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Africa and Middle East telecommunications news, data and market research service
Telecom News & Operator Data from issue
508 dated 02 February 2012:
A & ME SUBSCRIBER STATISTICS:
Africa Major Mobile Groups 2Q 2011
A & ME THOUGHTPIECE:
Treading carefully?
ALGERIA:
Unresolvable remains unresolved says Minister
ANGOLA:
Rescue lies in restructuring says AT chair
BAHRAIN:
TRA publishes final tally for 2011
EQUATORIAL GUINEA:
Third operator promoted by State
GHANA:
MTN remains upwardly mobile in 2011
Service contract renewed by MTN
ISRAEL:
More shared infrastructure sought by Golan
KENYA:
CCK votes to maintain funding
KUWAIT:
Zain rallies in second quarter
MOROCCO:
Maroc keeps upstart Inwi in its place
NAMIBIA:
Directory contract finally placed
MTC caught out by Website migration
NIGERIA:
Long game finally pays off for Econet
OMAN:
Nawras holds its ground
SAUDI ARABIA:
Oger stake sale simmers gently
SOUTH AFRICA:
DoC says competition overrides vested interest
Focus is on Mobile says Moholi
MTN not minded to withdraw from Iran
New posting for NEC executive
Strategic partnership dialogue still on-going
West Africans targeted by co-location deal
SUDAN:
Remittance restrictions raised by Zain
TANZANIA:
Mobile money enhanced by Etisalat
More new talent named by Zantel
Vodacom widens gap
ZAMBIA:
Cost of Zamtel compensation needs to be considered
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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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