Recently added articles from Africa & The Middle East Telecom:

Alcatel-Lucent launches IP networking and security solution for the Algerian enterprise market.(ALGERIA)

May 01, 2008 ... Alcatel-Lucent is strengthening its IP network infrastructure and security solutions in the Algerian market with the introduction of the Dynamic Enterprise. Alcatel-Lucent's end-to-end enterprise solutions enable businesses to create the "Dynamic Enterprise," an agile, mobile, ...

Bahrain's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority receives seven responses for mobile network operator license.(BAHRAIN)

May 01, 2008 ... Bahrain's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has received a total of seven responses to its request for expressions of interest in the award process of the license for the third mobile network operator (MNO). Six companies expressed their interest to compete for the right to ...

Noor Financial Co. to bid for Egypt's second landline license.(EGYPT)

May 01, 2008 ... Kuwait-based investment company Noor Financial Co. is planning to submit its bid for Egypt's second landline license. The company, however, has scrapped plans to acquire a holding in Egypt-based lender Banque du Caire. Noor Financial managing director Naser al-Marri said that the company's ...

Jamii telecoms buys 4 percent stake in TEAMS project.(KENYA)

May 01, 2008 ... Jamii Telecommunications Ltd. (JTL), a Kenya-based telecom service provider, has invested in a submarine fiber-optic cable named East African Marine System (TEAMS), which will link this region with the Middle East. JTL currently runs a metro fiber network in important areas around the ...

ZTE to build national transmission network for Kenya.(KENYA)

May 01, 2008 ... ZTE Corporation, a global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, is playing a key role in building the backbone of Kenya's national transmission network. The company has recently reached an agreement with the Kenya government to help construct a large-scale optical ...

MTN plans to add an additional 1,000 base stations.(NIGERIA)

May 01, 2008 ... MTN Nigeria CEO Ahmad Farroukh said that the mobile operator plans to add 1,000 base stations in addition to 20 switching centers by the end of 2008. Via these additions, the total number of base stations and switching centers will reach 4,422 base and 78, respectively. Farroukh said that ...

ZTE secures deal from PTCL to build its WDM backbone transmission network.(PAKISTAN)

May 01, 2008 ... ZTE has won a deal from Pakistan-based telecom operator PTCL for constructing a part of its WDM backbone transmission network. This project marks an extension of the operator's 400G WDM backbone network. Under the deal, a WDM ring would be deployed in Quetta, while another WDM ring would ...

PTCL selects Alcatel-Lucent to deliver 'Broadband Pakistan'.(PAKISTAN)

May 01, 2008 ... Alcatel-Lucent announced a multiyear agreement with Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) to deliver its broadband access solution, enabling PTCL to provide high-speed services throughout Pakistan. Supporting PTCL's nationwide program branded "Broadband Pakistan," ...

Telecom operators have invested over $8 billion in Pakistan.(PAKISTAN)

May 01, 2008 ... During the past four years, telecom service providers have invested more than $8 billion in Pakistan. Investments in the mobile segment alone have contributed 73 percent to the total investments. The mobile sector witnessed investment of more than $2.7 billion, while nearly $7.8 ...

Pakistan's cellphone imports fell by 12.05 percent.(PAKISTAN)

May 01, 2008 ... Pakistan's cell phone imports have fallen by 12.05 percent during the first nine months of this financial year despite robust growth in mobile subscriber numbers. For July 2007-March 2008, the value of cellphone imports fell to $581.7 million, from $661.5 million in the same ...

Vodafone and Qatar Foundation take first steps towards launch of Vodafone Qatar.(QATAR)

May 01, 2008 ... Vodafone Group Plc and the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (Qatar Foundation) announced that they have taken a number of important decisions in anticipation of the granting of the second mobile license by the Supreme Council of Information and ...

Qatar's broadband penetration rate reaches 50 percent.(QATAR)

May 01, 2008 ... Penetration of broadband services has reached 50 percent, according to Qatar Telecom (Qtel) COO Sheikh Fahad bin Jassim Al Thani, who was speaking at the Global Wireless Broadband 2008 Summit. He said that this increase in broadband uptake has caused Qtel to face several bandwidth-related ...

Qatar Telecom to acquire Indosat stake from Temasek unit.(QATAR)

May 01, 2008 ... Singapore Technologies Telemedia (STT), a unit of Singapore's state investment company Temasek Holdings, has agreed to sell its entire stake in PT Indosat, Indonesia's second-largest mobile operator, to Qatar Telecom (Qtel), in a deal worth of US$1.8 billion. The deal may end ...

Zain in Saudi Arabia and Nokia Siemens Networks sign $1 billion turnkey 2G and 3G network contract.(SAUDI ARABIA)

May 01, 2008 ... Zain in Saudi Arabia and Nokia Siemens Networks signed an approximately US$1 billion turnkey 2G and 3G network contract. The new greenfield contract includes multiyear managed services, network operations, and maintenance services. Under the terms of the contract, ...

Mobily awards Motorola $150 million GSM expansion contract in Saudi Arabia.(SAUDI ARABIA)

May 01, 2008 ... Motorola Inc. announced that it has signed a contract valued at $150 million with Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) to further expand the operator's GSM coverage in the Northwest and Southwest regions of Saudi Arabia. Under the terms of this turnkey expansion contract, Motorola will ...

Vodacom gearing up to launch Wi-Fi.(SOUTH AFRICA)

May 01, 2008 ... Vodacom South Africa is gearing up to launch its first converged mobile/Wi-Fi product. The telecom firm has signed a deal with wireless LAN (WLAN) hotspot service provider WirelessG, enabling the South African company's customers to access the Internet through Wi-Fi ...

Indian Ocean nations to link each other with fiber-optic cable.(SOUTH AFRICA)

May 01, 2008 ... In a move that could reduce telecom costs, Indian Ocean countries are planning to replace satellite links with less-expensive fiber-optic cable for linking the countries to each other as well as intercontinental networks. The Indian Ocean Commission had recently approved this ...

Turkey launches communications satellite.(TURKEY)

May 01, 2008 ... Turksat 3A communication satellite built by Thales Alenia Space was launched on May 30 at the Kourou space industry site which is located on the island of French Guiana. An Ariane 5 ECA rocket launched the Turksat 3A satellite. This new bird now enables Turksat to provide ...

Etisalat selects Huawei to build large-scale commercial FTTH network.(UAE)

May 01, 2008 ... Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., a provider of next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, announced that it has been chosen by Etisalat, the leading integrated service provider in the Middle East, to build a large-scale commercial fiber-to-the-home ...

112 new business partners choose Dubai Internet City to base operations over last 12 months.(UAE)

May 01, 2008 ... Dubai Internet City (DIC), one of the largest managed ICT clusters in the world and a member of TECOM Investments, announced 112 new companies have chosen to locate their operations at the cluster during 2007, which translates to 33 percent growth over 2006. The new entrants ...