Industry Developments

Algeria's image as an international investment destination looks set to deteriorate further, as a result of draft laws that would change the way the government buys assets back from... 2010-07-21

Two of Bahrain's highly placed royals have highlighted the government's intention to improve the telecoms sector. Trade Arabia reports that Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the deputy... 2010-07-20

Media reports discussing Etisalat's newly released Q210 results are focusing on the significant year-on-year (y-o-y) drop in the company's net profits. Etisalat has not directly commented... 2010-07-19

Two new submarine cables serving West Africa are coming online in July 2010. Both are African owned and developed. They join the SAT 3 cable, which for years has been the only cable... 2010-07-15

Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris has said he is considering further investments into European telecoms operators, according to Egyptian newspaper al-Ahram. Sawiris' holding company,... 2010-07-15

Kuwait's Ministry of Communications has issued a warning to subscribers who have not paid their phone bills that continuing non-payment will soon result in disconnection. Fixed-voice... 2010-07-14

Bharti Airtel is facing yet another battle as it attempts fully to secure the Sub-Saharan Africa assets of Zain, for which it paid US$10.7bn. The latest challenge is from the Tanzanian... 2010-07-13

Since Indian mobile giant Bharti Airtel officially completed its US$10.7bn take over of Zain's African assets, BMI has been awaiting an announcement of Bharti's pan-African vision.... 2010-07-02

Speaking at the official launch of Virgin Mobile in Qatar, British entrepreneur Richard Branson has said he is keen to pursue further expansion in the Middle East. Virgin is launching... 2010-07-02

SIM registration is a growing trend across Africa. A dual motivation generally to have more control over markets and to help fight crime means that more and more governments are looking... 2010-07-01