MTN Rwanda has claimed that the reason behind upgrading its network, which has been causing disruptions, is to compete with it's business rivals.
MTN subscribers have been experiencing network disruptions recently because of their upgrade to 3G (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's largest mobile phone operator Mobinil, has introduced a promotion
where USB Internet users get a month of Internet free after subscribing to the service for over one month.
The company announced that the promotion also gives the (...)
CAIRO: The trial of the Higher Tunisian Court to decide over censoring certain websites from the Internet in the country has been postponed to February 22, reported a well-informed source in Tunisia.
The issue was made popular late last year, (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's Orascom Telecom said it wil give shareholders most of the $1 billion it is gaining in its recent deal with France Telecom announced this week.
The recent deal includes the majority of remaining shares of Mobinil to be purchased by (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's Orascom Telecom Media and Technology (OTMT) CEO Khaled Bishara claimed on Thursday that the plan to sell most of the remaining shares of Mobinil to France Telecom is strictly an economic deal and maintains the rights of the company (...)
CAIRO: Orange Tunisia has rolled out non-stop mobile Internet access for all it's customers that have subscribed to their ‘Internet Everywhere' plan.
The Internet service is available in 3G and gives it's users 7.5GB of bandwidth every (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's Orascom Technology Ventures, an online and mobile technology company, recently acquired slightly over 50 percent of the Egyptian e-commerce website “Dare'n'Deal“.
Hanan Abdel Meguid, co-owner OTVentures, said that the acquisition (...)
CAIRO: A teenager from Morocco has claimed to have hacked into a major adult site, a security firm said on Tuesday.
Up to 350,000 user account information may have been compromised, the reports in the country stated.
The hacker, a 17-year-old, (...)
CAIRO: Sudanese telecom company Canar announced it had reached an agreement on Tuesday with Dublin-based technology company i-conX. The deal revolved around improving routing technology in Canar's telecommunication infrastructure.
Canar, which (...)
CAIRO: Etisalat Group chairman Mohammad Omran, addressed the TEDx on Monday in Libya's capital, Tripoli. The conference is considered to be the first of its kind following the revolution in the country.
Omran was speaking as part of the (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's Vodafone, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, recently reported that its operations in North African countries have performed better than in southern European markets.
Setbacks to its performance in Southern Europe (...)
CAIRO: France Telecom will increase its ownership of Egyptian telecommunications giant Mobinil, the companies announced earlier on Monday.
The deal comes after several weeks of discussion with Orascom about the future of the Egyptian (...)
CAIRO: Algerie Telecom Satellite (ATS) has signed two contacts with Eutelsat Communications concerning the new Atlantic Bird 7 satellite, which was launched by Eutelsat recently at a vital location for broadcasting and communication services.
The (...)