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Broadband provider, iBurst, has applied to ICASA to extend its WiMAX allocation to 30MHz of frequency spectrum in the 2.6MHz and 3.5MHz ranges. This allocation will be used to support its plans to increase download speeds and to roll out nomadic WiMAX services.

Continue reading Intel partner applies for WiMAX allocation in South Africa

Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 03/08/2009

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Leaf International Communications, the sole distributor of HTC in South Africa launched three phones: Touch Pro2, Touch Diamond2 and the Snap for the local market.

The Leaf team presented their new offerings to the media at Central Grill in Fourways. The company also confirmed the Android Market, Google?s mobile application directory, will be available to South African users from August 2009.

Continue reading HTC opens Android Market in South Africa

Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 03/08/2009

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VIDEO INTERVIEW: Lanre Ajayi, managing director of PINET Informatics and president of the Nigerian Internet Group,  was interviewed at the recent West & Central African Com conference held in Abuja, Nigeria.
He talks about the changes coming in broadband and the need for businesses to position themselves for the opportunities they will bring. He said these will include opportunities in terms of applications, e-business, e-commerce and e-government.

Continue reading West & Central African Com: Opportunity Abounds as Nigeria Faces “Revolution” in Broadband Deployment

Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 31/07/2009

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Mobile Tag has announced that it has been selected by JCDecaux as the technological partner to deploy flashcodes (2D barcodes) on bus shelters within the Quartier Numérique (Digital Area) in Paris, France.
The 2D mobile barcode specialist said the new flashcode service – called Mobilités – will offer both Parisians and tourists access to external content via mobile phones with Internet access.

Continue reading Mobile Tag Barcode Technology On Paris Bus Shelters

Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 29/07/2009

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VIDEO INTERVIEW: Ahmad Farroukh, CEO of MTN Nigeria, was interviewed at the recent West & Central African Com conference held in Abuja, Nigeria.
He talks about plans for increasing market share by targeting customer satisfaction. Farroukh also discusses infrastructure sharing and MTN’s Community Phone Service.

Continue reading West & Central African Com: MTN Nigeria Targets Customer Satisfaction to Expand Market Reach

Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 29/07/2009

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INTERVIEW: Scott Belsky, founder and CEO of Behance, tells smartphone.biz-news about his company’s Action Method iPhone application – a free and innovative app aimed at increasing users’ productivity.
He said that people focus too much on deadlines instead of what matters most – action and delegating.

Continue reading Behance iPhone App is “Twitter for Actionable Tasks”

Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 27/07/2009

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VIDEO INTERVIEW: Robert Aouad, CEO of Isocel Telecom, was interviewed at the recent West & Central African Com conference held in Abuja, Nigeria. He talks about the prospects for, and handicaps to, growth of the broadband market in Benin, where Isocel forecasts it will be providing Internet connections to 50% of the population by 2010.

Continue reading West & Central African Com: Market “Hungry” for Internet and Access to Real-Time Information

Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 27/07/2009

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INTERVIEW: Smartphone.biz-news spoke to John Dubois, global roaming director for the WiMAX Forum, to hear the latest on the deployment of the 4G technology’s networks – and plans for operators to use a hub model for roaming agreements.
Getting underway are the first commercial global roaming trials, which will involve 14 “ecosystem leaders” carrying out end-to-end testing of roaming over live WiMAX networks.

Continue reading Clearing Houses at Centre of WiMAX Hub Model

Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 22/07/2009

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More than a third of Russian consumers are interested in a smartphone-based navigation device – while nearly 63 per cent are willing to pay more than euro 4 per month for a vehicle tracking service based on a GPS-enabled smartphone.
These are among the findings of research by Frost & Sullivan which also showed that global positioning system (GPS)-enabled smartphone technology is gaining ground over traditional portable navigation devices (PND) in the Russian navigation and telematics market.

Continue reading Handset Vendors Eye Russian Smartphone-based Navigation Market

Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 22/07/2009

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