Africa Telecoms Magazine - April 2011
There have been many exciting things happening recently at Ericsson but one major highlight was the IMS MMTel launch in Rwanda. This was the first commercial deployment of IMS solutions across Africa and is allowing MTN Rwandacell customers to talk to and see friends and family, no matter where they…
Building the Third Ecosystem Stephen Elop, the new CEO of Nokia, has his work cut out for him. Reinventing Nokia as a smartphone manufacturer is only part of the challenge – a broader objective is in stopping Google from dominating the market. On 21 April 2011 Nokia and Microsoft ratified the partnership that they…
With an attractive line-up of handsets, competitive tariff packages and brand awareness that’s second to none, Cell C’s launch of Red Bull Mobile in South Africa has gotten a great reception from consumers. But, when it launched in South Africa in 2006, Virgin Mobile had a similarly positive reception. Yet…
The future shape of m-banking is unpredictable even as it gains the status of a new industry. So far so good There is a very simple reason why mobile banking is gaining ground in Africa: people have cellphones, not bank accounts. So when money needs to be transferred or bills paid, the…
In this Issue of Africa Telecoms, we are looking at East Africa and mobile banking. Hollard recently announced a joint venture with MTN called mi-Life in Ghana. Can you tell us a little more about the product? mi-Life is a life insurance product that has been specifically designed for the…
With winter still being in felt in parts of Europe, Georgian pensioner Hayastan Shakarian, was out gathering and collecting firewood when by accident she cut through the fibre-optic cables connecting Georgia and neighbouring Armenia to the Internet. In today’s connected world, it has become inconceivable and not easily tolerated for…
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