Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news

July 24th to July 31st 2008

BAHRAIN:
Batelco posts 15 percent decline in 2Q net profit

BURUNDI:
Ericsson to deploy GSM network for Lacell

ISRAEL:
WPT allocated spectrum

KENYA:
AccessKenya invests USD 3.5 million to offer residential Internet service

KUWAIT:
Government to launch IPO for third telecom carrier in August
Zain posts improved 1H 2008 results

MALAWI:
MACRA awards mobile licence to Global Advanced Integrated Networks
TNM to float shares on the MSE in 2008

MOROCCO:
Maroc Telecom posts improved 1H ’08 results

NAMIBIA:
MTC Namibia invests NAD 300 million in network infrastructure

NIGERIA:
Celtel appoints two top level officers
Globacom expects submarine cable project completion by May 2009

OMAN:
Nawras appoints chairman
STC shows interest in Omantel stake acquisition

SAUDI ARABIA:
STC lowers roaming rates
Zain to launch third GSM mobile phone network

SOUTH AFRICA:
Altech, ECN Telecoms offer cheap international calls
MTN outlines ZAR 7.1 billion investment
Telkom VSAT customers to face service interruption due to maintenance
Vodacom concludes BEE deal

TURKEY:
Turkcell inks agreement to acquire controlling stake in BeST

UGANDA:
HITs Telecom faces licence revocation risk
MTN Uganda being accused of poor service quality

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
du reports USD 12 million net loss in 2Q ’08

ZAMBIA:
Celtel posts ZMK 118.3 billion profit in 1H ’08

ZIMBABWE:
Econet receives approval for 2.5G, 3G service launch