Archive for August 15th, 2011
Safaricom spends $ 24.7 million to enhance Western Kenya network
In order to boost its services in Western Kenya, Safaricom has improved its network in this area at a cost of $ 24.7 million, a move that will result in better services for subscribers. The works, which involve both capacity and quality enhancement, have been going on since September last year. As part of the [...]
Orange launches African Social Venture Prize
Orange has launched a competition targeting those with ideas that can bring positive change in their communities, through an initiative called the African Social Venture Prize. The competition, which targets to showcase and award initiatives that show how ICT can positively change the lives of the less fortunate in the community, will offer financial assistance [...]
China’s Huawei records increase in operating profits
China’s Huawei Technologies has released its financial results for the first half of 2011, with figures indicating that sales revenue grew by 11 per cent year-on-year to $ 15.4 billion and operating profit reached $ 1.94 billion. “Huawei’s performance in the first half of 2011 was in line with our expectations, while growth was stable [...]