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...
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...
VimpelCom plots Rbs20bn bond issue
Russian operator VimpelCom is to issue Rbs20bn (US$683) of five-year bonds. VimpelCom announced that the ruble denominated notes will be...
Industry awake to cost of RFI
The issue of radio frequency interference (RFI) has risen in prominence in recent times as major operators such as Intelsat...
Intelsat moves satellite to cover Galaxy-15 anomaly
Intelsat has announced that its Galaxy-15 satellite experienced an anomaly on April 5 that has left the operator unable to...
Satmex initiates new satellite project with US$2m down payment
Beleaguered Mexican satellite operator Satmex has paid Space Systems Loral US$2m for an Authorisation to Proceed with the construction of...
Thaicom drawn into Thai political unrest as protestors storm teleport
Thousands of political protesters have stormed satellite operator Thaicom's Teleport and DTH facility, as the company finds itself placed at...
