Industry Developments

Potential new investors are right now conducting due diligence on Zamtel, in preparation for bidding to become the new owner following a privatisation. Interested parties include... 2009-11-16

An agreement has finally been reached over interconnection rates in South Africa. After months of complaints, disagreements, accusations and legal opinions, the three mobile network... 2009-11-13

The issue of the cost of internet access in Lebanon, and broadband in particular, has surfaced again, at a Middle East Network Operators Group (MENOG) meeting in Beirut. The issue... 2009-10-29

The World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a pilot project in Syria to provide electronic food vouchers to Iraqi refugees in Syria using mobile phones, reports cellular-news. The... 2009-10-28

The Nigerian Communications Commission's (NCC) executive vice-chairman Ernest Ndukwe has said the regulator has no plans to give licences to new telecoms operators. With a fifth GSM... 2009-10-27

The controversy over Vodafone's purchase of Ghana Telecom shows no sign of disappearing. A review of the sale of a 70% stake in the incumbent operator to the British mobile giant,... 2009-10-26

Kenya's second largest mobile operator, Zain, has complained that the charges for operators to access 3G spectrum frequencies are too high, reports newspaper The Daily Nation. Zain's... 2009-10-22

Tanzanian fixed-line incumbent the Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL) has become one of the first East African internet service providers (ISPs) to cut the prices... 2009-10-20

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) is proposing a broad range of strict new controls on the mobile market, especially regarding pricing practices, and operators are not... 2009-10-19

The Grameen Foundation has announced that it is expanding its Community Knowledge Worker (CKW) initiative in Uganda, with the help of a US$4.7mn grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates... 2009-10-16