The Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), the regulatory agency established by an Act of the National Legislature in 2007, and the four GSM companies operating in the industry, have been wrangling in the last two weeks. The fuss is over an attempt by the LTA to standardize licensing requirements as mandated by the Act establishing it. Specifically, the regulator established a deadline of May ...

A panel of experts has been set up to probe the crisis-ridden Nigerian Telecommunication (NITEL) Plc with a view to unveiling its real financial status, especially the billing system.

SPECULATION about the potential takeover of MTN has switched from how much it would cost when an offer actually materialises to the Indian media turning to superstition to support their theories.

The El Ghazala technological pole is hosting on May 15, 2008 a one- day international forum on "Digital accessibility: A chance for the promotion of the disabled".

Transnational Corporation has halted any further investment in the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited and the Nigerian Mobile Telecommunications Limited for thirty days.

Since September 2006, we have heard on radio, seen on TV, read in the newspapers, including "The New Times", that Kinyarwanda computing was almost at hand: computer systems were being translated to Kinyarwanda, commonly used software applications were also being translated, making it easy for the average Rwandan to surf the web, to read, write, exchange and create news, messages and ...

Pupils in rural schools in KwaZulu-Natal have been encouraged to study computer science and technology to ensure more engineers and computer technicians are produced by the province.

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The LC5 chairman, Peter Iku Dolo, has ordered MTN to remove its mast in the town, saying the telecommunications company acquired the land unlawfully.

ONLY 5% of businesses take adequate steps to protect their confidential data, exposing themselves to attacks from inside and outside the company, says a former White House cyber-security expert.

One billion Africans located in under-served rural and urban areas across the continent are set to benefit from an initiative powered by a non profit association of the international satellite industry called Global VSAT Forum to double the number of earth station terminals operating in Africa by 2012.

The Court of Appeal in Lagos last Tuesday reserved judgment on an appeal filed by the Lagos State government against the Registered Trustee of Association of Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON).

A NEW 'cyber-war' has been declared on Zimbabwean newspapers as hackers last night attacked the website of the Financial Gazette, barely two days after Zimbabwe's Herald newspaper's website was also hacked.

The prohibitive cost of broadband in Africa, despite investments currently hitting 6.4 billion US dollars in the continent was the thrust of a paper presented by Eric Osaikwan, the Executive Secretary of African Internet Service Providers Association (AfrISPA) .

There was a lot of excitement as Warid Telecom launched its network and opened a customer care centre in Lira last Saturday.

Proposals by the GSM companies to credit their subscribers with N175 airtime as compensation for poor services from July is coming too late and too small, the Senate Committee on Communications has observed.

To be a referee during some of the most heated moments in the country's scrappy telecommunications industry is not an easy feat.

As more and more cyber-cafes bow to the threat of fines from Microsoft over illegal use of their software, the question arises: who is the winner in the crackdown?

Progress has been made in discussions between the Liberia Telecommunication Authority and the for GSM cellular phone companies in respect of the standardization and licensing of the latter.

Kigali was one of only six cities worldwide where the first ever global Pangea event was broadcast live on a giant screen. The objective being to strengthen tolerance and unity, that was entirely appropriate.

THE City of Windhoek is to open an Information Technology (IT) Training Centre at the Oshetu Community Market, formerly Single Quarters, in Katutura.

ONE of the cardinal points of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo during his electioneering campaign was education.

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), which allows Internet users to make phone calls to each other at no cost, is finally taking off among South African businesses, four years after it became legal to use it outside company networks. This is the key finding of the VoIP in South Africa 2008 study, released earlier this week by World Wide Worx.

A COUPLE of years ago, Dimension Data and Datatec would have liked their US operations to be larger. It was, after all, the centre of the IT universe.

A STRONG half-year performance by Dimension Data has beaten the expectations of market analysts, triggering a 5,4% rise in its share price to 795c as buyers reacted with enthusiasm.