Tag Archives: Mobile telecommunications

27Sep/17

Twitter to test 280-character tweets

September 27, 2017InternetBiz Stone, China, Company: Twitter, Computing, Donald Trump, Mobile telecommunications, Operating systems, Real-time web, Sampling, San Francisco, social media, Social Media & Networking, Social networking services, Software, South of Market San Francisco, Stone, Technology, Text messaging, Tweet, Twitter, Twitter usage, Twitterature, United Statessmbale

Twitter says it’s testing tweets that are as long as 280 characters with a random sample of users. Grace Lee reports. Continue reading →

07Dec/15

Africa – Mobile Broadband – Statistics and Analyses

December 7, 2015Mobile3, 3G, 4G, Africa, Altair Semiconductor, Brazil, Broadband, LTE, Mobile broadband, Mobile telecommunications, National broadband plan, smartphone, South Africa, T-Mobile, Telecommunications, United Kingdom, United States, Wirelesssmbale

(Press Release, Research and Markets) – Africa continues to see strong growth in mobile broadband use and data traffic, the result of several factors which are providing a beneficial environment for investment and customer take-up of services. Overall forecasts suggest that mobile internet traffic across the region will increase 20-fold by the end of the decade.
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11Mar/15

Armed mugging of South African reporter caught on camera

March 11, 2015WorldBlacklisting, Digital media, Edgar Lungu, Electronic engineering, Flight of the Conchords episodes, Information and communications technology, Johannesburg, Johannesburg Gauteng, journalist, Microsoft Kin, Mobile phone, Mobile telecommunications, Mugged, president, Sophia, South Africa, South African Broadcasting Corporation, State media, Technology, Telecommunications, Videotelephony, Vuyo Mvoko, Zambiasmbale

A reporter is mugged in Johannesburg by two men, one armed with a gun, as he is about to start a live news bulletin about Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s hospital treatment.
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02Mar/15

Mobile World looks to 5G

March 2, 2015Mobile4G, 5G, 5G Technology Industry, Availability of 5G by country, CCS Insight, China, DAISY CHU, Electronic engineering, Electronics, Huawei, Internet of things, Ivor Bennett, Kester Mann, Lauri Oksanen, Mobile telecommunications, New Zealand, Nokia, Nokia Networks, South Africa, Technology, Technology forecasting, Technology/Internet, Telecommunications, Wirelesssmbale

(BVO) – Welcome to the future.

A place where you can stream videos as holograms from your phone.

HD movies will take a matter of seconds to download.

While data speeds reach the giddy heights of 13 Gigabytes per second.

For now 5G is a work in progress.

But firms like Nokia Networks are hoping to make it a reality by 2020.
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02Mar/15

Visa and Samsung Bring Mobile Payments to the New Samsung Galaxy S6

March 2, 2015MobileBarcelona, Business, Business/Finance, Credit cards, Economics, Economy, Electronic commerce, Injong Rhee, ISO standards, Mobile payment, Mobile payments, Mobile telecommunications, Money, Near field communication, Payment cards, Payment systems, Ryan McInerney, Samsung, Samsung Electronics, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO .LTD, Samsung Galaxy S6, Samsung Pay, Spain, Technology, Technology/Internet, United States, Videotelephony, Visa Inc., VisaNetsmbale

Visa technology facilitates secure consumer payments with the new Samsung Galaxy S6
Mobile payment service by Samsung available in the U.S. starting summer 2015
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