Startup MoBFIT uses SMS to connect farmers with buyers

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India's Flytxt signs mobile marketing deal with Warid

[Walter Wafula] Uganda mobile operator Warid Telecom has contracted India's Flytxt, a provider of global real-time closed loop mobile marketing solutions, to manage its marketing campaigns.

Ugandans get free access to Wikipedia

[Walter Wafula] Ugandans who subscribe to Orange Uganda's network can now access Wikipedia for free, according to the company publicist, Patience Tindyebwa.

Third mobile money service for Uganda

[Walter Wafula] The cost of sending and receiving money via mobile phones in Uganda is set to decline after a third telecommunication company launched its own version of MTN's Mobile Money and Zain's Zap last Friday, 26 March 2010.

Uganda: Operators urged to cut mobile broadband charges

[Walter Wafula] The call for low cost mobile broadband connectivity was made by speakers at the inaugural meeting of Mobile Monday Kampala, held this week, 15 Feruary 2010. The meeting convened at least 85 participants to discuss the Future of Mobile Broadband in Uganda - the theme of the meeting.

Mobile Monday starts Kampala chapter

Voice messaging for Uganda Telecom subscribers

[Walter Wafula] Uganda Telecom subscribers can now send voice messages following the introduction of the company's voice SMS service. For UGX150, Uganda Telecom subscribers can now communicate without needing to type in text messages and fix typos etc.

MTN Uganda's Zone to stay

[Walter Wafula] MTN Uganda has decided to uphold MTN Zone, a cost saving tariff plan, due to subscriber interest for the product, according to a senior executive at the company.

Uganda: SMS marketing irks MTN subscribers

[Walter Wafula] Mobile phone communication is meant to ease life and add flavour to it, however it is also turning out to be a nuisance to Ugandans. In the past three weeks, fed-up subscribers of MTN Uganda have continuously and publicly complained of unsolicited marketing messages from the company with threats to quite its network.

Uganda Telecom's 3G network boosts picture messaging

[Walter Wafula] Subscribers on the Uganda Telecom network can now send and receive picture messages, following the upgrading of its network to third generation (3G).

Uganda Telecom unveils 3G mobile broadband

Warid unveils first mobile customer care service units

[Walter Wafula] Warid Telecom has unveiled four new advanced mobile customer care vans dubbed “Warid On Wheels” (WOW), with an aim to deliver mobile telephony service assistance to its subscribers.

Uganda's telecom operators throw the money around

[Walter Wafula] From serious business to showbiz and generosity, Uganda's telecom companies are walking a similar path. Celtel Uganda started it all with the Say Yes! and Win a House campaign in 2007 where it gave away seven houses in excess of one billion shillings.

Mobile Africa must not leave its villages behind

[Murali Shanmugavelan] Africa’s telecommunications, and hence its business potential, will never reach full fruition if rural areas and the poor are ignored when it comes to the provision of services.