Category Archives: Mobile

110m New Potential Twitterers in India

October 20, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
India’s largest mobile operator, Bharti Airtel, has partnered with Twitter, allowing Airtel subscribers to Tweet without having to pay for an international SMS. Incoming updates ...
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MTN Uganda, Rwanda Add New Mobile Money Services

October 16, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
MTN Uganda announced that it will be joining Zain and Safaricom in offering international mobile money transfers to its subscribers. Zain announced a parternship ...
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Awesome Video of Nokia Crash Testing Phones

October 8, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Ever wonder why low-end Nokias just keep going and going and going? Engadget toured Nokia’s factilities in San Diego, and put together a great video ...
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Researchers Develop Free Mobile Mesh network

October 6, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Researchers are developing a way to network mobile phones using existing technology—Wifi and Bluetooth connections. Because information exchanges use built in technologies, the transfer is ...
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Zain Offers Relief, Free Money Transfer to Philippines

October 5, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Zain’s money transfer service between Bahrain and the Philippines has launched free money transfers between the countries in order to provide relief to victims of ...
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Nokia is World’s Most Sustainable Tech Company

September 21, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
The Dow Jones named Nokia has the world’s most sustainable company in its 2009-2010 Sustainability Index. After leading for several years in Europe and Communications, ...
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Safaricom to Pay Dividends Via M-Pesa

September 9, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Safaricom’s 829,000 shareholders have until the end of September to register to receive their dividends via the popular M-Pesa mobile payment service. Bankele reports on ...
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GLO-1 Finally Lands in Lagos: West Africa’s 2nd Undersea Cable has Arrived

September 6, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Yesterday, GLO-1, the 9,800 km long cable between the UK and Nigeria, and the first to be built by a private company, landed in Lagos. ...
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Ghana Pledges No New Mobile Operators and Better Mobile Service

August 28, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
The Ghanaian government recently pledged to license no new mobile operators. With six operators in Ghana, the market is already crowded. The government says the ...
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Nokia is Newest Entrant in Mobile Money Market

August 27, 2009 | Email This Post Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post
Nokia just announced Nokia Money, a new mobile payment service that will allow mobile users to send and receive money using their phone number. TechCrunch ...
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