MWC: M-Pesa enters 5 new markets

At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, international payment and money transfer hub HomeSend announced the expansion of...

MWC: Visa makes wearables payable

Visa announced at Mobile World Congress that it is expanding its Visa Ready program to include...

MWC: BlackBerry launches security consulting service

BlackBerry used Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week to announce the launch of a new...

MWC: Connected Car gets higher gear

Summit Tech has launched the upgraded connected car at Mobile World Congress with new features including...

MWC: Panasonic wants your connection

Panasonic has used Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to introduce a suite of connected products for...

MWC: Telegram hits 100m

Fast-growing messaging service Telegram announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week that over 100-million people worldwide were now...

MWC: HTC opens Valve to VR

At this year’s Mobile World Congress, HTC, in partnership with Valve, has unveiled the consumer edition...

MWC: Lenovo unveils new tablet family

At the Mobile World Congress currently underway in Barcelona, Lenovo unveiled the TAB3 10 Business, an...

MWC: Alcatel takes Idol up a notch

Alcatel has announced the new Idol 4 series of smartphones at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Building...

MWC: ZTE maps out 5G future

At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, ZTE unveiled its 5G-oriented future network architecture design concept...

Volvo to replace car key with smartphone

Volvo Cars plans to offer its customers a smartphone application that it says will make its...

Almost a third of mobile data lost to background

A new app-usage finding, conducted through Opera Max users, shows that on average over 30% of...

Huawei sells 16m P8s

Huawei has announced it has shipped a total of 16-million phones in the P8 series, with...

Facebook’s 16m Nigerian users all using it in mobile

Facebook has announced that 16 million people in Nigeria visit Facebook every month with 100% of...

Free WhatsApp for Tanzania

Bucking a global trend of pressurising regulators to limit so-called over-the-top apps and services, Tanzania telecommunication...

Now Showmax allows movie downloads for iOS

ShowMax has recently announced that iOS users are now able to download content to their devices...

Afrihost launches mobile voice service

Afrihost has announced a range of prepaid packages that comprise both data and voice with the...

How 5G will change everything

The next big shift in mobile network technology is upon us. MATT BRANDA, Qualcomm’s director of...

Cell C frees WhatsApp

Cell C has announced it is making WhatsApp Calling free to its customers from Sunday for...

OTT regulation will protect profits, not customers

The CEO of Cell C, JOSE DOS SANTOS, hits out at MTN and Vodacom for trying...