Kenya to launch mobile number portability
The Kenyan telecoms regulator CCK will implement mobile number portability from July, according to IT News Africa. CCK director Charles...
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France Telecom loses battle for control of Mobinil
France Telecom has lost its year-long battle to take over Egypt's largest mobile phone operator, Mobinil, after an Egyptian court...
Zain changes management team in Iraq
Zain, the Kuwaiti telecoms giant, has changed the senior management team of its Iraqi operation bringing the subsidiary under the...
Azerbaijan to award 3G licences
Azerbaijan will award 3G licences for all mobile operators this summer, News.az reports. Minister of Communication and Information Technologies Ali...
Swiss merger on verge of closing
TDC and France Telecom have signed a final agreement for the merger of their respective Swiss subsidiaries Sunrise and Orange....
Wang takes Qualcomm hotseat
Qualcomm has promoted Xiang Wang to senior vice president of Qualcomm and president of Qualcomm Greater China. Wang replaces Frank...
Iusacell submits dark fibre bid
Mexican mobile operator Iusacell is to take part in the forthcoming dark-fibre auction in the country. According to BNamericas, Iusacell...
North African operators switch focus to revenues as market saturates
North African telcos will switch their focus from their number of customers to their share of revenues in 2010 as...
Bye bye ByCell
India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has cancelled the mobile licence of Russian-owned-Swiss-registered ByCell, according to reports. The DoT said that...
Partner set for debt refi
Israel's Partner Communications is considering a NIS500m (US$135.6m) debt refinancing. The operator said that it could issue debt securities in...
