Mobile
ZTE, Huawei win Ethiopia mobile network deal
- Published on 31 May 2013
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Plan exists to expand country’s mobile phone infrastructure and double subscribers to 40 million.
Kenya mobile money transfers top $5bn
- Published on 30 May 2013
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But following a hike in transaction costs, a downward trend has emerged.
Safaricom plans ‘opening up’ M-Pesa to third-party developers
- Published on 23 May 2013
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Official reveals ‘road map’ that includes releasing the API as well as enabling global transfers.
Motorola hits comeback trail with new phone
- Published on 30 May 2013
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Device dubbed the Moto X enters a hotly competitive smartphone market.
SA 'still BlackBerry people'
- Published on 21 May 2013
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Despite the loss of BIS with the introduction of BlackBerry 10, the smartphone remains popular.
Nigeria’s Afrinolly cracks 2.3 million downloads
- Published on 29 May 2013
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Smartphone video application allows subscribers to watch short films and Nollywood trailers.
SIM swap fraud leaves victims feeling helpless
- Published on 16 May 2013
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Crime of using mobile phone numbers to steal money has surged in South Africa this year.
Firm targets SA with paper-thin SIM cards
- Published on 27 May 2013
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Technology ‘sticks’ to a single SIM card, enabling it to access two mobile networks.
GSMA opens new Africa office in Nairobi
- Published on 15 May 2013
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Kenya’s iHub is now officially an African home to the global mobile phone industry body.
Apple enjoyed Irish tax holiday from the start
- Published on 24 May 2013
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Apple's Irish companies allowed the group to pay no tax on much of its overseas earnings.
BlackBerry’s BBM coming to iOS, Android devices
- Published on 15 May 2013
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Instant messaging application expected to branch out of its traditional usage zone.
