Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news

January 31st to February 7th 2008

ALGERIA:
Orascom Telecom Algerie overrules sale speculations 

BAHRAIN:
Batelco releases annual ’07 results
Batelco to cut employee numbers 

EGYPT:
Mobinil registers USD 328 million annual ’07 net income
North Korea sanctions mobile licence to Orascom
Telecom Egypt selects Alcatel-Lucent for $125Mn new undersea cable project 

GHANA:
SingTel withdraws from Ghana Telecom bid 

IRAN:
Telecom eager to enter Bourse 

ISRAEL:
Cellcom considers endorsing WiMAX technology
Cellcom Israel secures ILS 600 million through issue of debentures
Discount sells stake in Cellcom 

KUWAIT:
Wataniya launches new WCam service 

MALAWI:
Kaliati criticises high cost of communication in the country 

NIGERIA:
Celtel board takes a hit with three resignations
Transcorp: Efforts to revive NITEL/Mtel on track 

OMAN:
Omantel introduces new festive offer
Omantel stake up for grabs 

QATAR:
Qtel’s 3.5G network reaches 50,000 

SAUDI ARABIA:
Mobily gears up for 20 percent stake sale
Mobily launches ‘Najma’ package for women 

SOUTH AFRICA:
Africell acquired by VTEL Holdings
Vodacom wins complaint against Cell C 

TURKEY:
Avea aims 13 million subscribers in ’08 

UGANDA:
RIM to offer BlackBerry smartphones to MTN 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
du inks agreement with PCCW