Archive for July, 2011
Huawei showcases LTE Mobile broadband technology in South Africa
Huawei has embarked on a road show to showcase and demonstrate the firm’s latest Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technologies in broadband beginning from South Africa. Huawei mobile broadband (MBB) is a unique end-to-end ALL-IP solution that will assist operators to increase their revenue, improve network bandwidth and subsequently save costs. The SingleRAN LTE solution can help [...]
Safaricom reduces internet prices
Safaricom has reduced its internet prices for millions of its subscribers as the company moves to pass on the benefits of an improved business and regulatory environment to its customers. The reduction has been effected by increasing the data volume for every bundle by up to 150 per cent for the same value. For instance, [...]
Country code 211 officially assigned to South Sudan
ITU is pleased has announced that the world’s newest nation, the Republic of South Sudan, has today been assigned the international dialling code 211, following the country’s formal recognition as a UN Member State. The fledgling South Sudan Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal Services welcomed the new code, which has particular resonance for South Sudan’s [...]
200 firms expected at July 20 2011 SAP World Tour in Nairobi
Making the announcement in Nairobi during his official visit to meet with local partners, Luise Murguia, Senior Vice President Ecosystem and Channels Europe and Middle East and Africa said SAP tour which takes place every year, will showcase all the innovations the firm is doing for customers in order to enlighten them about the availability [...]
Why are Kenya’s mobile service providers resale outlets not stocking dual SIMs?
The introduction of mobile number portability in Kenya on April 1 this year was expected to change the country’s mobile telephony scene, with one of the effects being reduced preference for dual SIM handsets. But slow uptake of number portability by subscribers, with figures from Porting Access indicating that the number of porting requests is [...]
Nokia sets up new corporate care centre in Nairobi
Nokia has launched a new care centre aimed at offering efficient services and support for its business partners and VIP customers who rely heavily on their phones and services in meeting their business objectives. The care centre, located at Remax Plaza along Argwings Kodhek Road, Nairobi, will enable business partners to drop off their customer [...]
World Bank’s e-Institute for Development launched
The World Bank’s global learning platform has gone live. The e-Institute led by theWorld Bank Institute will offer practitioners a virtual classroom to share high quality learning and knowledge resources. The new platform is in recognition of the fact that many development practitioners around the world do not have easy access to quality learning while [...]
yuMobile introduces free daytime on-net calls promo
Essar Telecom Kenya’s yuMobile network has introduced an all-day free calls offer. This means, all yu subscribers will be able to make calls free of charge every day, from 6am to 6pm. According to the firm, the consumer mobile usage trend shows that most people call during the day hence the all-day free calls offer [...]
ITU: ICTs key in addressing environmental sustainability
Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP-17) in Durban, South Africa, attendees at the ITU Symposium on ICTs and Climate Change in Ghana have renewed calls for global leaders to recognize the power of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change. An outcome document asks that [...]
Nokia releases CDF Monitor App for Kenya’s Parliamentarians
How many times have we been part of disscussions or listened to people talking about their constituencies and the disbursement of the funds? More often than not, the conversations focus on the need to have a more transparent way of accounting Constituency Development Funds (CDF). Nokia in partnership with Kenya’s National Taxpayers Association (NTA) came [...]