Africa Telecom articles from December 2000

Africa Telecom archives from December 2000

Wireless Subscribers as a Share of All Telephone Subscribers.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2000... Wireless Subscribers as a Share of All Telephone Subscribers Paraguay 59.5 Venezuela 56.8 Ivory Coast 54 Rwanda 50.4 Botswana 50 Uganda 49.7 South...

Egypt Engages Ericsson.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... By placing a turn-key order for a multiservice access network with Ericsson, Telecom Egypt has become the first operator to take a step towards transitioning Egypt's existing telephony infrastructure from circuit-switched to a packet-based a...

Kenyan Internet Exchange Launched.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Kenyan ISPs are able to route traffic locally for the first time, thanks to the Kenya Internet Exchange Point (KIXP) setup in December, according to Johannesburg-based technology publication, ITWeb. The KIXP, operated by the...

Cyber Cafe Opens in Nairobi.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Africa Online and Barclays Africa have opened their first Internet cafe as part of an initiative designed to advance electronic commerce across the continent. The e-world Internet center opened at the Barclays Plaza building in Nairobi,...

Vivendi Buys Moroccan Carrier.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Jean-Marie Messier, chairman of the French media group, Vivendi Universal, returned quickly to the acquisition trail with the purchase of a 23.4 billion dirham (E2.3 billion) stake in Morocco's state-owned telecommunications operator. ...

Africa Online Expands Network into Namibia.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... The pan-African Internet service provider, Africa Online, has further extended its network with a US$5 million deal that involves over 4,000 dial-up subscribers and makes it the leading service provider in Nambia. Africa Online is now the...

New Telecoms Policy Signals Nitel Privatization.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... The launch of the new national policy on telecommunications in Abuja may be the launching pad for the privatization of the national carrier, NITEL, and mobile operator M-tel. (By: Yinka Olusanya) There is a raging controversy between...

Bridging the Digital Divide.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... ITU Telecom Africa 2001 will be staged in Johannesburg, South Africa, from November 12-16,2001. It will be the International Telecommunication Union's fifth Telecom event for the Africa region, and will hosted by the government of the Republic...

UUNet to Go to WorldCom.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Datatec has announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its 76 percent stake in UUNet SA to WorldCom, the minority partner in the business and parent of the UUNet international business. The value of the deal has not been made...

Swazi-Net Opens Gateway into Africa for Sun.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... The formation of Swazi.net, the IP backbone infrastructure that connects Swaziland to the rest of the world, has resulted in a further two major Sun Microsystems orders from African telecommunications companies. This was announced by Peter...

City of Johannesburg Enters Hi-Tech Customer Relations Domain.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... The city of Johannesburg plans to improve customer relations and enhance service delivery by harnessing the capacity of modem IT and telecommunications technology, according to a statement recently issued by the Mayor's office. Following...

Telkom Applies for an Internet Application against Mobile Phone Companies.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Telkom, South Africa's only provider of PSTS, has brought an interdict application in the High Court of South Africa against Vodacom and MTN, two mobile cellular telecommunication service companies, requesting the court to grant an order...

Africa Online in Mwanza.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Africa Online, an Internet service provider in Africa, has continued its rapid pace of expansion by launching Internet services in the Lake Victoria zone with Mwanza being the main hub of operations in Tanzania. The management of Africa...

She is Behind all the M-Web Craze.
December 1, 2000... Internet service provision in Zimbabwe has become a cutthroat business, with the battle for the country's 20,000 to 50,000 users being fought out in the marketing arena as service providers try to convince customers to sign up and stay...

M-Web to Unveil Consumer On-Line Shops.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Internet service provider, M-Web Zimbabwe, is on the verge of launching electronic commerce facilities that will allow consumers to buy goods without passing credit card information over the Internet, which is prohibited in Zimbabwe. The...

UUNet SA and Africa Online to Joint Venture.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Pan-African Internet service provider Africa Online and UUNet South Africa have announced they are forming a joint venture company to initially develop Internet services across eight countries in Africa, followed by six more countries. The...

PanAmSat Powers Warsun Communications with Capacity for Advanced Voice, Data, and Internet Services to Africa.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... PanAmSat Corp. announced that Warsun International Communications has selected thee PAS-7 Indian Ocean region satellite as the vehicle for the delivery of its advanced telecommunications services to the African continent. Warsun, an...

Africa Joins the Internet Bandwagon.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... At least 42 of the 54 capital cities in Africa now offer their residents live public Internet access services and of these, eight countries have local dial-up access throughout their more rural regions. The rapid adaptation of the Internet...

The Internet Revolution in Africa.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2000... (By: David Kashweka) The 19th century brought the Industrial Revolution. Then came the ideological revolution in the 20th century. But the 21st century has begun with another big bang -- the wireless revolution. It is estimated that...

On-Line Holiday Shopping Improves Dramatically over Last Year.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2000... Ninety-two percent of attempted holiday purchases over the Internet were successful this season, according to results of Andersen Consulting's second annual e-fulfillment study. Also, the study shows that the service level gaps that...