Industry Developments

In a speech in Lebanon, Naguib Sawiris, chairman of Orascom Telecom, has made clear that his company aims to stay in the global telecoms space, despite the potential that much of its... 2010-06-03

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has revealed plans to auction LTE spectrum. This would make it the first country in the Middle East and Africa to hold... 2010-06-02

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) expects long-awaited number portability (NP) to be introduced in H210. NP is a potential catalyst for increased competition in the telecoms... 2010-06-01

With news emerging that Globacom (Glo) may be preparing to throw in the towel and give up on its foray into Ghana's mobile market, BMI looks at what the Ghanaian market, and Glo,... 2010-05-28

Broadband growth is going strong in Morocco, but it is fuelled almost entirely by wireless technologies. Data from the regulator, the Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Télécommunications... 2010-05-27

MTN Uganda expects strong growth in its mobile banking service over the next couple of years. With about 890,000 users in May 2010, the operator has set a target of 2mn users by the... 2010-05-25

The news in late May 2010 that Telecom Egypt (TE) was looking into buying Vodafone out of the two operators' joint venture mobile network, Vodafone Egypt, has led BMI to look... 2010-05-24

Iraq is at last in the final stage of preparing to launch a tender for a new national mobile licence, reports Gulf Daily News. Iraq is one of the highest growth potential markets in... 2010-05-24

Reports have emerged that incumbent operator Telecom Egypt (TE) has approached Vodafone about acquiring its majority stake in their mobile joint venture, Vodafone Egypt. The deal is... 2010-05-21

A senior official at Microsoft has revealed that Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) governments are starting to look more seriously at establishing their own cloud computing environments,... 2010-05-20