Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news

15th to 21th of June 2007

AFRICA:
HiTs Telecom to sell stake in Hits Africa to fund expansion program
Vodacom releases annual results for 2006 

ALGERIA:
Wmode partners with Nedjma to offer mobile content 

BAHRAIN:
Batelco accepts new TRA pricing regulations 

BOTSWANA:
BTC selects Ceragon Networks for network upgrade 

EGYPT:
Verizon Business rolls out global IPe network Egypt 

GHANA:
Areeba to work under the brand name MTN Ghana 

ISRAEL:
Bezeq to deploy advanced data communication network for Mekorot
Swarth Investments keen to acquire ECI Telecom 

KENYA:
Government to finance Telkom’s debts pay-off
Safaricom reduces local call rates 

MALAWI:
MTL rolls out liberty phone line in Zomba 

MAURITIUS:
Mauritius government to sell stake in Mauritius Telecom 

MIDDLE EAST:
Middle East telecom market voted the second fastest growing mobile phone market 

NIGERIA:
Celtel Nigeria plans USD 1.5 billion investment for network reconstruction
Mike Foley selected as CCO of Celtel Nigeria 

QATAR:
Qtel offers new yearly subscription plan 

SAUDI ARABIA:
CITC selects three consortia to grant new fixed-line phone licenses 

SOUTH AFRICA:
Knott-Craig proposes to resign before the expiry of term
Telkom relies in ADSL service 

SWAZILAND:
SPTC announces annual results 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
du to roll out new value-added service shortly
TRA discontinues VoIP roll-out 

ZIMBABWE:
Econet to add six base stations in Bulawayo
TelOne’s MD to quit in August