The 3G Nokia 3310 was made official last month and now the handset is up for pre-order in Europe. The handset is available from European retailer Digitalo for €69.90 and the device will apparently ship next month. The handset comes with the same ... ( read original story ...)
Zain SA, Nokia Complete Trial of LTE-U Multiband Small Cells
Zain Saudi Arabia and Nokia have completed the Middle East's first trial of LTE-Unlicensed, combining unlicensed spectrum in the 5 GHz frequency band with 1800 MHz spectrum to deliver a downlink speed of 223 megabits per second. Following the trial ... ( read original story ...)
SA’s first 5G network to go live next month
Comsol, a telecommunications company backed by Nedbank, the Industrial Development Corporation and Andile Ngcaba’s Convergence Partners, will launch the first fifth-generation (5G) network in South Africa next month. The company, based in Midrand in ... ( read original story ...)
Now you can read in the bath as Amazon debuts waterproof Kindle
The 4G internet functionality means users will be able to download ... on Wednesday that the Kindle Oasis will be available to pre-order globally. Note: South African prices may differ from those quoted in the US. ( read original story ...)
How Vanu Can Make Rural Cellphone Networks Profitable On $1 A Month And Connect Rural Africa
Such networks will attract users with 3G – and now 4G devices – and more affluent urban consumers ... READ: How BRCK, Vanu And Facebook are reinventing (free) mobile internet access for Africa in rural Rwanda. The first thing he realised was that ... ( read original story ...)
Task before Akinlola, ntel’s New CEO
a company he headed as CEO Founder/Telecoms Advisory was engaged as a strategic advisor by the board of Swazi Mobile to formulate a commercial strategic plan for the application of a 4G VoLTE licence in Swaziland South Africa. “Swazi Mobile was ... ( read original story ...)
OUTsurance CEO resigns to join wireless startup
“Willem is relocating his family to Stellenbosch and will be taking up an executive position with the 4G+ mobile start-up business ... In July, mining magnate Patrice Motsepe's African Rainbow Capital (ARC) aquired a 20 % stake in the Rain. ( read original story ...)