By Michael Malakata , Computerworld Zambia 21 May, 2010
MTN Group, a South Africa-based regional mobile telecom service provider, has partnered with Facebook to offer its customers access to the social networking company's new mobile Web site that is designed for speed. read more »
By Michael Malakata , Computerworld Zambia 21 May, 2010
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and UNESCO have established a commission to accelerate broadband roll-out in Africa, a measure that organizations say is key to delivering social services like health care, education and environmental protection. read more »
By Rebecca Wanjiku, Computerworld Kenya 7 May, 2010
The Communications Commission of Kenya has stirred up the country's telecom market by introducing a regulatory regime aimed at curbing anticompetitive behavior by the dominant service providers in the ICT sector. read more »
So is Federal Communications Commission really going to place common carrier restrictions on Internet service providers? Well, yes, but not too many of them. read more »
By Olusegun Abolaji Ogundeji , Computerworld West Africa 5 May, 2010
For as low as US$0.10 each, Sierra Leoneans worldwide can now send and receive SMS messages through an international text messaging platform launched by U.S.-based Teleficient. read more »
By Edris Kisambira, Computerworld Uganda 30 Apr, 2010
The MTN Group has expanded its One World roaming services to its east and southern Africa operations in the wake of its launch in its west and central African operations. read more »
By Rebecca Wanjiku, Computerworld Kenya 28 Apr, 2010
India and China have emerged as major technology partners as African telecom companies explore technology that favors rural areas and generates profit at the same time. read more »
By Olusegun Abolaji Ogundeji , Computerworld West Africa 27 Apr, 2010
Within a year of its introduction to the Sierra Leone market and with only two service providers in operation -- Splash Mobile Money and Zain -- mobile money is already being touted as the payment option of choice in the country. read more »
By Michael Malakata , Computerworld Zambia 22 Apr, 2010
After a protracted battle that almost forced France Telecom to withdraw from Egypt, the company and Orascom Telecom have reached an agreement on the shareholder structure for the Egyptian Company for Mobile Service, known by its Mobilnil trade name. read more »
By Michael Malakata , Computerworld Zambia 22 Apr, 2010
A reduction in the cost of communications is expected in Zambia and South Africa following announcements by national authorities to regulate mobile interconnection fees by mobile operators. read more »
The new pastime for governments at different levels in Nigeria is the development of ICT resource centers. It is a pastime that state governments and local councils love to indulge and one that the federal government is not shy to get involved in. read more »
