http://www.mobileafrica.net/ News from the mobile telecom industry in Africa Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:55:29 +0000 rss20.php by www.2RSS.com Copyright GoldOasis Web Solutions 2008 info@web4africa.net Web4Africa http://www.mobileafrica.net/images/mobile-africa-2.gif http://www.mobileafrica.net http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2096.htm (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 events on television. Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:27:55 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2095.htm 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’ across two continents. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:55:17 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2093.htm CBOSSnrtrde will enable telecommunications companies to fulfill recommendations of the GSM Association and minimize losses associated with roaming fraud. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:25:21 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2097.htm 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. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:43:11 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2094.htm 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 users to save money for every text message they send. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:39:16 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2098.htm 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 excellence and world-class best practices across the continent. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:48:57 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2092.htm 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. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:06:35 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2089.htm 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 porting and testing costs for the leading Smartphone platform in the mobile industry. This should also result in a significant number of new players licensing the new open source platform from the Symbian Foundation for an even wider range of products. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:27:16 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2091.htm 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 Q3 2008. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:56:05 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2090.htm According to new a research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, WLAN will become the next prevalent connectivity technology in mass-market mobile handsets. The number of handsets with integrated WLAN is forecasted to grow from 27 million in 2007 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 71.5 percent to 400 million in 2012, corresponding to an attach rate of 25 percent. WLAN will primarily be used for high-speed Internet access in home or office networks and file transfer of for instance photos and media libraries. “Mobile operators no longer consider WLAN a threat against data revenues”, said André Malm, telecom analyst, Berg Insight. “As flat-rate plans for data access become the norm, encouraging subscribers to use a local Internet connection actually makes much sense as a way to prevent data overload in mobile networks.” Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:46:28 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2088.htm Cambridge, UK – Wednesday 25th June, 2008: NGO-focused mobile technology organisation kiwanja.net today releases the latest version of its popular text messaging platform– FrontlineSMS – which opens up the potential of two-way group text messaging to the global grassroots non-profit community. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:42:33 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2087.htm South Africa's fourth mobile operator Virgin Mobile may increase its tariffs if other mobile phone operators in the country decide to do so, its chief executive (CEO) said on Tuesday. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:08:39 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2079.htm The first annual African Mobile Marketing and Advertising Summit takes place next month in Lagos, Nigeria. Mobile service providers, media owners and advertising agencies will meet next month to discuss strategies to harness the power of mobile advertising in Africa. Wed, 21 May 2008 08:56:59 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2080.htm Leading mobile payments provider Mi-Pay has signed a contract with an East African operator to deliver a mobile money ecosystem to its subscribers in rural communities. Mi-Pay’s technology and expertise will enable subscribers to benefit from international remittance services, as well as support a network of agents to support domestic payments via mobile. Sun, 11 May 2008 05:42:39 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2081.htm The UK mobile payment initiative payforIT is expanding onto the World Wide Web with the help of leading mobile interactive specialist Dialogue Communications. The payforIT payment mechanism will offer shoppers an online payment alternative and enable internet merchants to reach new customers. Thu, 08 May 2008 12:00:32 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2082.htm 8th May 2008: The leading mobile messaging provider End2End Connectivity has today announced that it has been selected by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to provide the SMS delivery of flight status notifications (FSN). End2End Connectivity takes care of the carrier grade high-quality delivery of the flight status notifications via SMS which will inform all KLM passengers that registered for this service via KLM.com on flight disruptions and service notifications immediately. End2End's deep-level access to the global mobile telecoms infrastructure (SS7) and direct connections with international mobile operator enables KLM to keep her passengers updated anytime and anywhere in the world. Thu, 08 May 2008 07:31:06 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2099.htm At a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya….Zain, Ericsson and the Earth Institute announced the provision of telecommunications deliverables to the Millennium Villages of Dertu (Kenya), Ruhiira (Uganda) and Molla (Tanzania). Wed, 07 May 2008 13:14:07 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2084.htm Gothenburg, Sweden - May 06 2008: According to new a research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of cellular network connections used for machine-to-machine communication will grow from 37.5 million connections in 2007 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 37.9 percent to 186 million connections in 2012. GSM and legacy technologies currently dominate the market and accounted for about 71 percent of the total number of active connections at the end of 2007. CDMA was the second largest technology with a strong foothold in North America and parts of Asia-Pacific. WCDMA has so far primarily been adopted for machine-to-machine applications in Japan. Elsewhere the adoption is held back by high component costs and limited network coverage. Tue, 06 May 2008 08:27:18 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2083.htm Redwood City, US: May 6, 2008 ­ Clickatell, leading provider of global mobile messaging, today announced it was chosen as one of three finalists for "Best Messaging Business Application" by 160 Characters as part of their 2008 Mobile Messaging Awards. As one of three finalists in the Business Application category, Clickatell was chosen because of its work with Metropolitan's Cover2Go, who provides life insurance directly to customers' cell phones using SMS. The award winners will be presented at the Gala Awards Dinner in Cannes on May 8, 2008, immediately after the first day of the Global Messaging Congress. Tue, 06 May 2008 07:31:06 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2085.htm Cape Town, South Africa, Redwood City, CA: 30 April 2008 - Clickatell, global provider of messaging solutions, has provided the South African Parliament with an SMS alert service to support communication at the 118th assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in South Africa recently. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:27:18 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2086.htm London, UK 29th April 2008, Today saw the launch of an innovative little device called SIMable, which effectively puts an end to the complicated business of mobile phone unlocking. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:45:32 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2078.htm Jaxtr, a US-based social communication company that allows users to bypass a carrier's international phone charges via the Web, has launched a new service that lets members send free SMS to anyone in the world, whether or not the recipient is a Jaxtr member. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:34:07 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2077.htm A new mobile game has been launched by Kiwanja.net, in a bid to raise awareness about the decline of mountain gorillas due to the crisis in Congo DR and help players learn about gorilla conservation generally. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:12:57 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2075.htm Vodacom Tanzania has added a new recharge voucher worth Tsh 10,000 to its variety of denominations. Now, Vodacom Tanzania prepaid customers have a wide range of choices when buying Vodacom recharge vouchers ranging from Tsh 500; Tsh 1,000; Tsh 2,000; Tsh 3,000; Tsh 5,000; Tsh 10,000; Tsh 20,000 and Tsh 50,000 respectively. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:39:36 +0000 http://www.mobileafrica.net/n2076.htm The MTN Group is pleased to announce that it has recorded 61,4 million subscribers across its 21 operations as at 31 December 2007. This is an increase of 53% from 40,1 million subscribers as at 31 December 2006. In addition, the MTN Group has declared a dividend of 136 cents per share, its highest dividend ever. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:33:32 +0000