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Africa and Middle East telecommunications news, data and market research service
Telecom News & Operator Data from issue
507 dated 26 January 2012:
A & ME SUBSCRIBER STATISTICS:
Middle East Mobile Penetration 2Q 2011
AFRICA:
Hits orders investment priorities
BAHRAIN:
Batelco continues to find comfort overseas
BOTSWANA:
Mobile money still finding its feet
BURKINA FASO:
Wavion Wi-Fi for Telecel
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO:
Vodacom positive on partner talks
GHANA:
Airtel ups its Internet offering
CTO inputs to NCA plan
Preliminaries performed by Glo
IRAQ:
Qtel streamlines stakes for stock sale
ISRAEL:
Cellcom nominates Shtevy as V-P Business
JORDAN:
Internet investment intended by Zain
TRC boost by EU
KENYA:
JTL jumps ahead of competition
MAURITIUS:
Rural Wi-Fi bid process completed
NAMIBIA:
Stakeholders asked for submissions on Leo sale
NIGERIA:
GSM continues to demonstrate its dominance
QATAR:
Qtel formally launches FttH
Subscriber numbers propel Vodafone results
SAUDI ARABIA:
Forex fluctuations flatten STC financials
Lower call charges aid Zain
Mobile broadband major driver for Mobily
MVNO documentation put out for comment
SOUTH AFRICA:
Experienced hand takes helm of Cell C
TURKEY:
Turkcell leverages BlackBerry functionality
UGANDA:
Proven money solution for Warid
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
TRA records buoyant subscriber markets
TRA tells telcos to play fair
ZAMBIA:
Valedictory delivered by Zamtel management
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In brief...
23 January 2012:
Algeria: Abdelhak M. Yacine has been appointed Director General of Autorite de Regulation des Postes et Telecommunications (ARPT), replacing Fodil Benyelles, who has retired.
18 January 2012:
South Africa: Vodacom Group has announced that Ivan Dittrich has been appointed as its Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director, joining the Group on or about 1 July 2012.
17 January 2012:
Burkina Faso: ARCEP hosted 40 participants from Francophone Africa 9-13 January 2012 to better manage domain names in Ouagadougou. Better control of the management of domain names as well as national frequencies and addresses with numbers was called for, as they are not inexhaustible.
11 January 2012:
Bahrain: The TRA has issued what it describes as ‘the most developed Telecommunications Consumer Protection Guidelines in the region’, revealing TRA’s vision with regard to the protection of consumers’ interests in accordance with the Telecommunications Law.
4 January 2012:
Mauritania: The Autorité de Régulation is calling for tenders for the publication, in Arabic and French, of a telephone directory of subscribers and operators.
Egypt: OTH open for business - Orascom Telecom completed its demerger on Tuesday and has returned to the Egyptian Stock Exchange after having its trading suspended since 24 November 2011.
3 January 2012:
Comoros: Among the tasks mandated for 2012 by Comores Telecom's Director General is the completion of the intra-island backbones, with fibre optic rings on each island. <..read more..>
2 January 2012:
Liberia: ICC presses for data - Mobile operator Cellcom is reported to have said it will not provide UK-base consultancy firm InterConnect Communications (ICC) data following their appointment as auditors by the Board of Commissioners of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA). <..read more..>
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