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MTN had 158,6m customers at the end of September, a 4,1% increase for the quarter, from 152,3m at the end of June, the JSE-listed emerging-markets telecommunications operator said on Thursday. The subscriber contribution between MTN’s three main regions
Nokia wants to become the default location services provider for Microsoft products and expects eventually to combine all of its new location-based services into one, unified experience. The Finnish company’s new location services include a check-in service called Pulse
Finnish handset manufacturer Nokia is adding a check-in service, additional traffic and public transportation information and a route-recording facility to its location services. It is also integrating an augmented reality application into its new range of handsets
Telkom’s mobile arm, 8ta, has built six base stations using next-generation long-term evolution (LTE) wireless broadband technology, with 50 sites under construction and plans to expand the network to Cape Town and Durban in the next few months as part of a field
Nokia has finally taken the wraps off its first two Windows Phone 7.5-powered smartphones, the Lumia 800 and the Lumia 710. At the Nokia World conference in London, CEO Stephen Elop heralded a “new dawn for Nokia”. Pictures of the Lumia 800 and 701, as well as the
Vodacom has played down the idea of uncapped broadband plans on its network, especially if it can’t get access to more radio frequency spectrum. This is despite rival MTN’s moves to offer uncapped data in some tariff plans, subject to certain terms and conditions
The eNews Channel is fuming after it went off air for 47 minutes on Monday during President Jacob Zuma’s press conference at which he axed two of his ministers and announced a wide-ranging cabinet reshuffle. The channel says it is compiling a report into
Former ECN Telecommunications CEO John Holdsworth will form a new company next year that he says will slash the cost of mobile telephony in SA by taking advantage of the cellular operators’ broadband wireless access networks. Holdsworth, who founded ECN five
President Jacob Zuma surprised the information and communications technology industry on Monday, redeploying communications minister Roy Padayachie and appointing Dina Pule as his successor. Zuma also named Tembisa Ndabeni as Pule’s new deputy
Communications minister Roy Padayachie has been redeployed as minister of public service & administration. Former deputy communications minister Dina Pule will replace him in the communications portfolio. President Jacob Zuma announced the changes
