Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news

November 13rd to November 20th 2008

AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST:
Bharti Telesoft plans to expand in Africa, Middle East through acquisition
MTN to introduce seamless roaming facility

AFRICA:
Ericsson sees consolidation...and growth

ALGERIA:
SIM-card loss a serious matter says ARPT
TE, Orascom Telecom to liquidate LACOM

BAHRAIN:
Zain launches Zain Wallet

BURKINA FASO:
ITU acknowledges Presidential contribution

CAMEROON:
Orange infrastructure investment for 2009

EGYPT:
Orascom Telecom posts declining profits
TE posts improved profits in 3Q

GAMBIA:
Phoday Sisay termed as acting CEO for Gamtel, Gamcel

IRAN:
RCom likely to bid for third mobile phone licence in Iran

ISRAEL:
012 Smile.Communications announces 3Q 2008 results
Cellcom Israel option holders to sell 785,534 shares
IGGL posts losses in 3Q 2008

KENYA:
CCK to hold public consultation for implementation of number portability
Econet Wireless to procure revenue operation centre from Subex
MTN begins pilot phase of money transfer service
Safaricom posts declining 1H results

MALAWI:
MTL invests USD 30 million for new cable project

NIGERIA:
Cable repair a priority for Nitel
Glo1 to be operational by 1Q 2009

RWANDA:
MIC wins third Rwandan mobile licence

SAUDI ARABIA:
Mobily reduces tariffs by 50 percent

SENEGAL:
Millicom files charges against the government

SOUTH AFRICA:
Telkom posts declining 1H profits
Vodacom invests ZAR 100 million for establishing data centre

TUNISIA:
TT ups bandwidth

TURKEY:
MNP implementation welcomed by subscribers

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
Etisalat looking for investment opportunities

ZAMBIA:
Zamtel workers resume work

ZIMBABWE:
Econet withdraws contract lines