Middle East and Africa mobile network provide, Zain, said it was confident that unifying all emerging market operations under one global identity would prove successful.

Mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has launched its latest handset model, the 6730 Classic, which will be shipped world wide in June 2009.

Middle East and African mobile network provider, Zain, says that it expects good earnings results for the current financial year, despite prevailing negative economic conditions.

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) vice chairman, Ernest Ndukwe, has urged mobile operators in the country to start sharing network infrastructure.

Computer hardware manufacturer, Fujitsu Limited, has announced plans to host the Fujitsu Mobile Phone Design Award 2009, a design contest aimed at enhancing state of the art mobile phone designs.

Paris Mashile, Chairperson of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), has been severely criticized for his recent comments questioning the ability of South Africa’s mobile network operators to adequately provide mobile services during the FIFA World Cup 2010 football tournament.

Telecoms infrastructure provider Nokia Siemens Networks says that nearly one-sixth of the planet’s population uses its mobile switching network for voice communications.

Mobile network provider Zain Nigeria has made it possible for their Nigerian customers to still make calls even when they do not have airtime on their phones. This has been done through the introduction of a new service called Zain Pay4Me.

Zain Nigeria has introduced a new prepaid Blackberry service to its customers. This brings to an end the largely exclusive ability of only those people who can afford contract packages, to use the wide array of applications on Blackberry devices.

Mobile network provider MTN has announced that it will launch a new flagship mobile handset into the South African market, through an exclusive partnership with local HTC distributor Leaf International Communications (Pty) Ltd.

UK mobile network giant Vodafone, now the majority shareholder in South Africa’s Vodacom, has announced tow new key appointments to its Board of Directors.