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ITU approves new universal mobile phone charger

afrol News, 23 October - The United Nations communications technology agency has given its stamp of approval to a new energy-efficient one-size-fits-all mobile telephone charger, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has announced.

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COSATU calls for wholesale reforms on telecomms pricing

afrol News, 14 October - The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has called for a total investigations of all pricing structures in the telecommunications services in order to avoid the migration of costs to other charges by service providers.

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SA's broadband market is at a watershed, says report

afrol News, 13 October - The South African broadband market has shown consistently significant growth rates of over 30 percent in the last two years, and according to Frost & Sullivan, this positive trend is expected to continue for the next two years.

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$215 million endorsed to develop Central Africa's efficient internet

afrol News, 7 October - The World Bank Group has announced its endorsement of the $215 million, ten-year Central African Backbone Programme (CAB Program), which will support the countries of the Central African region in developing their high-speed telecommunications backbone infrastructure to increase the availability of high-speed Internet and reduce end-user prices.

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Africa still lagging behind in ICTs

afrol News, 6 October - The rapidly growing information and communications technology (ICT) industry is set to see mobile subscriptions reach 4.6 billion worldwide by the end of the year, according to figures released by the United Nations telecommunications arm today.

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» 06.10.2009 - Gateway boosts its pan-Africa network strength
» 01.10.2009 - MTN signs major deal with IMImobile
» 22.09.2009 - ECP invests $25 million East African telecom
» 18.09.2009 - Competition in Morocco's telecom market increasing
» 15.09.2009 - Angola Telecom places order for fraud management solution
» 04.09.2009 - New cables to kick-start Africa's new broadband era, report
» 25.08.2009 - Expansion of ICT sector fuels Egypt's Growth
» 25.08.2009 - Uganda Telecom and Rwandatel purchase SEACOM capacity
» 11.08.2009 - African telecom leaders meet in Uganda
» 06.08.2009 - Emerging markets to push mobile gaming to $18 Billion by 2014
» 27.07.2009 - IT infrastructure outsourcing boosted in Nigeria
» 22.07.2009 - Vodacom customer base grows to 41.3 million
» 20.07.2009 - East Africa telecoms competition has fastest growth
» 22.05.2009 - Morocco invests in fiber optic line to Western Sahara
» 22.05.2009 - Internet via microwave in Burkina Faso
» 19.05.2009 - Rwanda signs $24 million grant for broadband connectivity
» 18.05.2009 - COSATU threatens total boycott against newly listed Vodacom
» 11.05.2009 - Ghana and Burkina Faso sign fibre optic networks agreement
» 28.04.2009 - Africa, M/East to lead mobile broadband subscriber growth by 2012
» 16.04.2009 - Cape Verde joins West African telecom cable
» 08.12.2008 - Mobile banking launched in Côte d'Ivoire
» 21.11.2008 - Isolated Mauritian island gets mobile coverage
» 18.11.2008 - Globacom to service Ghanaian market
» 13.11.2008 - Nigerian satellite in trouble
» 12.11.2008 - Equatorial Guinea telecom services breaking down
» 04.11.2008 - Groundbreaking of optic cable in Kenya, Mozambique
» 15.10.2008 - Vodacom South Africa to expand it's next-generation technology
» 17.09.2008 - Telkom Kenya joins stiff mobile phone market
