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Telecoms revenue in Sub-Saharan Africa to increase from USD40 billion in 2010 to USD69 billion in 2016, Analysys Mason report
Posted by admin on February 16, 2012 · Comments Off
Retail telecoms revenue in Sub-Saharan Africa will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10% during 2010–2016, according to a new report from telecoms research and consulting company Analysys [...]
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France Telecom Egypt venture buyout to cost $2 billion
Posted by admin on February 15, 2012 · Comments Off
Egypt: France Telecom SA may spend about $2 billion to buy most of billionaire Naguib Sawiris’s stake in their Egyptian wireless venture and delist the operator.
France’s largest telecommunications [...]
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Nujira launches 4G handset chip to cut power by 50 percent
Posted by admin on February 8, 2012 · Comments Off
Nujira has announced its first IC for 4G mobile handsets based on its envelope tracking (ET) power supply modulation technology.
The Cambridge-based firm claims its NCT-L1100 chip can cut wasted energy [...]
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Nigeria to Licence 2.3GHz, 2.6GHz Spectra
Posted by admin on February 8, 2012 · Comments Off
Nigeria: The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it would auction digital licence in the 2.3GigaHertz (GHz) and 2.6GHz spectra to increase broadband access and make internet pervasive across [...]
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Nigeria unveils draft national ICT policy
Nigeria: Nigeria’s Minister of Communications Technology has released a draft of the national ICT policy and called on stakeholders and members of the public to comment. The draft policy is posted [...]
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Algeria to buy 51% stake in Djezzy mobile phone outfit
Algeria: Algeria is to buy a 51-percent stake in mobile phone operator Djezzy, a government spokesman said Sunday, after talks with the main shareholder in the group’s Egyptian parent company.
Talks [...]
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MTN, US firm in Uganda tower venture
Pan-African mobile operator MTN Group and American Tower Corporation (ATC) are to establish a new joint venture tower company in Uganda that will acquire MTN base station towers in that country for approximately [...]
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MTN Nigeria confirms network investment of USD 1 bln
MTN announced plans to spend over USD 1 billion in 2012 to improve its network in Nigeria, following a demand from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for improved service delivery, Bloomberg [...]
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Egypt forms five committees to address telecom issues
Egypt: Egypt’s ministry of ICT has formed five committees to tackle problems telecom operators are having, reports the Egypt State Information Service. The groups will consist of representatives [...]
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Nigerian banks line up for mobile money licenses
Nigeria: Nigeria continues its push toward becoming a cashless, mobile economy. The country’s effort to build a mobile payment services framework is meant to help the country’s large unbanked [...]
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Nigerian watchdog picks Ascom equipment for quality checks
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has selected technology from Swiss company Ascom to test service quality using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), ThisDay reported. Seven consultants have been [...]
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Egypt mobile subscriptions pass 80 million
The Egyptian government said the country’s mob ile phone subscriptions have increased by 25.76 percent to 80.39 million in the year to September, Reuters reported. In September 2010, Egypt’s [...]
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Orascom Telecom to invest US$70 million Telecel
Egypt: Egypt-based Orascom Telecom reiterated its commitment to its majority-owned mobile subsidiary Telecel Zimbabwe, after announcing it will invest US$70mn to enhance the GSM operator’s national [...]
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AfricaCom Awards 2011 / Orange wins “Best New Service” award at AfricaCom 2011
Orange won the “Best New Service” award at the AfricaCom Awards 2011. The awards gala dinner took place on Wednesday, 9 November in Cape Town, South Africa. The awards are a unique annual celebration [...]
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Orascom Telecom seeks partners for Orange Switzerland bid
Egypt: According to reports, Naguib Sawiris, founder of Orascom Telecom is looking for partners in order to bid for Orange Switzerland valued at around $2.8 billion. Other people who have shown their [...]
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Reasons Nigeria needs more broadband carriers
Nigeria: Going by the trend that the world is fast shrinking into an hamlet and the percentage of people that still hooked to the internet is still low, Nigeria is on the threshold of joining other advance [...]
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Int’l Carrier Partners Meet of NT begins
The two-day International Carrier Partners´ Meet (ICPM) being organized by Nepal Telecom (NT) kicked off today with participants from 25 different carrier partners of 16 countries attending the meet. [...]
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Egypt’s Orascom Telecom appoints new financial head
Egypt: Orascom Telecom has appointed Khalid Ellaicy as the firm’s new chief financial officer, to start 17 October.
Ellaicy replaces Aldo Mareuse who joined Orascom as financial head in 2002.
Ellaicy [...]
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