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 SOUTH AFRICA’S CELLULAR NETWORKS PROBE CHEAP CALLS Cellular networks MTN and Vodacom have instructed their legal and regulatory departments to investigate Telkom’s cheaper Internet phone service, which threatens to rob the companies of millions of rands in revenue. http://commtech.b2bafrica.com/industry_news/554143.htm TANZANIA BANK GOES ONLINE The CRDB Bank clients can now get all information related to banking right where they are instead of walking all the way to one of its 22 branches countrywide, following the launching of a website by the Bank. (source: via The Big Change: MOZAMBIQUE’S TELCO TO LAY UNDERSEA FIBRE CABLE Mozambique’s state telco TDM announced that it is shortly to launch an undersea fiber optic cable linking Maputo to the central and northern parts of the country. Speaking to journalists after a ceremony to launch a mobile phone network in the southern city of Inhambane, Rui Fernandes, chairman of the TDM board of directors, said the feasibility studies have ended and the trajectory the cable will take has been defined, adding that it will cost US$30 million and it is scheduled to complete in March 2002. The first stage will link Maputo to Inhambane, Vilankulos and the central port city of Beira. By 2005/2006 all provincial capitals will be linked by a network of high quality capacity. (source: Xinhua News Agency) WORLDSPACE LAUMCHES PC CARD FOR MULTIMEDIA AND SATELLITE RADIO WorldSpace, the global pioneer in direct-to-receiver digital satellite audio and multimedia services, has introduced a PC card that transforms a computer into a satellite receiver enabling access to both WorldSpace Satellite Radio and the WorldSpace Direct Media service. The WorldSpace Multimedia & Satellite Radio (MMSR) PC Card kit will be available to consumers first in Kenya and will be introduced to other markets in Africa and India by the end of 2001. Following the success of its trial debut in Kenya, the enhanced WorldSpace Direct Media service provides users with a wide selection of quality web based multimedia content direct from satellite, eliminating the expense and network congestion associated with traditional dial-up Internet service. Now a robust multimedia service operating at download speeds of up to 128 Kbps, WorldSpace Direct Media provides popular PC content, including entertainment, education, news, sports, weather, business, medicine, and human affairs, all without the need or limitations of a telephone line. The WorldSpace PC Card Kit will retail in Kenya at Kshs 7,900/=. ALGERIA SIGNS DEAL WITH INMARSAT Inmarsat, a leading global mobile satellite communications company, has announced the signing of a Land Earth Station Operators (Leso) agreement with the Algerian Ministry of Post and Telecommunications to further expand its satellite operations in North Africa and the Middle East. (source: via Dig Africa) UNDP UPGRADES ETHIOPIAN INTERNET ACCESS Ethiopian internet access will be upgraded through the UNDP Internet Initiative by Africa programme, in partnership with the Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation. Ethiopia’s internet gateway will be enhanced with extended access through four large-scale regional Internet "points of presence" in Mekele, Awasa, Jima and Dire Dawa, and small-scale points in Bahir Dar, Dese, Shashemene and Nazret, a UNDP statement said on Monday. The project will enable these regions to host their own Internet clients. National capacity will be upgraded from 512 kilobites per second to two megabites per second. "This will relieve congestion and facilitate the transmission of big files, including audio and video transmissions," the statement said. Ethiopia was expected to be able to increase the number of internet users from 3,000 to 14,000, it said. (source: UNDP via Dig Africa )
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