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Month: January 2012

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IT security to be key topic at 2012 AITEC Banking & Mobile Money Conference

January 31, 2012 admin 0

Even as African banks downplay the security threats and intrusions that they experience within their institutions, recent research by consultants like Deloitte’s indicates there is a disturbing escalation of incidents that threaten the stability of [c]

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RIM launches BlackBerry Business Cloud services for Microsoft Office 365

January 30, 2012 admin 0

Research In Motion (RIM) has announced availability of BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365, a new service for business and government organizations that extends Microsoft Exchange Online to BlackBerry smartphones and allows customers [c]

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Access Kenya to spend Kshs 100 million in Nairobi’s metro fibre expansion

January 30, 2012 admin 0

Access Kenya Group has announced plans to expand its metropolitan fibre network in Nairobi and Mombasa at a cost of over $ 1.2 million (Kshs 100million) within the next 12 months. The expansion, which will [c]

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yuMobile opens customer care centre next to Safaricom’s

January 29, 2012 admin 3

Essar Telecom Kenya (ETK), which operates as yuMobile, has opened its first customer care centre (which it calls Relationship Centres) within Nairobi’s Central Business District at Gilfillan House. The facility, the second of several new-look [c]

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ExpenseManager App launched

January 29, 2012 admin 0

A new mobile app, the Expense Manager, has been launched via Nokia’s Ovi Store. With the new app, one can keep track of spending habits and better plan monthly budget. The app, developed and powered by [c]

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MTN Business Kenya launches IP PBX service in Kisumu

January 27, 2012 admin 0

MTN Business Kenya has today launched its Internet Protocol (IP) Private Automatic Branch Exchange (PABX) in Kisumu. PABX is a software-based telephone exchange service that has taken on the traditional Private Branch Exchange (PBX) in [c]

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Kenya ICT Board kicks off business plan training at Strathmore University

January 25, 2012 admin 0

Business strategy training for the Tandaa Digital Content Grant shortlisted applicants is underway at Strathmore University. The training, which runs in batches from January 23 – February 3, 2012, seeks to impart business knowledge to [c]

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World Radiocommunication Conference opens in Geneva

January 24, 2012 admin 0

Focus on spectrum and satellite orbital resources will have global implications for a wireless future The World Radiocommunication Conference opened in Geneva today to review and revise the Radio Regulations, the international treaty governing the [c]

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ITU launches Girls in ICT web portal

January 24, 2012 admin 1

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has launched what is billed as a “one-stop shop” for training, scholarship and job opportunities aimed at inspiring girls and young women to choose a career in technology. According to [c]

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Ericsson to provide mobile connectivity to shipping firm Maersk Line

January 23, 2012 admin 0

Global shipping line Maersk has selected Ericsson to pioneer its mobile communication needs accorss its global vessel fleet in order to ensure improved interaction with vessels, proactive issue resolution and prompt information sharing with customers. [c]

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Safaricom has the bulk of Kenya’s internet users

January 22, 2012 admin 0

Majority of Kenya’s over 14 million internet users access the service using Safaricom’s network according to new sector statistics released by the telecoms industry regulator Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK). The latest figures, contained in [c]

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Paynet Group to sponsor AITEC’s Banking & Mobile Money COMESA Conference

January 20, 2012 admin 0

Paynet Group will this year yet again sponsor the annual AITEC Banking & Mobile Money COMESA Conference set for March 7-8 at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) in Nairobi. Paynet Group chief exectuive Bernard [c]

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Huawei to deploy West Africa’s first LTE network in Nigeria

January 19, 2012 admin 0

China’s Huawei Technologies has been selected by Nigeria to deploy West Africa’s first long-term evolution (LTE) commercial network for ZODA FONES, Nigeria’s leading telecoms operator. ZODA FONES has adopting Huawei’s SingleRAN LTE solution, a network [c]

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AccessKenya completes $ 342,857 data centre upgarde

January 18, 2012 admin 0

AccessKenya Group has announced completion of compounded system upgrades of the data centre that have been underway since late 2009. The upgrades, which cost over Kshs 30 million (about $ 342,857), have seen the installation [c]

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Ericsson’s “APPS FOR AFRICA” competition accepting entries till January 31

January 18, 2012 admin 0

Mobile applications developers drawn from selected African countries have until end of this month to submit their entries to Ericsson’s “APPS FOR AFRICA” challenge which seeks to identify and reward apps which demonstrate how mobile [c]

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Airtel Kenya seeks to reduce on-net call rates with Sikika na 1 bob tariff

January 16, 2012 admin 1

Airtel Kenya has today launched a new tariff structure, Sikika na 1 bob, which will enable the firm’s subscribers to make Airtel to Airtel calls at Ksh1 per minute from 10pm- 6am daily on this [c]

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Safaricom should not have increased Bonga points needed to redeem items

January 16, 2012 admin 0

After increasing the number of Bonga points needed to redeem various items from its retail shops in mid December last year, Safaricom has now decided to double the airtime subscribers receive when they redeem their [c]

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ITU receives Emmy Award for new audio broadcast standard

January 13, 2012 admin 0

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is set to receive an Emmy Award from the US National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at the ongoing 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas for the [c]

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ICANN’s new Chief Executive Officer needs to fit the bill

January 12, 2012 admin 0

The contract of the current Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) chief executive Rod Beckstrom comes to an end in July 2012 having served the organization from July 2009. Beckstrom, who replaced Paul Twomey, previously served [c]

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ITU World Radiocommunication Conference to open January 23 2012 in Geneva

January 11, 2012 admin 0

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) World Radiocommunication Conference will be in session in Geneva, 23 January – 17 February 2012. According to a media release, “the work of this international treaty-making Conference will be conducted [c]

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Arnaud Azilinon to head Comviva’s Francophone West and Central Africa operation

January 11, 2012 admin 0

Comviva, the India-based global provider of value added services (VAS) for mobile networks, has announced the appointment of Arnaud Azilinon as head of Francophone West and Central Africa region. As part of the new post, [c]

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Analysis & Features

Google’s Vinton Cerf: Internet Access Is Not a Human Right

January 6, 2012 admin 0

By VINTON G. CERF FROM the streets of Tunis to Tahrir Square and beyond, protests around the world last year were built on the Internet and the many devices that interact with it. Though the [c]

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What became of Safaricom’s partnership with MXit?

January 5, 2012 admin 1

In May 2010, Safaricom launched MXit, an instant messaging service that enables users to chat, share and connect (privately or in chat zones) by exchange of text messages, emoticons and photos among others. The service, [c]

Analysis & Features

Security Challenges for Cloud Computing – How Prepared Are You?

January 4, 2012 admin 5

By Thomas Bbosa Cloud computing is here, and has been embraced by many an organization. Cloud computing as defined by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is “a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network [c]

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Reverse calls back in Kenya through YU’s “Pay4me” service

January 3, 2012 admin 0

Essar Telecom Kenya’s YU network has began the year on an innovative note by launch of “Pay4me,” a service that lets the recipient be charged for the call received instead of the caller footing the [c]

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    Three local startups have each received Ksh 1.25 million in cash awards from an innovation hub steered by the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) in collaboration with Prudential Life Assurance Kenya and other partners, to promote [c] Source
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    The Central Bank of Kenya has granted authorization to Pesapal Limited as a Payment Service Provider (PSP) to carry our Payment Gateway Services in compliance with the National Payment System (NPS) Act, 2011, NPS Regulations [c] Source
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