Huawei Friday presented a special award to Turkish professor Dr. Erdal Arikan, the inventor of polar codes for 5G, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development of communications technology. At the ceremony, held at Huawei's global headquarters in Shenzhen, the company also honored more than 100 Huawei scientists
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Telecom giant Airtel Uganda Friday afternoon announced that it had partnered with Buganda Kingdom’s struggling K2 Telecom in a move that will see subscribers of the latter enjoy all the services offered by Airtel. As part of the agreement, people in Buganda will get an opportunity to buy a co-branded
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Facebook shares tumbled by more than 20 per cent on Wednesday after the social media network's revenue and user growth fell short of investor expectations. The firm, which is facing backlash for its handling of fake news and privacy, said it had 2.23 billion monthly active users at the end
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Tanzanian authorities are in talks with the telecommunications regulator to consider whether there is need to enact a new law or ensure existing laws are implemented accordingly to control the rampant mobile money theft. The minister responsible for communications, Mr Isack Kamwelwe told The Citizen newspaper that the government has
Read MoreDo you have a VPN on your smartphone? And what about your laptop? PC? Tablet? Do you have a VPN installed at least on one of those devices? In the 21st century, the importance of having a VPN is no more a question to discuss. If you want to have
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By AFP Campaigners against Uganda's tax on social media have been broadcasting calls on loudspeakers urging users not to pay the levy, playing a game of cat-and-mouse with police, witnesses said on Tuesday. Since the start of July, access to social media networks, as well as dating sites Tinder and
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Mobile phones in Kenya are like bank accounts - some people keep all their savings on their phone - and fraudsters are trying to hack into them to steal the money. Sammy Wanaina received a text message on Sunday asking him to provide the secret personal code so that his
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Diamond Trust Bank Uganda (DTB) announced at the Uganda Bankers’ Association Conference Tuesday that they will be offering Mastercard’s premium card payment solutions in the country, which includes the Mastercard Gold Debit Card and Platinum Credit Card. DTB will be the first issuer of Mastercard credit cards in Uganda. Dr.
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By Aloysious Kasoma Jumia, one of Uganda’s leading E-Commerce players has spoken out on the infamous social media tax, describing the future as “uncertain”. Sefic Bagdadioglu, Jumia Regional Director can’t paint a rosy picture about the future progress of the online business shopping in Uganda considering the OTT tax commonly
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MTN Group Ltd. workers in South Africa are set to go on strike after a breakdown in wage talks between Africa’s biggest mobile-phone company by subscribers and a key labor group, Bloomberg reports. The Communications Workers Union sent MTN an intention to strike and 120 protesters gathered outside the company’s
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