Equity Bank, Kenya’s largest bank by customer base, has applied to the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) for a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) license. CAK director general Francis Wangusi Continue Reading
Deutsche Telekom is reported to be considering a partnership with the OTT messaging service WhatsApp. In an interview at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Claudia Nemat, board member Continue Reading
According to a report by Ericsson, data traffic over all mobile networks reached around 2,000 petabytes (2,000 x 1015 bytes) in the fourth quarter of 2013, an increase of 70 Continue Reading
Airtel Rwanda and I&M bank, in partnership with Rwandan m-commerce developer R-Switch, have launched a service that allows Airtel Money customers to withdraw cash from I&M ATMs using their mobile Continue Reading
U.S.-based semiconductor designer Broadcom, Finland-based multinational Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN) and Finnish mobile and fixed line operator Elisa have demonstrated LTE Advanced (LTE-A) service on a live commercial network. Continue Reading
Also at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the Nokia handset division—whose $7.4 billion sale to Microsoft was announced in September but has not yet officially closed—will introduce a smartphone Continue Reading