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Kenya: Residential broadband service boosts company sales

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:02:00 +0200

AccessKenya Group, Kenya's first publicly-listed ICT company has announced that it has achieved its year-end customer target numbers nearly two months ahead of schedule. It has 3000 customers now signed up to its residential broadband service, Access@Home, and over 3100 customers contracted for its corporate broadband service, Broadband Max.
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New Vodacom Business unit in Tanzania

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:51:00 +0200

Vodacom Business has established a new unit in Tanzania. The business unit aims to allow Vodacom Tanzania to provide new technologies and value-add solutions to meet the mobile and fixed voice-, video- and data requirements of Tanzanian businesses.
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Gateway awarded NFP licence in Kenya

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0200

NAIROBI: Gateway Communications has been awarded three new licences, including the Network Facilities Provider (NFP) Tier 2 Licence by the Communications Commission of Kenya. In addition to the NFP, Gateway has secured its Application Services Provider (ASP) licence and its Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) licence.
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What can SishaFax do for your business?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:24:00 +0200

At SishaFax we are currently saving millions of rands for our clients. All of whom are making use of our Free Fax2Email service. If any lesson is to be learned from the recent economic downturn, it has to be that regardless of the current economic situation an organisation should always perform at optimal standards. The key to this is to cut down on wastage of any kind and to adopt a streamlined and cost-efficient operation.
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KDN subscribers enjoy more bandwidth

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:41:00 +0200

Kenya Data Networks have quadrupled its bandwidth offering for all its existing and new clients. This offer went into effect on Wednesday, 21 October 2009. Clients previously receiving 1Mbps now enjoy 4Mbps and only pay for 1Mbps and the other 3Mbps are offered free of charge.
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Refugees take on digital jobs

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:37:00 +0200

Refugees living at the world's largest makeshift camp in Kenya are being offered the opportunity to earn up to two US dollars an hour by participating in a digital pilot project.
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Mobile Money Africa appoints Clickatell VP Jeppe Dorff to advisory board

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:57:00 +0200

Clickatell and Mobile Money Africa announced the appointment of Clickatell's Jeppe Dorff, VP of Mobile Financial Services, to the publication's esteemed advisory board. Other members are global leaders involved in the advancement of 'mobile money', including executives who have worked with global brands including World Bank, Paypal, mPay Connect, Timesformoney, Taurus Mobile, and others.
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Alvarion, Safaricom to deploy nationwide WiMAX network in Kenya

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:55:00 +0200

Alvarion has announced its selection by Kenyan mobile services provider Safaricom for a three-year turnkey WiMAX project to deploy high-speed broadband services throughout Kenya. Using Alvarion's BreezeMAX solution at 3.5 GHz frequency band, the WiMAX network will enable wireless broadband for residential and corporate users, rural areas, municipalities, banks, schools and universities.
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Altech increases stake in KDN

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:50:00 +0200

Allied Technologies (Altech) earlier this week announced that it would increase its economic stake in Kenya Data Networks (KDN) from 51% to 60.8% by investing a further USD39.5 million into the company. The capital injection will be used to roll out the KDN fibre-optic network.
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Kenya: e-Commerce is here, finally

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:22:00 +0200

The arrival of the East African Marine Systems (TEAMs) fibre optic cable in Kenya has heralded a new era of better and faster internet connection. Business expectations have risen as well. Carole Kimutai spoke to Information and Communication Permanent Secretary Dr. Bitange Ndemo on how this translates into better business.
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