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  • Trinidad and Tobago seeks to leverage broadband in diversification efforts

    TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2017/07/01 A national drive is gaining pace in Trinidad and Tobago to prioritise access to data services as an engine for economic increase, part of wider plans to reduce the country’s reliance on hydrocarbons. In late April Maxie Cuffie, the minister of public government and communications, announced that a new broadband strategy targeting universal access to internet services was almost finalised. Speaking at a conference titled “Internet of Things: Smarter Living in the Caribbean”, held in Port of Spain, Cuffie said the potential broadband offered could be compared to that of T&T’s hydrocarbons sector. He voiced his confidence that increased reach and speed, combined with a rise in Wi-Fi-capable devices, could deliver significant ripple effects across the national economy.
  • 欧盟取消手机漫游费

    欧洲, 2017/06/16 月15日,欧盟正式取消手机套餐漫游费。从今以后,欧盟手机用户在欧盟境内可放心使用其本国手机套餐而不用支付额外费用。
  • Five billion people in the world use mobile phones, 436 million in sub-Sahara Africa

    BOTSWANA, 2017/06/15 The number of mobile phone subscribers in the world has reached five billion, according to the research arm of the world mobile industry organization, GSMA. But sub-Sahara Africa is the least penetrated with 436 million incomparable subscribers, the organization says in a press release copied to ghanabusinessnews.com. The GSMA defines a ‘incomparable mobile subscriber’ as an individual person that can account for multiple ‘mobile connections’, that is SIM cards. According to GSMA Intelligence, the world’s five billion incomparable mobile subscribers today account for approximately 7.7 billion mobile connections – excluding mobile-to-mobile (M2M).
  • Tanzania: Vodacom IPO Attracts 40,000 Tanzanian Investors

    TANZANIA, 2017/06/07 Vodacom Tanzania Plc's initial public offering (IPO) has attracted over 40,000 Tanzanian investors, a lot of of them initial time participants in the capital market, the telco has said. The IPO is set to be the major in the history of the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange.
  • Morocco Ranks Highest in North Africa in ICTs’ Impact on Economy

    MOROCCO, 2017/05/28 Morocco remains the highest ranked country in North Africa in generating economic impact from investments in data and communications technologies (ICTs), according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). The WEF’s World Data Technology Statement 2016 shows that Morocco ranked 78th part 139 nations—with a price of 3.0 out of 7—in their abilities to leverage ICTs for increased competitiveness and well-being. The statement used the new iteration of the Networked Readiness Index, which assesses the factors, policies and institutions that enable a country to take chance of ICTs.
  • Meditel to Become Part of Orange Before End of This Year.

    MOROCCO, 2017/05/28 As Moroccan company Meditel prepares to become a part of French telecommunications network Orange , it appointed Yves Gauthier as the new director of Meditel on Monday at a conference of Meditel’s board of directors in Paris. The new director of the company, who before supervised the the Egyptian company Mobinil’s transfer to Orange, will start his new job in September. In July 2015, Orange signed a transaction to increase its holdings in Meditel to 49%. This transaction set the stage for increasing Orange influence in Meditel and the current transition.
  • Telecom News in Brief 25 May 2017

    WORLD, 2017/05/28 Africa: European access - Econet World subsidiary Liquid Telecom said on 15 May that it had established a point of presence (PoP) at Interxion's data centre in Marseille, its initial foothold in mainland Europe. The PoP will reduce roundtrip delays from Africa by up to 20 milliseconds. Interxion's MRS1 data centre in Marseilles is a major connectivity hub for Europe since it opened in 2014. It offers direct access to 13 major international submarine cables, inclunding SEACOM, I-ME-WE and SEA-ME-WE4, providing Liquid Telecom with onwards connectivity to its World PoPs in London, Mombasa and Fujairah. MRS1 provides direct access to the France-IX, NL-ix and DE-CIX Internet exchanges, providing new peering opportunities for Liquid Telecom.
  • 非洲国家信息和通讯技术发展普遍落后

    非洲, 2017/05/11 5月8日的报道,最近公布的《非洲竞争力报告》显示,非洲国家在信息和通讯技术(ICT)方面普遍落后,即使是区域内最为发达的国家,如南非,在国际上的排名也不如人意。
  • Eskom CEO Brian Molefe has been ‘overpraised and over-paid’ for work done by underpaid workers.

    SOUTH AFRICA, 2017/04/26 LABOUR federation Cosatu has commended the decision by Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown to block the R30m pension payout received by former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe last month. The federation said the system of golden handshakes was insensitive to low gain workers who are bearing the brunt of the challenging economic times the country is going through. Brown has as well instructed Eskom to statement back to her next sitting down with Molefe to work out a additional suitable pension. Sizwe Pamla, Cosatu’s national spokesperson, gave Brown’s decision the green light, saying Parliament must as well investigate the all of money handed to company executives with a view of bridging the huge financial gap that exists between managers and general workers.
  • Kearney’s investment statement welcomed by the government

    SOUTH AFRICA, 2017/04/26 THE government welcomed AT Kearney’s 2017 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence statement at the weekend, which showed the country was the 25th most attractive destination for foreign direct investment globally, the initial from the continent. Improvements in shortterm economic prospects and the longterm investment in the country’s manufacturing have been cited as some of the key drivers of South Africa’s improved rating on the index. ATTRACTIVE DESTINATION: Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo has hailed the country’s healthy relations with foreign investors. Minister of Communications Ayanda Dlodlo said: “The government is humbled by this ranking, which shows that SA’s strategic partnership with foreign investors is gaining momentum.