Icasa: Call termination rates to be reduced

Icasa and telecommunications companies will embark on a process to cut call termination rates, Icasa said on Tuesday.

Icasa agrees to look into high cellphone rates

Icasa has agreed that there is a need to look into high cellphone rates, says Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille.

India's Bharti, MTN may extend merger talks

Bharti Airtel and MTN are expected to extend talks by two to three weeks for a proposed merger, sources familiar with the deal said on Friday.

Cellphone repairmen thrive in Burkina market

Tongs in one hand, soldering iron in the other, Moumouni Tiemtore draws sparks from the carcass of a cellphone. "It's a circuit fault," he says.

Cellphone SIM cards to be registered

All cellphone SIM cards will have to be registered in terms of legislation that comes into effect on Wednesday.

MTN appoints new finance director

MTN Group has appointed Nazir Patel as finance director to succeed Rob Nisbet, who is leaving the company, MTN said on Monday.

Climate change venture aims to SMS weather info

Ericsson and Zain, and the UN weather agency, teamed up on Thursday to harness Africa's cellphones to SMS vital weather information to villages.

Smartphones seen edging netbooks for mobile surfers

When 27-year-old Kas Tsai wanted to get a mobile internet device, he picked an Apple iPhone over a low-cost netbook PC.

Sony Ericsson to slash 2 000 jobs after losses

Sony Ericsson on Friday said it would cut 2 000 more jobs after it swung to a loss of €293-million in the first quarter of the year.

You're breaking up

On a bus ride to Koforidua, Francis Kokutse’s ears burn as his fellow passengers lie into their cellphones.

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