Industry Developments

Mobile subscribers in Qatar can swap mobile operator as of January 31 2013. Mobile number portability (MNP) is often introduced in mature mobile markets to encourage continued competition.... 2013-02-04

Vodacom, Tanzania's biggest mobile operator, has launched 4G LTE network trials in the Msasani Peninsula area of Dar es Salaam, according to the company's managing director, Rene Meza.... 2013-02-01

Rural areas in Africa remain underserved with telecoms services for a number of reasons, including poor social infrastructure such as unreliable power supply and, in some case, complete... 2013-01-31

Pan-African fibre and satellite backhaul operator Liquid Telecom has agreed to acquire Altech East Africa (AEA), the East Africa subsidiary of South Africa-based technology firm Altech... 2013-01-30

Orange Business, the corporate solutions division of French telecoms incumbent France Télécom-Orange, signed two partnership agreements in the Middle East in January... 2013-01-30

On January 3 2013, the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) set a price cap for Short Message Service (SMS) across all networks. The new price cap of NGN4 (US$0.0252) per SMS applies... 2013-01-29

Vodacom Tanzania plans to start the second phase of its connection to the national fibre-optic network in April 2013, according to the company's CEO, Rene Meza. This will further boost... 2013-01-28

Etisalat-owned Atlantique Telecom, operating as Moov in Cote d' Ivoire, plans to launch commercial 3G network services by the end of 2013, according to CEO Ahmet Cisse. The operator... 2013-01-25

The UAE's second biggest telecoms service provider du is restructuring its operations and reforming its corporate structure, according to the company's CEO, Osman Sultan. The company... 2013-01-23

A new WiMAX operator launched commercial services in Mali on January 19 under the brand Dogon Telecom. According to local media reports, Dogon Telecom is the initiative of Japan-based... 2013-01-23