July 14th, 2008 — News
Applications for Malawi’s fourth mobile licence are being accepted until July 25, even though the third licence auctioned in March is yet to be awarded.
Celtel Malawi’s handset prices dropped to US$18 after the government removed customs and excise duties on imported phones.
July 13th, 2008 — News
The appointment of Pieter Uys as CEO of Vodacom may stifle the future development of South Africa’s largest mobile operator, in a country where indigenisation under the banner of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) is a guiding corporate philosophy.
Uys succeeds Knott-Craig who has been at the helm of Vodacom since 1993.
Uys has been the chief operating officer of Vodacom since 2004 and takes over from Alan Knott-Craig, whose tenure as head of both Vodacom and Vodacom Group will total 15 years, when he steps down this September.
July 13th, 2008 — News
UAE telco Etisalat today announced the launch of its Roaming Alliance initiative by introducing a special rate for its customers roaming in two of its group networks– Egypt (Etisalat Misr) and Saudi Arabia (Mobily).
Etisalat is looking to expand the roaming deal beyond Saudi Arabia and Egypt in the not-too-distant future
The initiative is part of a strategic vision by the telco to leverage synergies across its group in order to deliver a value proposition to its 64 million customer base and enhance the appeal of mobile services to roaming customers.
July 10th, 2008 — News
Naguib Sawiris, Egyptian billionaire and CEO of Orascom Telecom Holding, is preparing to invest in the Canadian telecoms market through his company Weather Investments.
Sawiris’ telecoms empire currently spreads across the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe.
Weather will be an investment partner of Globalive Communications, a small private Canadian firm that won licences in Canada’s recent wireless spectrum auction and which currently provides long-distance phone calls at discount rates.
July 10th, 2008 — Issue 2 July/August 2008
Last October, Dubai Internet City celebrated its seventh anniversary of establishment, and confirmed its position as the leading managed ICT hub in the region. Malek Al Malek was appointed executive director of the technology cluster earlier this year, and spoke to Comm. about DIC’s progress to date as well as its exciting future prospects
Dubai Internet City is able to process applications for licensing new companies in the hub in a matter of a few days
Turning off Dubai’s busy Sheikh Zayed Road and encountering the first round-about within the Dubai Internet City (DIC) compound, one would be mistaken for believing the physical infrastructure has been in place for at least a decade. This is not in fact the case, and like much of the bustling city in which it exists, DIC’s expansion in a few short years has been nothing short of tremendous.
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