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Microsoft South Africa, The South African Local Government Association (SALGA), the Local Government Sector Education Training Authority (LG SETA) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)...

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Although the arrival of EaSSy will provide much needed competition and improved connectivity to South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, the high connectivity costs remain the main concern among users in...

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The Internet Service Providers’ Association of South Africa (ISPA) has expressed concern over the new law that requires mobile cellular phone users to register with the new board. On Monday,...

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Despite seemingly endless media reports about ongoing global economic hardship, downsizing and pressure on markets, and whilst many predict a long and arduous road to recovery for many industries and...

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East Africa Com 2010 Congress, to be held on 27-28 April 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya, has so far registered a record breaking number of delegates, with over 140 operators confirming their presence and an...

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Interactive Intelligence, a global provider of unified IP business communications solutions, has been positioned by Gartner in the leaders quadrant for Contact Center Infrastructure. The 2009 Magic...

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South African airline Mango, has partnered with G-Connect Internet to bring the first in-flight connectivity service to South Africans, starting from mid-year. The airline has already developed...

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Ericsson and mobile operator MTN Ghana, have successfully trialled UMTS 900 MHz for the first time on the African continent, aiming at further extending mobile broadband coverage up to 200 km in...

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The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has yet again accused mobile companies of not treating the working class fairly, following the announcement that MTN Chief Executive Officer, Phuthuma Nhleko,...

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Malawi’s third largest mobile network, Globally Advanced Integrated Networks Limited (G-Mobile) has contracted Telkom Management Services to operate and manage its network. Executive Director, Neverl...

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Vodacom, one of South Africa’s cellular providers, today announced that Vodacom Prepaid customers can now make calls at the lowest all day call rate of just 2.8 cents per second (equates to...

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Bytes Document Solutions, previously known as Xerox South Africa, has appointed Hennie du Plessis as its new CEO. Du Plessis will replace Rob Abraham, who has been promoted to the role of CEO of...

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Since the beginning of the year, Apple’s iPhone has started to lose market share to Google’s Android platform-based smartphones, claims a report released by media research agency Quantcast. The...

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Consumer electronics manufacturer Memorex has launched its first line of gaming accessories for Nintendo Wii, Wii Fit and DSi, including an expanded-range wireless sensor bar, a MotionPlus-compatible...

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South African telecommunications development company, Far South Networks, has introduced a complete telephony solution in a box it calls Com.X1, targeted at SMEs. The product, the first hardware PBX...

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Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has launched a free “call me back” service for its business customers, where its Bussie or Business Partna subscribers without airtime can send call me back requests to...

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Julien Blin, Principal Analyst & CEO at JBB Research, USA, discusses one of the latest trends: governments investing in their own mobile application stores to bridge the digital gap between...

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Business technology and international human capital management (HCM) solution provider, Swicon360 has unveiled a new business process outsourcing (BPO) service called HCM Spectrum in the Cloud, in...

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Vodacom Business is further deploying its private cloud hosting solutions for businesses throughout Africa, expanding into Nigeria and Kenya and looking for partnerships in developing hosted business...

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Mobile provider ECONET is making attempts to block any possible sale of Zain Nigeria to Bharti Airtel of India. According to Bloomberg, CEO of Econet, Strive Masiyiwa says his company has the first...

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