By Olusegun Abolaji Ogundeji , IDG News Service\Freetown Bureau 22 Jul, 2008
Sierra Leone's National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) announced in a press release Tuesday that it will issue regulations on industry consultation after a public hearing with all stakeholders. read more »
IBM/Lotus is banking on the integration of its Sametime platform and collaboration software with tools from telephony partners to fuel its climb up the ranks of unified communications contenders. read more »
By Remmy Nweke, IDG News Service\Lagos Bureau 22 Jul, 2008
Glo Mobile, the fastest growing telecommunications network in Africa, formally received a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) license in Accra, Ghana, last Friday. read more »
By Remmy Nweke, IDG News Service\Lagos Bureau 22 Jul, 2008
The management of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (Transcorp) announced on Monday the appointment of Kevin Caruso, an American telecommunications guru, as the new CEO and managing director of Nigerian Telecommunications (NITEL). read more »
By Remmy Nweke, IDG News Service\Lagos Bureau 22 Jul, 2008
In the bid to close in on criminal activity among mobile-phone subscribers, Nigerian officials and members of the telecom industry agreed Thursday on the need for immediate nationwide registration of existing and prospective SIM cards for prepaid mobile phones. read more »
By Edris Kisambira, IDG News Service\Kampala Bureau 22 Jul, 2008
Members of a Uganda knowledge-sharing technology online forum have asked mobile telephone company MTN Uganda to compensate customers for dropped calls, unsent SMS messages, improper billing and unreliable network coverage. read more »
By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Service\Stockholm Bureau 22 Jul, 2008
VNL wants to turn the way mobile base stations are made and installed on its head, making it more economic to offer service in rural areas in developing countries. To do so, it looked to consumer electronics manufacturers and furniture giant IKEA for inspiration. read more »
Linux is set to make a major impact in the mobile computing realm, the executive director of the Linux Foundation stressed at a conference Monday morning. read more »
In Johannesburg (or Jozi), street lights work and are obeyed; the computerized system has cracked down on all errant motorist until they have all towed the line. I even commented to a friend that we need such a computerized system in Kenya, but we have to get rid of the thugs who carjack motorists at night before we can obey lights at night. read more »
