Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
October 16th to October 23st 2008
AFRICA:
Mobile Web the way forward says Opera
New deal for Orange World
Orascom signs-up to Mobile Payments pilot
PTA Bank receives USD 50 million loan from China Development Bank
BAHRAIN:
Batelco pre-paid subscribers to enjoy mobile broadband service
BURKINA FASO:
Union disquiet over Onatel management
CAMEROON:
Orange looks to Camtel for payment
EGYPT:
Mobily signs for traffic violation message service
Mobinil to use Aircom’s ASSET tool for 3G deployment
GUINEA BISSAU:
Chinese to refurbish Guinétel network
IRAN:
TCI stake attracts interest of PT Telkom
ISRAEL:
Pelephone pays bandwidth fees to avoid delay in 3G network launch
KENYA:
Safaricom slashes call tariffs
KUWAIT:
Kharafi group reduces stake in Zain
Kuwait initiates process to set up national telecom regulator
MALAWI:
ACL to start operations by September 2009
GAIN to launch third mobile network in 2Q 2009
MALI:
Orange gears-up for new numbers
MOZAMBIQUE:
Centre of excellence for Portuguese-speaking telcos
NAMIBIA:
MTC rates challenged by competitors
QATAR:
Qtel posts 113 percent increase in 3Q profits
Vodafone Qatar IPO likely to be postponed
SAUDI ARABIA:
Mobily introduces mobile social networking service
SENEGAL:
Not so fast Expresso
SOUTH AFRICA:
Unions badgers Telkom to delay outsource plan
SUDAN:
Canartel likely to get mobile phone licence
SWAZILAND:
MTN Swaziland upgrades network
TANZANIA:
Tanzanian shareholders seek approval to sell Vodacom Tanzania stake
UGANDA:
France Telecom to expand Orange in Uganda
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
Etisalat introduces unlimited Internet package for corporate customers
Etisalat posts improved 3Q ’08 results
ZAMBIA:
CAZ warns mobile phone carriers to improve services
Huawei Technologies to assist Zamtel in fibre optic roll-out
ZPS branches to be linked through WAN
ZIMBABWE:
Mobile phone tariffs rise again