Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news

January 17th to January 24th 2008

AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST:
Zain signs agreement with DNV for ISO certification 

BAHRAIN:
Batelco pioneers video mail service
Umniah to employ Subex’s fraud management and revenue assurance solutions 

BURUNDI:
HITS Telecom gets operations licence 

EGYPT:
OT denies plans of divestment of Mobinil stake 

IRAN:
Turkcell opens arbitration over Iran deal 

ISRAEL:
Bezeq uses Personeta’s platform for NGN services 

KENYA:
Celtel CEO resigns
Econet need to launch by June 

KUWAIT:
Vodafone not in talks to buy Zain Stake 

LEBANON:
February telecom auction on hold for now 

MOROCCO:
Maroc Telecom rolls out 3G services 

NIGERIA:
Celtel extends coverage in the south east region
Etisalat mulling MVNO operations 

OMAN:
Omantel launches promotional offers 

SAUDI ARABIA:
Mobily registers improved 4Q and annual 2007 results
Saudi Telecom announces 4Q and annual 2007 result
STC acquires 35 percent stake in Oger Telecom 

SOUTH AFRICA:
Oger Telecom interested in Telkom stake
Telkom Group executive for corporate communications resigns
Vodacom inks deal with Irish firm to enhance Vodafone Live!
Vodacom to launch WiFi services soon 

SYRIA:
Zain refutes plans of Syriatel acquisition 

TURKEY:
Number portability to be launched by end-2008 

UGANDA:
MTN, Celtel and UTL fund UCC for rural service expansion 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
Etisalat completes first phase of FTTH roll out
Thuraya finally launches Thuraya 3!