Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
December 25th to January 1st 2009
AFRICA:
Zain to introduce mobile money transfer service via One Network
ANGOLA:
Angola announces launch of telecom satellite in January 2009
BAHRAIN:
Batelco extends reach of NGN Network
SIM cards registration deadline extended
TRA updates roaming rules for carriers
BURKINA FASO:
Discounted Onatel shares for nationals
COTE D'IVOIRE:
MTN mobile TV trialled
GHANA:
Mobile telecom players to introduce Telecoms Chamber shortly
IRAQ:
Zain, Asiacell penalised for poor service quality
ISRAEL:
012 Smile.Communication to launch USD 10 million share repurchase program
Partner Communications launches Internet and landline telephony services
Positive Partner stablised
KENYA:
TEAMS’ board clarifies rumours regarding project ownership
KUWAIT:
Zain introduces voice SMS service
MALAWI:
TNM gears-up for GPRS
MOZAMBIQUE:
PT to participate in third mobile licence auction
NIGERIA:
NCC warns carriers to maintain service quality
New satellite gateway to offer services in Nigeria
Phase3 signs network contract with ECOWAS
OMAN:
Omantel stake sale proceedings stopped
PALESTINE:
Jawwal simplifies roaming charges
QATAR:
Qtel gets approval to acquire majority stake in Indosat
Qtel to enhance network capacity
Qtel, Reliance Globalcom enter into strategic partnership
RWANDA:
RwandaTel runs out of 3G handsets
SAUDI ARABIA:
Atheeb to float IPO in January 2009
Mobily reduces call rates to Palestine
TANZANIA:
Mobile phone SIM cards to be registered by end-2009
ZAMBIA:
Zamtel plans USD 105 million investment for network upgrade
ZIMBABWE:
Forex bill settlement offered by Econet