Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news

January 1st to January 8th 2009

ALGERIA:
NSN to provide HLR solution to OTA

ANGOLA:
Benguela gets new network

BAHRAIN:
Batelco restores FLAG undersea link
NGN for Manama, Salmaniya and Ras Ruman

ISRAEL:
Alvarion to deploy Mobile WiMAX for VMAX Telecom in Taiwan
Asiacell seeks protection against terrorist attacks
Israeli switches to per-second billing

JORDAN:
3G licence auction likely to be postponed

LEBANON:
Competitive EDGE for mtc touch

MADAGASCAR:
IOC MOU paves way for cable

MALI:
President thanks 'dynamic' operators

MAURITIUS:
2009 is ‘Year of ICT’ says Minister

NIGERIA:
FG instructs fresh valuation for NITEL privatisation
MTN's appeal dismissed by court

PALESTINE:
Jabalia’s exchange take a direct hit

QATAR:
Qtel makes QAR 50 start-up price permanent
Vodafone Qatar to establish cable landing station

REUNION:
3G from Only

RWANDA:
Rwandatel adds 120,000 subscribers to 3G-GSM network

SENEGAL:
Loan to beef-up communications network

SOUTH AFRICA:
Vodacom extends HSUPA service to four more towns

TANZANIA:
Zain introduces mobile Internet service

TURKEY:
Yapi Merkezi awards railway telecom equipment order to Nortel

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
Award solicited by du
Etisalat cuts cost of SMS

ZAMBIA:
Zamtel installing nationwide fibre optic network

ZIMBABWE:
Telecel, NetOne to charge subscribers in forex