Opera Software uncovers exponential growth in Africa’s mobile Web usage in its latest State of the Mobile Web report. Published today, this September 2008 study focuses on the African continent, where Web browsing on the mobile phone far exceeds traditional desktop-computer surfing. Fast facts The use of Opera Mini in Africa increased by 180 ... Full story

(Nairobi, Kenya) – 5 August 2008 – The recent launch of Zain in Africa was celebrated with a series of spectacular events, attended by over 100,000 people. The events took place simultaneously across the company's 14 African markets and were linked by the most ambitious live satellite link-up the continent has ever seen. Millions also watched the ... Full story

1 August 2008 - Nairobi, Kenya - Zain Group, the leading telecommunications mobile operator servicing over 50 million customers in 22 countries across the Middle East and Africa, today announced it has re-branded its entire African operations from Celtel to Zain (www.zain.com). The move coincides with the linking of the world’s first borderless mobile service ‘One Network’ ... Full story

CBOSSnrtrde will enable telecommunications companies to fulfill recommendations of the GSM Association and minimize losses associated with roaming fraud. Near Real Time Roaming Data Exchange (NRTRDE) is a modern tool to help mobile phone operators reduce losses caused by fraudulent behavior in roaming. The implementation of NRTRDE as an obligatory ... Full story

Zain, the leading mobile telecommunication operator in the Middle East and Africa present in 22 countries, announces today its consolidated financial results for the first half of 2008. The results showed significant growth in revenues with customer numbers exceeding 50 million. H1-2008 Key Performance Indicators Total Managed Active Customers 50.74 million... Full story

CardBoardFish, the low-cost SMS specialist, today launched FishText, a mobile application that substantially reduces the cost of national and international ad-free texts from a mobile phone. FishText is Java-based and runs on most handsets. There is also a web-based version at www.FishText.com. Both bypass a mobile operator's network and thus enable ... Full story

Zain subsidiary Celtel won the award for the Best Telecoms Operator in Africa at the prestigious 2008 Business in Africa Awards held in London recently, beating a host of other operators to win the award. The awards aimed at highlighting the growth and potential of the business landscape across Africa, while rewarding ... Full story

Clickatell, leading provider of global mobile messaging, today announced its partnership with Santam, South Africa’s leading short-term insurer, to provide a text-based fraud reporting channel, as well as improved results from Clickatell-powered Santam call center using SMS text alerts for claims processing. Jerry Chetty, Head of Forensic Services at Santam, says, “The main reason behind this innovative addition ... Full story

EMCC Software, the mobile software development specialists, welcomes the recent announcement of the Symbian Foundation. The formation of the Symbian Foundation Platform will bring standardisation and increased certainty to application creators wishing to develop solutions for all Symbian handsets. EMCC foresees a significant reduction in platform fragmentation that will mean a combination of reduced time to market, wider addressable markets for new products, plus reduced ... Full story

HSL (Hay Systems Ltd), an independent mobile network operator and provider of mobile services and equipment have today disclosed further details regarding their 2.75G Femtocell development project. HSL have now released details of the physical appearance and have announced plans for a managed femtocell network service with the device being available as early as ... Full story