Egypt becomes the second country to block the service after India made the move as part of a response to concerns raised around Free Basics’ net neutrality violations. Etisalat Egypt, Facebook, and Egyptian officials haven’t mentioned the reason behind the shutdown in Egypt but there has been a lot of speculation that the country is…
Internet.org, the project from Facebook which facilitates free internet access to specific website and platforms, and is now working under the name of Free Basics, is set to be launched for the Zimbabwean market in January 2016.
Although ZIMURA has been pretty mum about Zim Tunes and Mhanzi throughout the year, new information coming from the association is that the new distribution tools are in the final stages of development and will be launched by the end of March 2016.
Dubbed the Telecel Night Shift Bundles, these off-peak data bundles (they are accessible between 10 pm and 6 am only) are priced at $1, $2 and $3 with data allowances of between 350 MB and 1 GB.
According to information in the article, which was accompanied by photos, WhatsApp is set to introduce video calling in the next iteration of the messaging platform. The upcoming version 2.12.16.2 for iOS (it will be launched for Apple first) which is still in testing, will include video chat which works in the same way as…
To extend this skills development run into 2016, Muzinda Hub will be offering a course on digital skills and online business entreprenurship to local corporates and entrepreneurs. Unlike its software development program which was offered to 1,000 developers for free, the new course will have charges attached to it.
Powertel, the internet provider and ZESA Holdings subsidiary will now be distributing its products at selected Zimpost outlets throughout the country.
According to Telecel, this retail network has grown to 500 kiosks. This is a progression from the 200 kiosk total that Telecel had reached by the end of September.
The project is being run by Liquid Sea, a wholly owned subsidiary of Liquid Telecom and it will involve the building of 10,000km of submarine cable from South Africa to the Middle East. This line will be connected to Liquid Telecom’s exisisting terrestrial fibre network which extends to over 18,000km across the continent.
It is anticipated that the company formed by Inspur and the government will manufacture 50,000 computers a year. This agreement is also set to culminate in the development of a National Data Centre; a high-tech park; projects for e-education, e-taxation and e-migration; as well as the development of a high-performance computer system.
Starting in January, remote public health facilities will be accessing telemedicine facilities that include online diagnosis, remote consultation for specific conditions, communication of information such as broadcasting of alerts and updates on potential outbreaks.
Telkom, the South African fixed and wireless telecoms company has entered into a partnership with ShowMax, the Naspers-owned video streaming service. Telekom subscribers will have zero-rated data access for streaming ShowMax content.
iROKOtv, the Nigerian subscription Video on Demand (sVOD) service that only recently launched a global content distribution arm, has announced that is has entered into a multi-million Euro deal with the CANAL + GROUP, the largest French pay TV provider which has a leading focus on Francophone Africa.
Webdev, the company behind Zimbabwe’s most popular classifieds site has just made two key changes to its classifieds.co.zw marketplace.
In this episode we discuss China’s investment in tech as well as the Telecash bundles, the shutdown of Hypercube Hub, uMAX internet packages and Kopokopo.
This is a mobile broadband promotion set to run from the 3rd of December until the beginning of March 2016. It is offering free data to NetOne mobile broadband subscribers that top up their data using the physical recharge data cards.
This is the latest issue regarding unpaid interconnection fees by State-owned telecoms operators to make it into the public domain, and its something that private sector players like Econet have always complained about. Public sector players are presumably treated differently by the regulator in all matters regarding obligations and payments.