Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
November 27th to December 4th 2008
ALGERIA:
Nedjma heads towards profitability but rival disagree on the numbers
ANGOLA:
Angola Telecom to restructure services
BAHRAIN:
TRA calls for consultation on termination services on mobile networks
TRA further extends mobile bid deadline
BENIN:
New faces for Transitional Authority
GAMBIA:
Government gets set for Gamtel, Gamcel revival
IRAQ:
Mobile carriers to face penalty
JORDAN:
TRC to award 3G licences
KENYA:
Econet launches services
Safaricom inks preferential roaming deal with Vodacom
KUWAIT:
Kuwait Telecom Company to launch operations soon
LEBANON:
Bassil announces major changes in telecom sector
MADAGASCAR:
National network formally launched
OMAN:
Majan Telecom signs reseller deal with Oman Mobile
Oman Mobile offers resale rights to other firms
Omantel enters second phase of Iran mobile licence auction
QATAR:
Qtel increases offer price for Indosat stake
Qtel upgrades national HSDPA network; inks USD 61 million deal with NSN
SAUDI ARABIA:
Mobily selects Huawei for network deployment
SENEGAL:
State looks to leverage budget deficit from Sentel
SIERRA LEONE:
Africell deploys cell site in Kabala
SYRIA:
STE, Cyta ink contract to increase Internet capacity
TURKEY:
3G licence winners announced
Government reduces tax levels
Turkcell likely to bid for Cosmofon
UGANDA:
Banks introduce mobile banking services
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
France Telecom, Etisalat sign digital home, multimedia services partnership deal
Thuraya selects Info2cell.com to provide WAP portal services
ZIMBABWE:
Econet seeks funding for new billing system