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Celtel Kenya gets new MD

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:31:00 +0200

Rene Meza is the new managing director for Celtel Kenya. Rene brings over ten years of experience in the telecom industry from Africa, Asia and Latin-America. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Globacom targets two million subscribers in one year

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:21:00 +0200

Ghana's 6th mobile phone license holder, Globacom, has projected that its outfit will hit a two million subscriber mark in the first year of operation. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Malawi: GAIN awarded mobile cellular operator licence in Malawi

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:52:00 +0200

The newly appointed Board of the Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has given the nod to the awarding of a third mobile cellular operator licence as well as the completion of the licensing process for the second fixed telephone line network operator in Malawi. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Mobile phones banned in schools

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:23:00 +0200

Kenyan Education Minister, Sam Ongeri has banned the use of mobile phones among students in schools. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Malawi: Uncertainty surrounds Malawi's third mobile phone operator

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:46:00 +0200

Uncertainty still surrounds the identity of the company to become Malawi's third mobile phone operator as government calls for a fourth operator, with the bid closing next week on July 25. Read full story... | Send to a friend

South African journalism students expand Nokia's mobile journalism experiment

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:43:00 +0200

After the experiment with the Nokia packages by Reuters, which gave the kit to journalists for filing news reports on the move, journalism students from the University of Witwatersrand (WITS) and first year film and television students from City Varsity school are using the same equipment to produce and distribute mobile news content. Read full story... | Send to a friend

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

Celtel Malawi chalks a million subscribers

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:50:00 +0200

Celtel Malawi, part of the Zain Group, last Thursday announced that it has chalked a million subscribers. The company has also just scooped the award for the Best Telecom Operator in Africa in the 2008 Business in Africa Awards held in London recently. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Concern over Botswana plan to register mobile phone subscribers

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:26:00 +0200

The Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) has announced that prepaid subscribers of mobile phones will be registered as of 15 September to curb, among other things, mobile phone crimes. The move has alarmed media watchdogs, however. Read full story... | Send to a friend

mcel invests about $70m in network infrastructure

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:47:00 +0200

mcel has announced this week an accelerated investment programme in 2008 of around $70m to be used for the expansion of its national network in Mozambique to increase the quality of service offered and expand its geographical coverage. Read full story... | Send to a friend