habariinspiration 46 msafiri I n December 2007, Telkom Kenya, Kenya's national telecommunications operator, entered a landmark partnership with France Telecom – one of the world's leading telecommunication companies – who bought a 51% stake in the organisation, enabling Telkom Kenya to provide world- class services to Kenyans through its fixed network, mobile and internet services. As of September 2007, Orange became the commercial brand for the mobile, broadband and Fixed Plus services from Telkom Kenya. The launch of Orange in Kenya is a key milestone in Telkom Kenya's US$ 120 million revamp of its infrastructure and customer services. Now, Telkom Kenya has a broad range of exciting new services including Orange Fixed Plus ( enabling you to take your fixed line out of the house); Orange Broadband ( offering the fastest speeds in the country); Orange Mobile ( a new GSM mobile phone service offering both pre- paid and post- paid packages); as well as Telkom Fixed, which will remain under the Telkom Kenya brand. Orange also offers Kenya's first- ever flat- rate tariff for voice calls. Customers can now call between Orange Mobile, Orange Fixed Plus and Telkom Fixed numbers for just Ksh7 per minute, while calls to the other mobile providers will cost just Ksh14 per minute – freeing users from worries about ' off- network' and landline call charges from their mobiles. Similarly, SMS's from Orange Mobile will always cost just Ksh 3.5 per SMS to any other mobile. There's also now a single integrated customer service point, meaning one telephone number for queries about any Telkom Kenya or Orange services, making life even simpler – just dial 100 from any Telkom Kenya or Orange line. Q For more information, visit www. telkom. co. ke or www. orange. co. ke. Think small It's true, the world really is getting smaller. Take the new Acer Aspire One mini- laptop, for instance: just 1.14 inches thick and weighing a modest 2.19 pounds, it still finds space for an 8.9- inch screen, webcam and good- sized keyboard. It boots up in just ten seconds and uses a simple interface based on a Linux operating system, which lets you edit Word and Excel documents, surf the web and look at pictures and video without having to run complex software. It has a 5- in- 1 card reader for memory expansion and can hold either 8 gigs on a built- in flash drive or up to 80 on a hard drive. Telkom Kenya launches landmark new Orange services KENYA TURNS ORANGE African voices Getting an authentic African perspective on local events has traditionally been difficult for international broadcasters, while African journalists have equally found it difficult to sell their work and get a fair price for it. Enter the newly launched A24 Media, which offers high- quality local content at the click of a button for broadcasters eager for a new way to communicate about Africa. Journalists and other content producers can send their material to the main office in Nairobi, where it will be checked for balance and accuracy before being marketed to broadcasters around the globe through the website www. a24media. com. As Salim Amin, Chairman of A24 Media, puts it: ' A24 Media will change the face of journalism in Africa, and will truly give us Africans control over our stories'. Get mobile with Mobyko Mobyko. com has launched a new, free online gallery for storing and sharing mobile photos, videos and texts while abroad. Now you can save your holiday snaps online direct from a mobile anywhere in the world, and then organise and share those memories straight from any computer. Photos, videos and texts can be sent straight to a user's personal gallery in just one click from anywhere in the world – ideal for storing and managing everything on your mobile. The gallery is accessible 24/ 7 online, and isn't restricted by handset or network, offering the perfect secure place to store irreplaceable photos, videos or texts. Q For more information, check out the live demo at http:// www. mobyko. com/ gallerydemo/ mobykogallery/ index. php

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