Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news

2nd of August to 9th of August 2007

AFRICA:
RASCOM receives USD 50 million AfDB loan for satellite construction 

ALGERIA:
Emirate Telecom Group to invest up to USD 3 billion in Algerie Telecom 

BAHRAIN:
Batelco’s network upgraded in Riffa 

BENIN:
Glo to invest in Benin mobile market 

BOTSWANA:
BTA loses case to Orange 

EGYPT:
Mobinil releases 2Q and 1H ’07 results 

GHANA:
Areeba renamed as MTN Ghana 

IRAQ:
Iraq to auction three new mobile licences soon 

ISRAEL:
Partner releases 2Q ’07 results
State plans sale of WiMAX concessions in October 

JORDAN:
Umniah and Housing Bank sign mutual benefit strategic partnership agreement 

KENYA:
Government to grant fourth mobile operator licence to Telkom
Kenya working to reduce rural-urban technology gap
Safaricom applies for 3G wireless services licence
Safaricom rolls out M-PESA in the UK
Telkom to complete third phase of job cuts by September 

KUWAIT:
Wataniya Telecom posts 2.9 percent increase in profits 

QATAR:
Qtel Posts 6.2% Decline in 2Q Profits 

SOUTH AFRICA:
Cell C releases 1H ’07 results
South Africa to invest USD 700 million for the deployment of telecom cable
Telkom enhancing network to meet bandwidth requirements
Telkom revises price structure 

TURKEY:
TeliaSonera to expand in Eurasia
Turkcell eyes stake in Kuwait and Iraq 

UGANDA:
Areeba ties up with Wmode to manage content services 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
DVB-H-supported cellular TV network to be deployed in Dubai
TRA establishes committee to facilitate Etisalat and du network sharing