SIM card loaded with Thai, Chinese numbe...

BANGKOK, March 29 (Xinhua) -- China Mobile International (CMI) and Thai mobile carrier TrueMove H announced the launch of first communication service, CMLink TrueMove H Thailand 4G SIM, combining Tha

Nala has built a hassle-free, offline mo...

Benjamin Fernandes, the Tanzanian co-founder chief executive of Nala, spent hundreds of hours talking to local Tanzanians about their frustrations with mobile money payment services before he launched

Smartphone shipments on decline

BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- China's smartphone shipments fell 20.1 percent year on year in February to 13.99 million units, data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology

Mobile payment launched to facilitate Ch...

The Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco on Thursday became the first Chinese diplomatic mission on the U.S. West Coast to introduce mobile payment for its consular services including passport

Mobile payment launched to facilitate Ch...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Consulate General here on Thursday became the first Chinese diplomatic mission on the U.S. West Coast to introduce mobile payment for its consular serv

China to review mobile apps for students

BEIJING, March 13 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Education said a full review of mobile apps used by schools will be conducted to ensure they are free of harmful content. Local education departments

Feature: Cuba to start 4G Internet servi...

by Raimundo Urrechaga HAVANA, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Three months ago a new scene took over the streets of Cuba as locals began to surf the Internet on their mobile phones, a highly awaited service for

Voatz, the blockchain-based voting app, ...

A blockchain-based mobile voting app called Voatz is getting put to the test again. The city of Denver revealed today that it has agreed to implement a mobile voting pilot in its May municipal electio

China's mobile-payment users reach 583 m...

BEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- About 583 million people used mobile payment in China in 2018, up 10.7 percent over 2017, according to a report from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC)

Kenya mulls mobile-based pension schemes...

NAIROBI, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Kenya is considering introducing mobile-based pension schemes to boost the country's retirement coverage, the pensions regulator said on Friday. Nzomo Mutuku, CEO of Reti