Africa Telecom articles from December 2001

Africa Telecom archives from December 2001

Internet capacity in megabits per second, mid-year 2001.(for Middle Eastern countries)(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
December 1, 2001... Internet Capacity in Megabits per Second, Mid-Year 2001 United Arab Emirates 663 Saudi Arabia 312 Egypt 275 Morocco 144 Algeria 86 Jordan 74 Kuwait ...

Alcatel wins a EUR25 million GSM deal in Tanzania. (Top Story).(Tanzanian Telecommunications Company Ltd. will receive Evolium mobile telephone equipment)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Alcatel announced a contract to supply a GSM network to Tanzanian Telecommunications Company Ltd. (TTCL). The first phase of the network, worth 25 million euros, has already been completed. The contract is part of a global frame agreement with...

Burkina Faso to privatize Onatel. (Burkina Faso).(National Office of Telecommunications)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Burkina Faso plans to sell most of its state telephone company, with 34 percent earmarked for a partner who will manage and modernize the business. The firm is the latest in a string of state phone companies to be privatized in the region,...

Protek wins customer care and billing contract with MTN Cameroon. (Cameroon).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... MTN, a telecommunication company has chosen Protek, a global provider for business and operational support systems, to supply a fully convergent customer care and billing (CCB) system to support its growing GSM subscriber base. MTN Cameroon was...

Siemens may extend $79.5 million Safaricom deal. (Kenya).(project will double mobile telephone company's base transmitter stations)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Siemens has announced plans to extend its $79.5 million network building contract with Safaricom as the mobile provider seeks to cover the entire country. Extension of the project will see the doubling of Safaricom's base transmitter stations...

KenCell extends roaming service to Canada. (Kenya).(mobile operator signs new roaming contracts with 6 companies)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... KenCell announced it would extend its roaming services to the North American market. This follows the signing of an agreement with Microcell of Canada to add on to other existing contracts with certain cellular service operators in the United...

KenCell and Swift Global sign an internet deal. (Kenya).(new service will enable Yes! customers to access Internet via mobile phone)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... KenCell and Swift Global Kenya Ltd. signed a joint agreement that will create an Internet access link through mobile phones. The partnership, when completed, will enable Yes! customers to hook up to the Internet by dialing 350 on their handsets...

Mozambique to open mobile market to competition. (Mozambique).(new law will enable mobile phone operators to purchase licenses)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... The Mozambican parliament passed a government bill that will open its mobile phone market to competition from at least two new operators. Mozambique is currently served by one operator, M-Cell, which has about 150,000 clients in a country of 16...

MTC renews contract with UUNET Namibia. (Namibia).(UUNET Namibia will upgrade Mobile Telecommunications Ltd.'s Internet lines)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Mobile Telecommunications Ltd. (MTC), a cellular service provider, recently renewed its existing service contract with UUNET Namibia. The service agreement includes an upgrade on the organization's existing Internet lines and the implementation...

Cyber Digital Inc. details $71.6 million contract awards. (Nigeria).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Cyber Digital, Inc., a manufacturer and software developer of wireless and fixed -line digital voice and Internet systems, announced the details of its $71.6 million contract awards and firm commitments to supply 38,500 lines of Cyber Digital's...

Investors International takes control of Nitel. (Nigeria).(Nigerian Telecommunications Ltd.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Investors International (London) Ltd. (IIL) signed an agreement to buy control of Nigeria's state telecoms company Nitel. The deal had been on hold after a single word threatened to derail the agreement just before IIL and the Bureau of Public...

Cyber Digital to supply 2 systems with wireless local and regional exchanges. (Nigeria).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Cyber Digital, Inc. announced that it received a contract award for $11.6 million from 2 Systems Technologies, Ltd. to supply 7,500 lines of Cyber Digital's wireless telephone exchanges. 2 Systems Technologies, Ltd. is a private telephone...

Airspan Networks to supply mobitel with AS4000 DSL System. (Nigeria).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Airspan Networks, Inc., a provider of fixed broadband wireless DSL networks, announced an agreement with Mobitel, a Lagos-based telecommunications operator, to supply US$1.9 million of its AS4000 wireless DSL systems for a new 2,000-line system...

Econet has invested $650 million in 2001. (Nigeria).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Econet Wireless Nigeria has invested $650 million since January 2001 in its quest to "change the communication world," managing director of Econet, Zachary Wazara said. He added that Econet and Motorola signed a $100 million equipment supply...

Telkom refuses to reconsider new tariffs. (South Africa).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Telkom missed the deadline to re-submit the tariff increases it plans to implement in January and could see itself end up in court because of it. The Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) requested that Telkom make a new tariff...

Black empowerment groups invited to bid for second network license. (South Africa).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... The South African government invited black empowerment groups to apply for a 19 percent equity stake in a license to set up the country's second fixed-line phone network. The invitation to apply (ITA) for the remaining stake for...

Vodacom signs up 6 million mobile users. (South Africa).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Vodacom, a cellphone operator has signed up its six millionth customer in South Africa, bringing the country's total mobile users to almost 10 million. About 43 million people live in South Africa. Cellphone use has rocketed since its launch in...

ADH expands offering to SME market with Eicon 1530 Wan Router. (South Africa).(Africa Data Holdings)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Africa Data Holdings, a supplier of ISDN technologies and solutions, has been appointed as the sole distributor for the Eicon 1530 WAN Router by Eicon Networks Corporation. According to Graham Perry, CEO, Africa Data Holdings, "As a Telkom...

Vodacom forms joint venture with Congolese Wireless Network. (South Africa).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Vodacom has formed a joint venture with Congolese Wireless Networks (CNW) to extend cellphone use in the Democratic Republic of Congo. "Vodacom's $39 million investment will take CNW's coverage of the DRC beyond Kinshasa and Lubumbashi and well...

Cell-C connects 100,000 users in 15 days. (South Africa).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... Cell-C, South Africa's third mobile phone operator, said it had connected 100,000 pre-paid customers within 15 days of starting operations. The group, launched on November 17, 2001, said it expected 800,000 users in the first year. "We have...

Ericsson names partners for Transtel Project. (South Africa).(telecommunications network; Plessey, Mergent, Thamela Technologies, IKWEZI Telecommunications and Ingoma)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Ericsson South Africa has named five black empowerment companies as its partners for the upgrading and modernization of Transtel's countrywide telecoms network. Jan Embro, MD of Ericsson South Africa, said, "Our list of partners for this...

Portugal Telecom and Telefonica to bid for GSM license. (Tunisia).(global system for mobile communications)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... A consortium of Spain's Telefonica and Portugal's Telecom (PT) plans to re-launch a bid in Tunisia's tender for a digital mobile phone license. "A combination of PT and Telephonica will participate in the tender. The two companies maintain...

Uganda Telecom opens outlet in Tororo. (Uganda).(Mango)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Uganda Telecom Ltd.'s mobile telephone network "Mango" opened its first shop in Tororo. UTL's marketing and sales manager, Aldrine Nsubuga and a delegation from the Kampala office opened the shop on Nagongera Road. Branch manager, Harold Bruce...

Vodacom wins cellular license. (Zambia).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Vodacom, a South African mobile phone operator, has been awarded Zambia's fourth cellular license, Zambia's Communications Authority said. Zambia's three existing cellular operators are state telecommunications utility Zamte, and privately...

Avaya reinforces distribution model in business wireless market across Africa. (Regional).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Avaya, a global leader in corporate communications networking solutions and services, has announced that it has considerably strengthened its selling power across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in the enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN)...