Cellular service provider Mascom is partnering with Ericsson to expand its GSM network in Botswana.
Vodacom and mobile messaging developer Clickatell have launched a site to facilitate the development of SMS and MMS applications in search of the "next killer app".
The International Telecommunications Union`s (ITU) latest report suggests that mobile technology has many future avenues for growth in Africa, including mobile Internet.
Choice Technologies has launched an SMS campaign that it hopes will help to bring the 2010 FIFA World Cup to SA.
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is set to make waves at next month`s Futurex conference, says Barry Baetu, MD of Harmonic Group.
A local mobile content provider has launched a WAP based credit card payment system for the mobile phone, allowing users to buy movie tickets from Ster Kinekor.
Concerto Software has provided MTN with the Unison outbound contact centre solution.
DJ Kevin Fine is about to go on show on Corlett Drive, living in a Perspex Box for five days and communicating with the world via cellular technology.
Beget has launched a solution enabling cellphones to send automatic distress signals.
Forrester Research used Intel`s IDF conference to show how Europe`s mobile operators got it all wrong in marketing the mobile Internet. Local operators should take note.
The governor of the Bank of Botswana has officially launched a Direct Mobile Top-Up service in Gaborone.
Cell C`s new steadychat airtime voucher will allow subscribers to pay in advance for an entire period`s airtime, while still rationing it for them on a monthly basis.
The injunction hearing brought by Econet Wireless International against Vodacom SA and Econet Wireless Nigeria has been postponed following a dispute over evidence.