Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
8th to 15th of June 2007
AFGHANISTAN:
Installation of digital phone lines commences in five Afghan cities
AFRICA:
Celtel slashes roaming call rates in three more African states
DBSA reserves USD 40 billion for Eassy project
IFC to invest USD 320 million in sub-Saharan Africa
BAHRAIN:
Batelco to reduce broadband service tariffs for corporate customers
IRAN:
Iran’s telecom sector invites foreign investors
ISRAEL:
Bezeq International alleged of committing industrial espionage
Cisco acquires stake in P2P solutions firm Oversi
Vodafone rumoured eyeing Cellcom stake
JORDAN:
Jordan’s TRC drafts the introduction of MVNOs
KENYA:
Safaricom to introduce BlackBerry service by June 2007
MIDDLE EAST:
Fastlink introduces new Automatic Speech Recognition system in the Middle East
NIGERIA:
Celtel to invest USD 69 million for network expansion
Mobile connections increase by 12,030.18 percent in Nigeria
QATAR:
Qtel launches two additional ‘residential packages’
SAUDI ARABIA:
Mobily inks two additional 3G roaming deals
Mobily launches online payment service for credit card users
MTC to provide mobile service in Saudi Arabia
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
Etisalat adds Pushmail to its service portfolio
Etisalat urges government to allow foreign investors to buy shares
YEMEN:
Saba warns Sabafon of lawsuit regarding SMS news
ZAMBIA:
Zambia dismisses privatisation speculations
ZIMBABWE:
Econet secures USD 20 million for network expansion