Industry Developments

Negotiations on the sale of Egypt-based Orascom Telecom's African assets to regional mobile giant MTN are widely reported to be on shaky ground, as the Algerian government has... 2010-05-04

A face-off is looming between Kenya's telecoms regulator, the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), and the country's largest mobile operator, Safaricom, regarding the introduction... 2010-05-04

In a bid to boost mobile penetration, Rwanda's telecoms regulator, the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA), has announced that it will licence a fourth mobile operator 'soon'.... 2010-04-30

Skype, the world's biggest VoIP service provider, has confirmed that it is negotiating with telecoms operators in the Middle East on putting its internet telephone software on the region's... 2010-04-29

Zimbabwe's leading mobile operator, Econet, which also offers broadband service through its Ecoweb subsidiary, has released its results for the year ended February 28 2010. These... 2010-04-27

South Africa's bid to employ mobile TV services in the 2010 FIFA World Cup may suffer another setback, as one of the companies looking to bid for a mobile TV licence in time for the... 2010-04-26

Trading of Trading of Orascom Telecom shares on the London Stock Exchange has been suspended pending an announcement form the Egypt-based company on the future of its African assets,... 2010-04-23

With a fresh row brewing over the supposedly completed first phase of Uganda's National Backbone Initiative, BMI is increasingly worried about the country's progress towards greater... 2010-04-23

According to data from the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), the number of mobile internet subscribers increased fourfold during 2009, with the regulator recording 1.981mn... 2010-04-22

The Algerian authorities have again halted the repatriation of Orascom Telecom's profits from its Algerian subsidiary. Only in September 2009 Orascom received permission from the... 2010-04-21