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Oct 21st, 2011 |
By qaseemur- rahim |
Category: press release
First operator partner for Ericsson Response SingTel to provide communication.
SingTel’s regional associates AIS, Bharti Airtel, Globe, Telkomsel and Warid to provide local resources to assist with disaster relief efforts.
Ericsson and Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) today announced a partnership to provide emergency communications services to support disaster relief efforts in South and Southeast Asia through [...]
Tags: * bangladesh, * india, 30 countries, 3G, 4G mobile technologies, Africa, asia, asia pacific, Asian Tsunami of 2004, ceo, communication needs, congo, CSR, disaster relief efforts, disaster., europe, Hait, IFRC, indonesia, infocomm technology, ingTel Group operates, Internet platforms, Iran, Kosovo, leader in 2G, Lebanon, mobile communications, mobile devices, network, pakistan, Panama, philippines, several aid agencies, SingTel Group, Sony Ericsson, st-ericsson, Sudan, supported projects, Tanzania, thailand, Turkey, united nations, US, vietnam Posted in press release |
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Oct 5th, 2011 |
By qaseemur- rahim |
Category: Mobile Everything
HTC Explorer made its official debut as a budget conscious Android powered smartphone that packs all the functionality of its siblings while rumored to cost somewhere below the $290 mark.
Unfortunately, there was no mention about its actual release date, but rather.
We were given the tease of it launching sometime in Q4 in markets like Europe, [...]
Tags: Africa, android, asia, europe, HTC Explorer, middle east, October 31st, powered, Q4, release date, rumored, smartphone Posted in Mobile Everything |
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Oct 3rd, 2011 |
By qaseemur- rahim |
Category: Social Networking
An analysis of half a billion tweets shows people wake up happy but get grumpier as the day progresses.
Using the micro-blogging site Twitter as a gauge of global sentiment, US social scientists studied 509 million tweets from 2.4 million users in 84 countries between February 2008 and January 2010, according to research reported in the [...]
Tags: 509 million tweets, 84 countries, Africa, Australia, Britain, canada, Cornell University, global, micro blogging site, new zealand, research, social network, sociologist, twitter, United States Posted in Social Networking |
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Dec 14th, 2010 |
By omar shaikh |
Category: Various
Mobile phone service is often the first method of telecommunications that children use around the world; whereas, many of the generation X and earlier still look for a fixed line pay phone when they need to make a phone call way from the home or office. In nations, such as Pakistan, Kenya, and Malaysia, the [...]
Tags: * rehan allahwala, Africa, ayesha ambreen, google checkout, kenya, mirza zaim baig, mobile banking, mobile payment, mobile phone, moneybooker, pakipay, pakistan mobile, paypal, smart phones, state of Pakistan mobile Posted in Various |
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Nov 30th, 2010 |
By omar shaikh |
Category: Telecom
Revolutionizing Telecommunications in Africa and the Middle East
Emerging service providers in the Middle East and Africa have struggled to provide low-cost alternative calling methods for years, due to government regulations and technical obstacles. The IPsmarx Callback Solution is the answer for service providers who need to deliver low-cost calling to their customer base without having [...]
Tags: * sip did, Africa, ani, call route management, callback, DIDX, didxchange, ipsmarx, middle east, pin, start a voip business, techistan, voip phone numbers, web, wholesale origination Posted in Telecom |
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Nov 13th, 2010 |
By omar shaikh |
Category: Digital Social Activism
Entrepreneurs hit intersections at full speed and no plan of where to go, but someone like Sramana Mitra can guide the way. The technology entrepreneur, book author, and strategy con
Tags: * india, 1m/1m, Africa, betterfly, bongo live!, dar es salaam, DIDX, didxchange, elevator speech, entrepreneurs, i need a job, Joshua Schwadro, mobile operators, pakistan, sms vendors, social networking for business, sramana mitra, taha jiwaji, techistan, weapons of mass destruction Posted in Digital Social Activism |
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Oct 26th, 2010 |
By omar shaikh |
Category: Digital Social Activism
The sector competition organised by BiD Network opens in its second edition. Women entrepreneurs from all African countries are invited to submit their plan applications.
The Women in Business Challenge, a business plan competition to support women entrepreneurs in the development of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries, is organized by BiD Network and made possible [...]
Tags: Africa, African, botswana, business, businessplan, Challenge, competition, democratic republic of congo, female entrepreneurs, ghana, kenya, nigeria, south Africa, techistan, women, Zimbabwe Posted in Digital Social Activism |
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Oct 13th, 2010 |
By omar shaikh |
Category: Featured
The phone runs on Android 2.2 [Froyo], features a 2.8-inch capacitive touchscreen, 528MHz processor, 3.2MP camera, brightness, proximity and accelerometer sensors built in, and MicroSD storage.
Available in black, yellow, blue, and purple, the IDEOS supports functions such as voice dialling, voice navigation, and the ability to run applications off the SD card.
According to Kevin Tao, [...]
Tags: Africa, android, Google, Huwaei, Ideos, kenya, Kevin Tao, mattos, Nelson, Safaricom, smart phone, U220 Posted in Featured |
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Sep 17th, 2010 |
By omar shaikh |
Category: Mobile applications
“Calls from Somaliland are the cheapest in Africa and fierce competition between the country’s carriers means calls from Somaliland are five to six times cheaper than other African countries. Mohamed Saed Duale, the founder of Dahabshiill has joined the fray and recently launched Somtel and joins Telesom, Telcom, Africa Online, Nationlink and Soltelco as the [...]
Tags: * mexico, Africa, africa online, call home, canada, dahabshiil, diaspora, Mohamed Saed Duale, monty monford, send money home, soltelco, somaliland, somtel, suzanne bowen, techcrunch, telcom, telsom, UK, usa, virtual phone lines, virtual phone numbers, voip phone numbers, western union Posted in Mobile applications |
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Jul 27th, 2010 |
By omar shaikh |
Category: Events, Featured
“Infrastructure-sharing is not shy any more,” says Ahmed Farroukh, CEO of MTN Nigeria during 2009 Nigeria Com. Meet fearless successful leaders like Farroukh at Nigeria Com September 28-29, 201
Tags: Africa, conference, etisalat, monetizing ip communications, MTN, nigeria com, Pinet Informatics, sms until you drop, starcomms, suzanne bowen, techistan, Telecom, wireless, zain, zoom Posted in Events, Featured |
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