Several major music labels have pledged their support for a new mobile music download service launching in South Africa...

Nigeria’s first open access fibre optic backbone network will consist of 14,000km of fibre optic network linked through regional network owners to enable advanced communications to all regions of the country...

The world’s newest nation, the Republic of South Sudan, has today been assigned the international dialling code 211, following the country’s formal recognition as a UN Member State...

As part of a look at growth opportunities in Africa, DT editor James Barton met up with Eaton Towers director and Celtel co-founder Terry Rhodes to discuss attitudes towards investment in the continent.

African leaders have been advised to take social media, such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, more seriously or potentially lose power...

Mobile subscriber numbers in Zimbabwe trebled from early 2009 to mid-2010, whereas fixed line subscriptions remained stagnant. With demand for voice services increasingly met, future growth is predicted to occur around mobile Internet and broadband provision...

A new centre dedicated to renewable energy is to be built in South Africa by Vodacom, a subsidiary of Vodafone...

Since its launch in April 2008, handset provider Mi-Fone has been catering to mass market sectors in emerging markets, providing affordable handsets with in-demand functionality – and all the while making sure to invest back into the markets that have made it profitable. Developing Telecoms editor James Barton recently had the opportunity to catch up with Alpesh Patel, founder and CEO of Mi-Fone...

With more than 42 million refugees in the world, many affected by political conflict and natural disasters, the added desperation of being separated from their family and friends without feasible means of tracing them can only compound their suffering...

The sale of the Nigerian firm Multi-Links has been scrapped by the former’s owner, the South African operator Telkom, due to an ongoing legal challenge from the infrastructure provider Helios Towers...

A leading VAS provider is ready to begin hiring for its African branch – and is reportedly aiming to provide jobs for at around 200 people...

The mobile financial services specialist Fundamo has been acquired by Visa for around $110 million, indicating that the global payments giant is looking to strengthen its operations in emerging markets by capitalising on Fundamo’s experience in this area...

South Africa’s Deputy Communications Minister Obed Bapela has called for the widespread adoption of mobile health services across the country...

The founder and CEO of the Indian telecom giant Bharti Group, Sunil Mittal, has announced that the firm will provide a cash injection of US$1 billion this year for its upcoming mobile operations in Africa...

A major power crisis could be underway in Nigeria, as the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) is generating insufficient power despite the country’s increasingly dependency on diesel generated power as its primary source of energy...

The demand for broadband services is growing steadily in the southern African markets. For this reason, major operators and ISPs are investing in undersea fibre as well as terrestrial fibre and other infrastructure...

Global satellite operator SES S.A. announced today that it has signed an agreement with YellowSat, a French start-up company that provides Internet connectivity to enterprises, governments and institutions in Africa...

The first 4G deployments in Mozambique and Uganda have been successfully completed with the launch of a new network by a mobile broadband and applications service provider...

Telkom South Africa’s attempt to sell its CDMA operations in Nigeria could be derailed by a legal injunction filed by the infrastructure supplier Helios Towers...

The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation’s (CTO) has presented the  results of a Rural ICT Access Gap Study to the management of the Sierra Leone ICT regulator NATCOM and a number of key stakeholders, including the country’s mobile and fixed line operators...

The concept of the remote contact centre worker is nothing new in the global market, and now thanks to the greater availability of bandwidth and associated lower cost, it has also become a viable option in South Africa...

Although overly dominant players in Angola’s telecoms sector have been keeping mobile and internet prices high, new forecasts indicate that this could be set to change as soon as this year with the introduction of new competition...

Economic difficulties in Madagascar have somewhat stalled development in its telecom sector, but the market’s growth potential is vast...

The international telecom giant Bharti Airtel has declared its intention to begin offering 3G services across several of its African markets, in the hope that Africa’s relatively young device user base will be quick to adopt mobile internet services...

A new voice SMS service has been launched in Kenya by yu, the mobile phone brand of Essar Telecom Kenya Limited, in conjunction with MVAS developer Kirusa...

Mobile subscribers in Ghana will soon have access to new content services via a partnership between MVAS developed Kirusa and wireless applications provider txtGhana...

Subscribers of the operator Econet Wireless Zimbabwe will be able to send and receive low-cost internet messaging via any standard SMS capable mobile phone without being connected to the Internet...

The final draft of South Africa’s spectrum allocation process reportedly features a previously mooted clause relating to those who have come to be termed ‘historically disadvantaged individuals’, or HDIs...

Consumers can now send money directly to the mobile “wallets” of Safaricom M-PESA subscribers in Kenya from 45 countries and territories...

Two West African countries are the focus of recent market reports, and encouragingly both have healthy mobile sectors...

The growth of mobile services is a key part of extending the benefits of communications in emerging markets. It is also essential for mobile operators looking for new services to differentiate their offering and generate new income. Mobile banking has been one of the big success stories in the last few years. Now attention is turning to other areas in the financial area. One of these areas is mobile insurance...

Cameroon's economic growth has lagged behind other countries in the region, and this is mirrored by the development of its telecommunications sector...

One of Tanzania’s major operators is transforming its network to improve performance and service quality for its nine million subscribers...