Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news

23rd of August to 30th of August 2007


AFGHANISTAN:
Afghanistan witnesses addition of 150,000 mobile subscribers each month 

AFRICA:
Celtel to expand One Network service in Africa by 2010 

ALGERIA:
ARPT denies LACOM’s allegations 

BAHRAIN:
Batelco signs new roaming pacts 

EGYPT:
Etisalat Misr adds to its subscriber base
Mobinil to use Ditech’s solution to enhance voice quality 

GAMBIA:
Gambian government receives orders to give details of Gamtel/Gamcel Sale 

GHANA:
Sale of Kasapa shares restrained by high court 

IRAQ:
Korek Telecom keen to acquire Iraqna’s assets 

ISRAEL:
Israel Ministry to prohibit per-minute tariff
Walla, YES launch joint website 

KENYA:
Firms dealing with Safaricom’s competitors barred from the advisory service contracts of its IPO 

KUWAIT:
MTC expected to move headquarters from Kuwait 

MIDDLE EAST:
Tango Telecom to introduce parental control solution 

NIGERIA:
Nigeria reviews introduction of mobile number portability
Telkom to expand Multilinks’ network in Nigeria
Vodafone in talks to acquire majority stake in fifth Nigerian GSM carrier 

OMAN:
Fixed-line decline Omantel 

SAUDI ARABIA:
AdaptiveMobile, STC to deliver protection to Saudi Arabia’s mobile phone customers 

SIERRA LEONE:
Celtel aims to offer affordable services 

SOUTH AFRICA:
MTN to report surge in profits, revenue as Investcom deal proves profitable 

TUNISIA:
ZTE to deploy national transmission network for Tunisie Telecom 

UGANDA:
Alcatel-Lucent bags two network deployment contracts in Uganda
Investment in Postal and Telecom domain increases by 47 percent – UCC 

ZIMBABWE:
Cuthbert Chidoori resigns from the post of POTRAZ director-general