Industry Developments

Middle Eastern operators are already shifting into gear to try and maintain growth in 2010. Working in highly penetrated markets where new growth could be limited, operators are still... 2010-01-05

At the same time as international attention is focusing increasingly on the grave political and economic problems that are threatening Yemen, new figures have emerged that show its... 2010-01-05

2010 seems to be shaping up to be a year of SIM registration in African mobile markets. 2009 was in some ways expected to see many SIM registration campaigns followed through, but... 2010-01-04

Following an appeal from mobile operator MTN, Uganda's High Court has upheld its request to block the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) from imposing new mobile termination... 2009-12-31

The Zambian government is under pressure to reveal its valuation report for the still state-owned telecoms incumbent Zamtel, which is currently being privatised, reports TeleGeography.... 2009-12-31

Our Africa Business Environment Ratings have changed. The four North Africa countries have been added to the Middle East, creating a Middle East and North Africa (MENA) table. This... 2009-12-21

Visafone, which is the leading CDMA mobile operator in Nigeria, has announced that its network is open market handset (OMH) compliant, reports AllAfrica. This means that it has met... 2009-12-18

2009 has in some ways been a dramatic year for the telecoms markets of East Africa, although not perhaps as dramatic as some were expecting. BMI is now referring of course to the... 2009-12-18

Egypt is drawing up a US$1bn plan to boost broadband penetration over the next five years, reports Reuters. BMI sees the plan as ambitious, and wonders where the government will... 2009-12-17

France Télécom (FT)is expecting to expand further in the Middle East and Africa during 2010, according to a report in Total Telecom. BMI remembers a similar statement from the... 2009-12-16