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Safaricom to go big on fibre

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Contractors lay the East African Marine Cable (TEAMS) fiber optic cable

Listed-carrier Safaricom sees great demand for dedicated internet services in the future. The company which recently terminated unlimited internet bundles on its 3G network did so because the network is shared and overuse by some subscribers degrades the experience by the other users including slow speeds and poor connectivity. But the firm seems to have seen this as an opportunity. Safaricom, which rebounded from a terrible first...

CCK brings in bogus handset identifier

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The Communications Commission of Kenya has barked severally in the past about counterfeit mobile phone handsets in the market but it has yet to show bite. This time, the regulator promises, bogus handsets will truly be cut off from existing mobile networks. “We wanted to put mechanisms in place,” CCK director-general Francis Wangusi told Star Tech yesterday promising that this time the warning is for real. The mechanisms, it t...

LG launches first real streaming multimedia cloud

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LG Electronics has launched its ‘LG Cloud’ service with seamless connectivity and streaming access to all digital content across its electronic devices.LG Cloud allows users to manage and consume all types of content on Android smart phones, personal computers and smart television sets, including but not limited to CINEMA 3D models, without a separate set-top box.LG Cloud will be offered as both a free and paid service. Free storag...

LG posts $214.9m net profit

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LG Electronics Inc. (LG) has announced   a net profit of USD 214.9 million for the first quarter of 2012 ending March 31, 2012. The results indicate an end to a streak of two consecutive quarters of net losses and are attributed to a direct result of the company’s efforts to innovate in all key business units and focus on high performing products.Unaudited consolidated financial results, from the firm&r...

Autodesk offers amnesty for Autocad

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Israeli-firm Autodesk has set up offices in Kenya to manage its channel partners and work on stepping up licensing of its famous products such as Autocad. The firm says its products address “all phases of the design process from 2D design to 3D modeling, digital prototyping to building information modeling etc.” Company officials were in the country recently to make the announcement. Primary clients include those in the buildi...
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