Africa Telecom articles from February 2001

Africa Telecom archives from February 2001

Web Acess: Internet Hosts per 1,000 Persons.(tabular data only)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Web Acess: Internet Hosts per 1,000 Persons 1998 1999 Asia-Pacific 1 1.1 Eastern Europe 1.4 2.4 Latin America and 1...

Millicom Is Awarded a Nationwide GSM License.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Millicom International Cellular SA (MIC), the global telecommunications investor, announced that it has been awarded a nationwide license to provide GSM wireless telephony in the nationwide license to provide GSM wireless telephony in the...

Egypt's OT Wins Syria GSM Cellular BOT Bid.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... A subsidiary of Egyptian-based regional cellular operator, Orascom Telecom (OT), has won a bid for a Syrian GSM mobile phone license on a 15-year contract, it said. "SyriaTel won one of the two contracts granted by the Syrian...

Egypt Gets First Free Access Internet Portal.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... A new US$100 million Internet service provider that will give users in Egypt free access to the Internet for the first time has been officially launched. "We have the necessary licensing and are finalizing negotiations with Telecom Egypt...

Ghana Telecom Joins Intercontinental Cable Project.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Ghana Telecommunications Co. Ltd. has begun work on a $24 million submarine fiber optic cable project to connect its grid to an intercontinental cable network, a company official said. "The project will offer an alternative to our current...

Econet Group Wins Telkom Kenya Stake.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Kenya has chosen a consortium led by South Africa-based Econet Wireless to buy 49 percent of its state-owned telecommunication company, Telkom -- promising a welcome boost to the country's moribund economy and efforts to put its International...

Morocco Gains Three Million GSM Subscribers.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Over three million people have signed up for GSM service in barely 18 months, attracted by packages costing around US$50 including handset and 30 minutes of call time. Many phones are bought by Moroccans living in Europe while visiting...

Medi Telecom Becomes the Leading Operator in Introducing New Technology.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Medi Telecom, the operating company of Telefonica Moviles in Morocco, has carried out the first trial of GPRS mobile technology in North Africa, demonstrating its technological leadership and the capacity for synergies within the Telefonica...

Motorola Wins GSM Network Contract.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Motorola's Global Telecom Solutions Sector (GTSS), a supplier of the world's global system for mobile communication (GSM) digital wireless network infrastructure, has signed a network replacement contract with Maroc Telecom. Under the...

M-Cell and Nitel Pay $285 Million GSM Fee.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... South African mobile phone operator, M-Cell, paid Nigeria $285 million for its GSM license, won last month, in Africa's most populous country. The payment came on the eve of the deadline set by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) state...

Cyber Digital Inc. and Sidney Telecommunications Announce Expansion into the PABX Market.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Cyber Digital Inc., a manufacturer and software developer of state-of-the-art digital central office exchanges and private automatic branch exchanges (PABX), jointly announced with Sidney Telecommunications (Nigeria) Ltd. their expansion into...

HP, Sonatel, and Youssou N'Dour's Joko Inc. Announce Alliance to Bring Internet and E-Services to Senegalese Communities.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Hewlett-Packard Company (HP), Sonatel, Senegal's telecommunications services provider, and the celebrated African musician, Youssou N'Dour's Joko Project announced an alliance to broaden access to social and economic opportunities in Senegal...

Telekom South Africa Orders VSATs from Hughes Network Systems.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Hughes Network Systems (HNS) announced it won a contract to supply Telekom South Africa, that country's largest carrier, with up to 14,000 VSAT earth stations and related services. HNS said it expects that the earth stations, which it will...

South Africa Commits to Telkom IPO in 2001.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... South Africa said that an initial public offering of state telecom operator, Telkom, would go ahead as scheduled in 2001, and a new policy for the sector would be in place in the first quarter. A statement issued by Telkom, Finance...

Telkom Gears up for Policy Debate.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... South Africa's monopoly fixed-line operator, Telkom, will make its voice heard when a new telecommunications regulatory framework for the country is discussed in February, and it expects little argument from the government. Telkom has...

Absa Hopes E-Commerce Plans Will Cut Costs.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... South Africa's biggest retail bank, Absa, launched a wide-ranging e-commerce program it hopes will sharply cut costs and raise revenues. "It is about using technology to enhance productivity, efficiency, and quality service," Absa...

WorldCom to Pay Datatec US$138.5 Million for UUNet SA.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... WorldCom will pay Datatec $138.5 million for the South African IT group's 76 percent stake in Internet firm, UUNet SA, Datatec said in a statement. Datatec has long said it wants to get rid of its UUNet holding, and announced in November...

AXS-One Provides Solution to Streamline the Distribution of Unemployment and Other Benefits throughout South Africa.
February 1, 2001... AXS-One Inc. a global provider of e-business solutions, announced that the Department of Labor in Pretoria, South Africa is using its AXSPoint solutions to streamline the administration of the government's Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF). ...

South African Web Site Outpaces Foreign Competitors.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... iafrica.com once again made the top of the list when a regular poll released latest findings on the site that South African Web users were most aware of. For the first year in the user research conducted by Webchek Project SA,...

ISOC Calls for the Government to Not Limit Licenses.
February 1, 2001... No limit should be placed by the government on the number of new telecommunication companies licensed to operate in South Africa, according to the Internet Society of South Africa (ISOC). The government should not impose an artificial limit...

South Africans Get Free Internet Access.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Absa, the first financial services group in South Africa to become a virtual Internet service provider (VISP), announced it is offering the country's citizens free access to the Internet. The service will consist of unlimited free Internet...

Third Mobile Phone Network Launched.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Uganda's former state telecommunications monopoly, now mostly owned by Germany's Datecon, launched the country's third mobile phone network. Uganda Telecom Ltd. (UTL) Telecel's network will initially cover Kampala and Entebbe, according to the...

ITXC Delivers Voice Internet Services to Zimbabwe PTC.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... ITXC Corp, a provider of worldwide Internet voice services, and Zimbabwe Posts & Telecommunications Corp. (Zimbabwe PTC) announced that Zimbabwe PTC is now receiving international voice and fax calls over ITXC.netSM. Zimbabwe PTC can now...

InterCall Opens New Call Center in Gloucester, England, to Expand Service to Europe, Middle East, and Africa.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Conferencing provider, InterCall, has opened a new operations facility in Gloucester, England, in order to meet the growing demand for conferencing services. The new call center replaces InterCall's previous facility and provides expanded...

FreightMatrix e-Marketplace Expands Global Reach to Africa.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... FreightMatrix.com, Inc., a provider of global on-line logistics, has executed a joint venture with Johannesburg, South Africa-based eFreight, to launch FreightMatrix-Africa - a service for shippers, carriers, and logistics service providers in...

Invest in Bridging the Digital Divide in Africa.
February 1, 2001... Multi-Grammy winning composer/producer Quincy Jones, called on corporate and world leaders attending the World Economic Forum Conference in Davos, Switzerland, to support an initiative to help bridge the digital divide that currently exists in...

Europestar Offers Broadband Services in Southern Africa.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Europestar, a UK-based satellite company, has officially launched its services in southern Africa, promising to provide broadband Internet, data, and video streaming delivery. Its new office in Cape Town will target Internet service providers,...

IAI's APOS Available for Shipment with Palm Handhelds in the Middle East and North Africa.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Information Appliances International Inc. (IAI) and Palm Inc. announced that IAI's Arabic for the Palm OS (APOS) will be available for bundling with Palm handheld computers shipped to the Middle East and North Africa. The agreement should...

Bridging the Digital Divide.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... ITU Telecom Africa 2001 will be held 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...