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afrol News, 16 April - The war of figures is back in the boardrooms, after the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) announced a surprise proposal package for mobile operators to cut on their rates drastically.

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» 29.03.2010 - Cheaper wireless internet in SA announced
» 24.02.2010 - ICT prices falling globally
» 16.02.2010 - Mobile phone connections to exceed 5 billion
» 01.02.2010 - Voice sms, a success in Uganda
» 09.12.2009 - Kenya goes digital
» 03.12.2009 - Cameroon has riskiest domain extension
» 01.12.2009 - MTN receives $18 million for network upgrade
» 16.11.2009 - Increased Internet access to boost economic growth, forum
» 09.11.2009 - African mobile market continues to develop at a rapid rate
» 09.11.2009 - ITU gets funding to build ICT museum
» 23.10.2009 - ITU approves new universal mobile phone charger
» 14.10.2009 - COSATU calls for wholesale reforms on telecomms pricing
» 13.10.2009 - SA's broadband market is at a watershed, says report
» 07.10.2009 - $215 million endorsed to develop Central Africa's efficient internet
» 06.10.2009 - Africa still lagging behind in ICTs
» 06.10.2009 - Gateway boosts its pan-Africa network strength
» 01.10.2009 - MTN signs major deal with IMImobile
» 22.09.2009 - ECP invests $25 million East African telecom
» 18.09.2009 - Competition in Morocco's telecom market increasing
» 15.09.2009 - Angola Telecom places order for fraud management solution
» 04.09.2009 - New cables to kick-start Africa's new broadband era, report
» 25.08.2009 - Expansion of ICT sector fuels Egypt's Growth
» 25.08.2009 - Uganda Telecom and Rwandatel purchase SEACOM capacity
» 11.08.2009 - African telecom leaders meet in Uganda
» 06.08.2009 - Emerging markets to push mobile gaming to $18 Billion by 2014
» 27.07.2009 - IT infrastructure outsourcing boosted in Nigeria
» 22.07.2009 - Vodacom customer base grows to 41.3 million
» 20.07.2009 - East Africa telecoms competition has fastest growth
» 22.05.2009 - Morocco invests in fiber optic line to Western Sahara
» 22.05.2009 - Internet via microwave in Burkina Faso
» 19.05.2009 - Rwanda signs $24 million grant for broadband connectivity
» 18.05.2009 - COSATU threatens total boycott against newly listed Vodacom
» 11.05.2009 - Ghana and Burkina Faso sign fibre optic networks agreement
» 28.04.2009 - Africa, M/East to lead mobile broadband subscriber growth by 2012
» 16.04.2009 - Cape Verde joins West African telecom cable
» 08.12.2008 - Mobile banking launched in Côte d'Ivoire
» 21.11.2008 - Isolated Mauritian island gets mobile coverage
» 18.11.2008 - Globacom to service Ghanaian market
» 13.11.2008 - Nigerian satellite in trouble
» 12.11.2008 - Equatorial Guinea telecom services breaking down
» 04.11.2008 - Groundbreaking of optic cable in Kenya, Mozambique
» 15.10.2008 - Vodacom South Africa to expand it's next-generation technology
» 17.09.2008 - Telkom Kenya joins stiff mobile phone market
» 15.09.2008 - Saudi Telecom expands to north Africa
» 29.08.2008 - Vodacom expands investment in Africa
» 15.08.2008 - Parliament approves Ghana's Telecom handover
» 05.08.2008 - São Tomé invests in undersea link
» 01.08.2008 - Ghana sued over telecom sale
» 11.07.2008 - Fear surrounds Botswana Sim-card registration
» 02.07.2008 - Vodafone to seal US$ 960m Ghana deal
» 19.06.2008 - Burkina Faso opts for Internet boom
» 29.05.2008 - Africa's mobile industry to pay $71 billion tax by 2012
» 29.05.2008 - Cape Verde to link China and Portuguese world
» 15.05.2008 - Nigeria firm signs mobile expansion deal
» 13.05.2008 - Africa fastest growing market in communication technology
» 30.04.2008 - Senegal adjusts Gambia's internet bandwidth capacity
» 07.03.2008 - Namibia hosts IT roadshow
» 03.03.2008 - Cellcom enjoys major investment
» 29.02.2008 - Sonatel's future worries staff
» 19.02.2008 - Nigeria cancels privatisation
» 15.11.2007 - Sonatel, Ascade seal major deal
» 31.10.2007 - $50 billion investment for African telecoms
» 31.10.2007 - Africa to enjoy ICT boom
» 16.10.2007 - Ghana’s leading mobile operators in trouble
» 16.10.2007 - Seychelles launches ICT policy
» 11.10.2007 - Rwanda hosts Connect Africa Leaders’ Summit
» 23.08.2007 - Senegal invites third mobile operator
» 13.08.2007 - Gambia sells out 50% telecoms shares
» 25.06.2007 - Gambia’s rural wireless expansion in crisis
» 13.12.2006 - Motorola signs US$75m GSM contract in Nigeria
» 30.11.2006 - Senegal, Mali get 'Orange' telecom operator
» 22.11.2006 - Nigeria to top Africa's mobile market
» 17.11.2006 - Maldives connection, a new fibre route to Africa
» 07.11.2006 - Moroccan ADSL market grows by 300%
» 10.10.2006 - Ivorian mobile company registers half a million subscribers
» 06.10.2006 - Internet booms in Senegal
» 08.09.2006 - Kenya to finance its own Internet cable
» 20.06.2006 - Mobile phones to empower rural Rwanda
» 26.05.2006 - Africans on the Internet: Maghreb most sex obsessed
» 23.05.2006 - Pan-African e-network hub may go to Mauritius
» 25.11.2005 - Nigeria gets Internet exchange
» 17.11.2005 - Angola going for e-governance .. or e-censorship
» 18.03.2005 - 3G introduction in SA could soon reduce phone bills
» 15.03.2005 - Old Kenya telecom commission "was corrupt"
» 09.03.2005 - Stakeholders unhappy with Kenya telecom reshuffle
» 03.02.2005 - Rwanda's secondary schools to be connected by 2017
» 03.02.2005 - Ghana's ICT sector is up to speed
» 28.01.2005 - Angola notes boom in cellphone use
» 12.01.2005 - Entire island of Mauritius gets wireless broadband
» 10.01.2005 - New community telephone initiative for Africa
» 07.12.2004 - Tanzania's Mafia Island links telecom and environment
» 03.12.2004 - Cape Verde restores Internet, phone line
» 27.09.2004 - Shanghai Telecom "soon Cape Verde's 2nd operator"
» 10.09.2004 - French telecom wins Libya deal
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