Extend Services To Rural Areas
Government has expressed its commitment to providing all communities in the country with reliable mobile networks. This comes on the heels of a six-month ultimatum to three telecommunication...
Tag: Telephony
Last Message To South Korea Ferry Victim
The last messages to a victim of South Korea's Sewol ferry disaster were revealed Friday after their mobile phone was recovered from the salvaged wreck, officials said. The vessel took hours to sink...
Parents’ Mobile Use Harms Family Life
An overuse of mobile phones by parents disrupts family life, according to a survey of secondary pupils. More than a third of 2,000 11 to 18-year-olds who responded to a poll said they had asked their...
MTN Wants Mobile Money Clients Unsubscribe Interest On Their Deposits
Telecom giant, MTN Ghana, has issued notice to its Mobile Money customers asking them to follow through some steps to be exempted from receiving interest on their mobile money account if they so...
Syrian Teen Sentenced In Germany Over Bomb Plot
A 16-year-old Syrian refugee was convicted in Germany Monday of planning a bomb attack on behalf of the Islamic State jihadist group and sentenced to two years' juvenile detention. The regional court...
Classy Anita Is Your Host
Co-Host of ‘Starr Drive’on Starr 103.5FM, Anita Erskine, will single-handedly host the 18th edition of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA), tonight at the Accra International Conference Centre....
Brave Man Fights Four Armed Robbers Who Attacked Him; Two Arrested
A man in Koforidua Asokore in the Eastern region displayed tenacious bravado during a night armed robbery attack. 33 year old Christian Tetteh, battled the four masked AK47 and pump action guns...
Should We Be Worried?
Thousands of documents said to detail the CIA’s hacking tools were published by Wikileaks on Tuesday. They included allegations that the CIA had developed ways to listen in on smartphone and smart...
Two Nabbed For Stealing Mobile Phones At Black Star Square
Two persons have been arrested at the Black Star Square for allegedly stealing mobile phones. The two were arrested after a lady who only gave her name as Irene complained to a nearby police officer...
Singapore Defence Ministry Reports Cyber Breach
Singapore's defence ministry said Tuesday that hackers had stolen the personal details of hundreds of staff and soldiers in what appeared to be a "targeted" cyber attack on its computer systems....
India Police Arrest ‘world’s Cheapest Smartphone’ Firm Boss
The director of Ringing Bells, the Indian firm which claimed to be selling the world’s cheapest smartphone, has been arrested on allegations of fraud. Mohit Goel was held after one of the phone’s...
Vodafone Launches ‘fibre-To-the-Home’
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Mr Kwaku Sakyi-Addo, has urged telecommunications to deploy fibre broad bands to homes and offices, as a means of preventing...
Rwandan Government Bans Medics From Using Mobile Phones At Work
Effective March 1, healthcare providers in Rwanda will be prohibited from using mobile phones during working hours to “ensure better service delivery”, according to an announcement from the...
Security Systems For Your Home
Choosing the right security system for your home is serious business. There is a lot that goes into choosing the right security system. Consider these three elements when determining which security...
Three Remanded For Robbing An Appeals Court Judge
An Accra Circuit Court on Monday remanded three persons accused of conspiring and robbing their victims, including an Appeals Court judge, of their belongings at gunpoint. Dickson Addai, Prince Owusu...
Contact Center Will Help Reduce Turnaround
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is optimistic it will be able to reduce the time taken to address concerns from the public, following the opening of its 24-hour Contact Centre. In the past, it has been...
BoG Moves To Improve Communication With Public
The Bank of Ghana would on Friday, December 23, launch a Contact Centre, as part of efforts by the Bank to improve communication and the public understanding of its work. Mr Bernard Otabil, the...
NCA Tightens Rules Against Unsolicited Messages, Calls
National Communications Authority (NCA) has begun a public consultation process to amend and tighten the existing Unsolicited Electronic Communication (UEC) Code of Conduct. If successful, the move...
4 Telcos To Electronically Transmit 2016 Election Results
Four mobile telephony companies have been contracted by the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana to electronically transmit (e-transmit) the results of the 2016 general elections to the national...
Mobile Radiation Isn’t Harmful
The proliferation of mobile telephony around the world and the ubiquity of a technology that a decade and a half ago had not gained traction has made communication possible at dizzying speeds,...