Industry Developments

Jordan's Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRC) has revealed its plans for the issuing of 3G spectrum. The Commission intends to launch a tender for the auction of one licence... 2008-11-27

Vodafone, despite recently issuing a new, more conservative and cost-saving focused investment strategy, has expressed a keen interest in investing in Nigeria's rapidly growing telecoms... 2008-11-21

Qtel has confirmed that its Omani subsidiary, Nawras, has won the second licence for Class One Full Fixed Public Telecommunications Services in Oman. The first licence is held... 2008-11-20

News: According to This Day, Nigerian telecoms operator Globacom has stated it will be ready to launch its international submarine cable Glo-1 in March 2009. The operator said that... 2008-11-19

Millicom International Cellular revealed on November 17 that it won the tender for Rwanda's third mobile network operator licence, beating three other bidders. Millicom will hold... 2008-11-17

Reliance Communication (RCOM), one of the largest telecoms companies in India, may be interested in bidding for Iran's third mobile licence, according to TeleGeography. RCOM has... 2008-11-17

Afrol News reports that high ranking members of government in Equatorial Guinea have been meeting the country's sole telecommunications provider, Getesa, to try to resolve the issue... 2008-11-13

Iraq's second-ranked mobile operator, Asiacell, has revealed that by February 2009 it expects to have doubled its subscriber base on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis. The company claims... 2008-11-13

Econet Wireless of Zimbabwe has been forced to cancel all its postpaid contract subscriptions due to problems with its billing system. All customers on its postpaid option, which... 2008-11-11

Mobile number portability (MNP) was introduced in Turkey on Sunday November 9. The introduction of the service had been delayed and was hotly anticipated. MNP is expected to have... 2008-11-10