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Picture those days when you had to spend Shs10, 000 on bus fare to deliver just Shs20, 000 to a relative. Or imagine the long queues in the banking halls when you want to pay utility bills or your child's school fees.

A telephone chart for the terrorist bombing on Paradise Hotel in Kikambala was on Wednesday presented in court.

Many entrepreneurs have shared stories of the frustration they encountered in registering their businesses in Kenya.

Cell phone makers are scrambling for deals to supply data-enabled handsets as telecommunication firms intensify their presence in the mobile data market.

Voice is dead." In those three words, Telkom Kenya CEO Mickael Ghossein summed up the effect of the latest price war on the telecommunications industry.

Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko yesterday said all civil servants in the state on Grade Level12 and above who are yet to be computer literate before December this year will be sacked

The arrival of Foris Telecom into the data market has broadened the opportunities for internet consumers as players and offers in the previously secluded market open up.

Government departments owe about R800m to the troubled State Information Technology Agency (Sita) and if they do not pay up, they could see essential services withdrawn, which will result in their systems collapsing.

The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has given more time to the country's three mobile phone operators to register all their subscribers' SIM cards.

The Vice Chancellor of Osun State University, Prof Sola Akinrinade, has described cyber crime as the major challenge facing university campuses now.

Minister of Interior Capt Emmanuel Ihenacho yesterday said what other countries consume through the internet and other media is not the true picture of Nigeria as a country.

Ahead of the formal launch of Glo 1 international submarine cable, Globacom yesterday presented to stakeholders of the telecommunications industry, unique offers of the multi-million dollar facility.

The Angolan air carrier (TAAG) has made available since August 8, online check-in service to all destinations of the company.

The Government has disclosed that approximately 50 percent of the works to roll out the fibre optic cable across the country is now complete.

East African Cables (EAC) posted a loss in the six months to June due to poor performance of its Tanzanian unit.

For Nigeria to position itself for the actualization of the goals of Vision 20:2020, it needs to have an important link in the global production chain in technology, innovation, manufacturing and modern economy, the Managing Director, Bank of Industry (BOI) Limited, Mrs. Evelyn Oputu has said.

THE information and technology (IT) industry is expected to make a strong rebound, with the value of the sector expected to reach 3,4-trillion by next year, according to Peter Sondergaard, the head of Gartner global research.

SA's third and smallest network operator has been burdened by interest-bearing euro-denominated debts that drain its cash each month, contributing to its failure to make a net profit.

Teachers are worried that information technology will render them jobless, it was claimed on Tuesday.

A cybercrime prevention centre has been launched in Uganda to fight crime related to the misuse of the internet and such other technologies.