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Issue no 421 * ECONOMIC REGULATION, COMPETITION AND PRIVATISATION 15-19 September 2008, Yaoundé, Cameroon This course is part of the the Programme for Development and Training (PDT) run by the...
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Issue no 421 * Neotel has appointed the highly respected former telecommunications regulator Icasa councillor Tracy Cohen as its new executive head Tata Communications of India for regulatory affairs...
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Issue no 421 * MTN and Opera Software - Uganda MTN Uganda has signed an agreement with Opera Software, a world leader in web browsing technology, to supply it with its Opera Mini, said to be one of the...
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Issue no 421 * ICT POLICY IN EAC PARTNER STATES / SUPPORT TO ICT POLICY REVIEW PROCESS. The overall objective is to assist the EAC Partner States in the review process of their national ICT policies in...
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Issue no 421 - Egyptian telecoms group Orascom Telecom has reported a first half revenue of USD2.652 billion, a 19% increase on the same period of 2007. In the six months ended 30 June 2008 Orascom...
View ArticleAfrica’s Telecoms Private Equity On Growth Path
Issue no 421 East Africa's investment and venture capital markets are set for a revolution with the establishment of the Africa Technology Media and Telecoms (ATMT) Fund. The package is a US$100...
View ArticleTough Market Forces South Africa’s APH Into Restructuring
Issue no 421 Consumer electronics group Amalgamated Appliance Holdings (APH) said that it had been forced to embark on a major restructuring of its businesses to survive a turbulent trading environment...
View ArticleVodacom buys Gateway Communications
Issue no 421 Vodacom has finalised a deal to acquire carrier services and business network solutions subsidiaries of Gateway Telecommunications SA (Pty) Ltd ("Gateway") for an enterprise value of...
View ArticleNigerian telco Globacom in Vodacom takeover bid?
Issue no 421 South Africa's biggest mobile operator, Vodacom, could become a takeover target for Nigerian business tycoon Mike Adenuga (owner of Globacom), who has proposed a merger between Telkom's...
View ArticleEquity Launches Cellphone Banking in Kenya
Issue no 421 The next battle frontier for banks will be fought on the mobile phone, signalling a widely anticipated drop in banking transaction costs by customers. It also means that bank customers...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s national Internet portal growing
Issue no 421 South Africa’s national internet portal, SouthAfrica.info, receives almost 30-million hits a month and compares favourably with the country’s top commercial web sites, the statutory...
View ArticleComputer News - In Brief
Issue no 421 - In Uganda, the Cabinet has approved three cyber laws. The three laws are the Electronic Transactions Bill, Electronic Signatures Bill and Computer Misuse Bill. "The Bills will be...
View ArticleCanada to Build 300 Multimedia Centres in Cameroon
Issue no 421 Cameroon's Information and Communication Technology will in a few years ahead witness a significant transformation, following the signing yesterday of two new agreements between the...
View ArticleFCT Improves Transport With E-Ticketing in Nigeria
Issue no 421 The present practice of using cash to board buses in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) may soon be a thing of the past with the new smart card innovation of ETopNG. Just like every...
View ArticlePositive results claimed for the One Laptop Per Child Project test in Rwanda
Issue no 421 The Ministry of Education's Secretary General together with the ICT department, has just finished carrying out an evaluation exercise to establish the efficacy of the One Laptop per Child...
View ArticleAltech Wins Battle to Build Own Network in South Africa
Issue no 421 Business and consumers can look forward to cheaper telecommunications services after technology company Altech won a legal battle for the right to build its own network. Altech's victory...
View ArticleInternet News - In Brief
Issue no 421 - Google released its newest product in the form of an open source browser called Chrome. The release comes a little ahead of Google's original plans. Dubbed by Google as faster, more...
View ArticleTunisia censors Facebook
Issue no 421 Access to the social networking website Facebook (http://www.facebook.com) has been blocked without explanation since 24 August 2008 in Tunisia, in a move that reinforces government...
View ArticleAngola launches Infrasat to extend national voice, data and TV coverage
Issue no 421 The Angolan head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos inaugurated new national satellite coverage of the country through a new company called Infrasat. The company is a business unit of...
View ArticleTelecoms News - In Brief
Issue no 421 - Reuters, citing local newspaper reports, claims that Zain is in talks to buy a mobile telephony licence in Rwanda. The Rwandan government launched the bidding process for the country's...
View ArticleKenya’s ATM service provider Pesapoint links up with Safaricom’s M-Pesa in...
Issue no 421 Safaricom, the listed mobile service provider will on Wednesday sign an agreement with ATM service provider PesaPoint. The deal will allow M-Pesa customers withdraw money through PesaPoint...
View ArticleMobinil launches 3G services in Egypt
Issue no 421 The Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (Mobinil) launched its 3G services on 1 September after long delays. The largest mobile phone operator in Egypt by subscribers, Mobinil invested...
View ArticleIndia's $30 Million Boost for Sierra Leone Telecom – looking at SAT3 link
Issue no 421 The Indian Government has given US$30 million to revamp the ailing incumbent’s fixed line services and switches. It will used to improve landline services in Freetown, Kono, Port Loko,...
View ArticleSmile Communications gets Uganda telecoms licence
Issue no 421 South African-based low cost telecoms firm Smile Communications has been awarded a telecommunications licence by the Ugandan government, Uganda's communications minister said last Tuesday....
View ArticleTelecoms, Rates, Offers and Coverage (briefs)
Issue no 421 - Six months after launching commercial operations, Nigeria’s telco Visafone has hit the one-million subscribers mark. The company’s current coverage area has grown to 17 states, over 150...
View ArticleITXC judgement lifts the carpet on bribes to seven African telcos for contracts
Issue no 421 Everyone knows it happens but the conclusion of the trial of three former ITXC employees has aired publicly how it is done. Employees of seven African telcos – all state owned with one...
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