Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news

July 10th to July 17th 2008

AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST:
Etisalat launches mobile roaming alliance in three nations
Juniper forecasts mobile revenues in MEA region to reach USD 107 billion by 2013
NTT DoCoMo vies expansion in Asia and MEA region

ALGERIA:
Djezzy cuts promotion short following ARPT intervention
Mobilis Algeria Telecom launches new services
Nedjma extends offer following price cut

BOTSWANA:
BTA presses on SIM card registration

CAMEROON:
Yemba becomes first MVNO in Cameroon

COTE D'IVOIRE:
Orange launch financial service

GHANA:
Ghana MP wants Vodafone-GT deal suspended

JORDAN:
Wi-tribe looks to expands WiMAX nationally

KENYA:
Celtel appoints new MD; outlines USD 381.4 million investment plans
Celtel extends GPRS roaming service in Nigeria
Safaricom offers 3G services in Mombasa

MALAWI:
New subsidised mobiles from TNM

MOZAMBIQUE:
mCel releases annual 2007 results

NIGERIA:
Celtel Nigeria commissions new MSS in the South East region
Transcorp outlines USD 100 million investment in NITEL
Vodafone planning to acquire majority stake in NITEL

OMAN:
Interest in Omantel shapes-up

QATAR:
Qtel’s hopes to increase stake in Indosat busted

SOUTH AFRICA:
RCOM, MTN merger talks extended 

TURKEY:
Cytamobile-Vodafone upgrades network to HSDPA
Turkcell to offer Windows Live Messenger service to subscribers

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
Etisalat introduces new software for Internet customers’ assistance
Etisalat posts 58 percent increase in 2Q ’08 profits

ZAMBIA:
Second phase of nationwide fibre optic deployment begins
WAN to link Zambian post offices