African software development firm Altech ISIS has signed a partnership agreement with OpenCloud to provide support to the telecoms software provider during the deployment of its Rhino platform in South and sub-Saharan Africa
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Kenya tops mobile payments readiness ranking in Africa
The success of mobile money transferring in Kenya has seen the East Africa nation become the top ranked nation in terms of readiness to adopt mobile payments within Africa and fourth globally
BMW seals telematics services deal with Vodafone
BMW has teamed up with Vodafone to fit all its ConnectedDrive cars with a specially adapted mobile SIM chip for telematics services
MTN subscriber base touches 170.6 million in Q1
MTN Group, Africas largest mobile operator, has reported that its subscriber base reached 170.6 million at the end of March, up 3.7 per cent quarter-on-quarter
Tunisiana awarded 3G and fixed-line licences
Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has announced that its subsidiary Tunisiana has won licences to operate 3G and fixed-line networks in Tunisia