancy, announced on Tuesday, 18 November 2008, that it has signed a deal to deliver network optimisation tools to MTN Uganda. MTN continues to deploy GSM network infrastructure across Uganda and now provides mobile coverage to over 150 cities, towns and villages across the country.
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MTN Uganda's Zone to stay

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:04:00 +0200

MTN Uganda has decided to uphold MTN Zone, a cost saving tariff plan, due to subscriber interest for the product, according to a senior executive at the company.
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Using mobile phones to fight HIV

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:14:00 +0200

Kampala: Uganda's rising HIV prevalence is forcing policy-makers to look for inventive ways of educating people about the virus. Their latest tool is mobile phone technology, whose rapid growth has provided an avenue that could potentially reach millions with messages.
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Uganda: SMS marketing irks MTN subscribers

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:52:00 +0200

Mobile phone communication is meant to ease life and add flavour to it, however it is also turning out to be a nuisance to Ugandans. In the past three weeks, fed-up subscribers of MTN Uganda have continuously and publicly complained of unsolicited marketing messages from the company with threats to quite its network.
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MTN Uganda selects Opera Mini

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:59:00 +0200

Opera Software yesterday, 27 August, announced that Opera Mini is going to Africa. Opera Software has partnered with MTN Uganda to bring the mobile web to the company's nearly three million subscribers. By expanding into Africa, Opera is making the web available to more people, on any device, from anywhere in the world.
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Ugandan minister: Africa needs to harness mobile tech

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:47:00 +0200

Africa needs to devise ways to harness mobile technology, considering the explosive growth the technology and services have had on the continent, Uganda's minister of ICT has said.
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Uganda Telecom's 3G network boosts picture messaging

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:38:00 +0200

Subscribers on the Uganda Telecom network can now send and receive picture messages, following the upgrading of its network to third generation (3G).
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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.
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