» 15.09.2008 - Saudi Telecom expands to north Africa
» 29.08.2008 - Vodacom expands investment in Africa
» 15.08.2008 - Parliament approves Ghana's Telecom handover
» 05.08.2008 - São Tomé invests in undersea link
» 01.08.2008 - Ghana sued over telecom sale
» 11.07.2008 - Fear surrounds Botswana Sim-card registration
» 02.07.2008 - Vodafone to seal US$ 960m Ghana deal
» 19.06.2008 - Burkina Faso opts for Internet boom
» 29.05.2008 - Africa's mobile industry to pay $71 billion tax by 2012
» 29.05.2008 - Cape Verde to link China and Portuguese world
» 15.05.2008 - Nigeria firm signs mobile expansion deal
» 13.05.2008 - Africa fastest growing market in communication technology
» 30.04.2008 - Senegal adjusts Gambia's internet bandwidth capacity
» 07.03.2008 - Namibia hosts IT roadshow
» 03.03.2008 - Cellcom enjoys major investment
» 29.02.2008 - Sonatel's future worries staff
» 19.02.2008 - Nigeria cancels privatisation
» 15.11.2007 - Sonatel, Ascade seal major deal
» 31.10.2007 - $50 billion investment for African telecoms
» 31.10.2007 - Africa to enjoy ICT boom
» 16.10.2007 - Ghana’s leading mobile operators in trouble
» 16.10.2007 - Seychelles launches ICT policy
» 11.10.2007 - Rwanda hosts Connect Africa Leaders’ Summit
» 23.08.2007 - Senegal invites third mobile operator
» 13.08.2007 - Gambia sells out 50% telecoms shares
» 25.06.2007 - Gambia’s rural wireless expansion in crisis
» 13.12.2006 - Motorola signs US$75m GSM contract in Nigeria
» 30.11.2006 - Senegal, Mali get 'Orange' telecom operator
» 22.11.2006 - Nigeria to top Africa's mobile market
» 17.11.2006 - Maldives connection, a new fibre route to Africa
» 07.11.2006 - Moroccan ADSL market grows by 300%
» 10.10.2006 - Ivorian mobile company registers half a million subscribers
» 06.10.2006 - Internet booms in Senegal
» 08.09.2006 - Kenya to finance its own Internet cable
» 20.06.2006 - Mobile phones to empower rural Rwanda
» 26.05.2006 - Africans on the Internet: Maghreb most sex obsessed
» 23.05.2006 - Pan-African e-network hub may go to Mauritius
» 25.11.2005 - Nigeria gets Internet exchange
» 17.11.2005 - Angola going for e-governance .. or e-censorship
» 18.03.2005 - 3G introduction in SA could soon reduce phone bills
» 15.03.2005 - Old Kenya telecom commission "was corrupt"
» 09.03.2005 - Stakeholders unhappy with Kenya telecom reshuffle
» 03.02.2005 - Rwanda's secondary schools to be connected by 2017
» 03.02.2005 - Ghana's ICT sector is up to speed
» 28.01.2005 - Angola notes boom in cellphone use
» 12.01.2005 - Entire island of Mauritius gets wireless broadband
» 10.01.2005 - New community telephone initiative for Africa
» 07.12.2004 - Tanzania's Mafia Island links telecom and environment
» 03.12.2004 - Cape Verde restores Internet, phone line
» 27.09.2004 - Shanghai Telecom "soon Cape Verde's 2nd operator"
» 10.09.2004 - French telecom wins Libya deal
» 24.08.2004 - Ethiopia invests to upgrade GSM network
» 23.08.2004 - Comoros telecom market reforms speed up
» 13.08.2004 - SMS for better women rights in Africa
» 16.06.2004 - Moroccan gendarme gets new communication network
» 14.06.2004 - South Africa's Intec signs deal with Algeria's OTA
» 07.06.2004 - Zimbabwe internet firms to spy on customers
» 27.05.2004 - South Africa losing role as Africa's technology leader
» 11.05.2004 - Contract to widen Senegal's telecom net awarded
» 05.05.2004 - Mobile phones revolutionise Africa
» 04.05.2004 - Egypt, South Africa link up for telecoms development
» 03.03.2004 - Wireless healthcare project in Uganda wins award
» 25.02.2004 - São Tomé to liberalise telecom market
» 17.02.2004 - Submarine cable to link Egypt with China
» 03.02.2004 - New GSM network deployed in Guinea-Bissau
» 23.01.2004 - Nigerian telecom legislation to be amended

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