Africa Telecom articles from January 2001

Africa Telecom archives from January 2001

Distribution of Active Wireless Users by 2006.
January 1, 2001... Distribution of Active Wireless Users by 2006 Western Europe 33% Asia-Pacific 24% North America 20% South/Central America 8% & Caribbean...

More Subscribers Using GSM Mobile Network.
January 1, 2001... The Titan Corp. announced that more than 41,000 subscribers are now using the services of Libercom, the GSM mobile network that Titan is jointly operating with the Office des Postes and Telecommunications (OPT) in Benin, Africa. This exceeds...

Cameroon Gets Connection from Ericsson.(MTN Cameroon infrastructure supplied by Ericsson South Africa)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... African telecommunication company, Ericsson South Africa, has rolled out the most modern mobile transmission network in Africa, including a full GSM wireless infrastructure and value-added services, for South African-owned mobile operator, MTN...

France Telecom Increases Shareholding in Egyptian Operator, Mobinil.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... France Telecom announced that it has reached an agreement with Motorola Inc. relating to the acquisition by France Telecom of an additional 25.15 percent stake in the company, Mobinil for Telecommunication SAE, for a total amount of US$252...

President Rejects Privatization Bid.(Telkom Kenya)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... By rejecting a US$240 million privatization bid for a 49 percent stake in state- owned Telkom Kenya, the Kenyan president has in effect turned down investments worth US$740 million. The Mount Kenya consortium, comprising Royal Dutch Telkom,...

Malawi Shortlists 15 Firms for Telecom Stake.(Malawi Telecommunications)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Malawi has selected 15 firms from which it will choose a strategic partner for state utility, Malawi Telecommunication Ltd., privatization commission officials said. Included in the 15 groups are Dutch firm Mobile Systems International,...

Nigerian Mobile Auction Could Set Tone for Africa.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Some of the world's top mobile operators will bid for four GSM licenses due for auction in Nigeria, in what observers see as a vital cellular building block on the continent. One of the four licenses is reserved for monopoly fixed line...

Nigerian GSM Auction Price Hits $165 Million.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The auction price for three Nigerian GSM mobile phone licenses shot up to $165 million each with all five bidding firms still in contention, officials said. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said the bidding firms bettered their...

E-Trading in South Africa.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... E-Trade Group has announced the launch of E-Trade SA, brining E-Trade's personalized on-line investing tools to the largest investor market in Africa. The new site, located at www.etrade.co.za, offers on-line trading of stocks and warrants...

Telkom Appointed as Cisco Systems Gold Partner.(Telkom South Africa)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Cisco Systems Southern Africa announced the appointment of Telkom as a Cisco Systems Gold Certified Partner. The accreditation is the highest level of Cisco certification achievable on a networking infrastructure level and will enable the...

Microsoft and Infobank Power Africa.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Technology partners, Microsoft South Africa and Infobank Africa, are combining their core technical strengths and expertise to ensure that the African continent reaps the benefits of participating in the growth of the digital economy. The...

South Africa Bureau of Standards Targets Cellular Phone Radiation.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... South Africa's Bureau of Standards (SABS) announced the purchase of equipment worth millions of Rands to monitor radiation in cellular telephones. SABS president, Eugene Julies, said in a statement the sophisticated monitoring equipment would...

Dimension Data of South Africa Signs Distribution Agreement with Inter Voice-Brite.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Dimension Data i-Commerce Services has signed a distribution agreement for South Africa with interactive voice response (IVR) systems specialist, InterVoice-Brite. Andre Baas, director of Dimension Data i-Commerce Services, said, "We see...

Hughes Wins South Africa Telkom Communications Deal.
January 1, 2001... South African telecom utility, Telkom said it had awarded US-based broadband supplier, Hughes Network Systems, and its local partner, Plessey, a four-year contract to supply satellite-based communications systems. Telkom said Hughes would...

Ericsson Plans African Technology Push.
January 1, 2001... Ericsson says it plans to spend millions of Rand to develop new technologies for African clients after setting up a regional service hub in South Africa. Ericsson South Africa managing director, Christer Hohenthal, says the move will have...

First E-Commerce Center Launched.(Orchid Artistic and Information Production Company lauches web site)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Sudan has launched its first Internet electronic commerce center in Khartoum. The operators of the alnilin.com site say it will facilitate commercial transactions and integrated services. The site is owned by the local Orchid Artistic and...

Tanzania Concludes $120 Million Deal to Privatize Telecom Monopoly.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... A Deutsche Telekom led consortium has concluded a $120 million deal to buy a 35 percent stake in Tanzania's state-owned telephone monopoly and take over management control, a government spokesman said. Detecon, a subsidiary of Deutsche...

GSM Most Viable for Africa.(global system for mobile communication)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The global system for mobile communication (GSM) will continue to be the most viable operating system for investment in Africa for at least another five years, Orascom Telecom CEO, Jean Baptiste de Boissiere, told the GSM in Africa conference....

Africa Has Yet to Benefit from Modern Telephony Techniques.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Modern telephony techniques have transformed productivity in much of the world, but Africa has yet to feel the full benefits. The reasons for this are clear. To take just one example, Nigeria, the continent's second-largest economy, has a...

Forum One Launches Revamped African Wildlife Foundation Web Site.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Forum One Communications, a leader in Internet strategy, Web design, and development, launched the redesigned African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) Web site at www.awf.org. AWF the leading international conservation organization in Africa, has been...

UUNet Plans 2001 Push into Africa.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... UUNet Technologies plans to expand its presence in Africa, rolling out Internet infrastructure in more than a dozen sub-Saharan African countries this year. The company has been in South Africa since 1993 and operates in various of the...

Titan Completes Installation of 30 Satellite Gateways in Africa.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The Titan Corp. announced that it has now installed 30 satellite gateways in developing markets throughout Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America, meeting its year-end 2000 goal. As part of its strategy of creating a recurring revenue...

French Telcos March on North Africa.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Two big telecom deals have seen the French boost their presence in North Africa. France Telecom has gained a bigger stake in the premier Egyptian cellular company and Vivendi has bought into fixed-line telephony in Morocco. For governments in...

MTN Seeks London or US Listing to Fund Expansion Move.(Mobile Telephone Networks)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... MTN, the South African-based mobile phone network, is poised for a secondary offshore listing, in London or New York, to fund its aggressive expansion in Africa. MTN's plans received a boost after the Nigerian Communications Commission...