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Leadership shuffle announced at MTN

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Current Chief Marketing Officer of MTN South Africa, Brian Gouldie, has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of one of the operating companies within the MTN Group. The identity of the country is yet to be disclosed. Larry...
Mobile and Telecoms

Econet to launch Eco Cash mobile money

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Mobile operator Econet Wireless says it plans to launch its mobile money platform Eco-Cash at the end of September 2011. The system will allow its over 5 million subscribers to make payments of less than $20 using their mobile phones. "With...
Mobile and Telecoms

Alvarion 4G network moving in Uganda

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Ugandan local reports said that Alvarion and Foris Telecom Global launched 4G networks in Uganda and Mozambique. The result could be a renewed push to move the new mobile technology into Africa as a whole. When contacted, both companies said...
Mobile and Telecoms

Egypt looking to postpone 4th mobile license

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The interim Egyptian government said on Tuesday in an interview that it is looking to postpone a fourth mobile operator license in the country. According to Communications Minister, Maguid Osman, in an interview with Bloomberg news agency, the government...
Mobile and Telecoms

Epson to show off new products at Cairo ICT

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The excitement of Egypt’s Cairo ICT 2011 exhibition is gaining steam. Epson, who will showcase at the event that opens on May 25, announced it will reveal a new range of wireless and 3LCD projectors at the technology event...
Mobile and Telecoms

Soros firm in Nigerian telecom dispute

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A British newspaper reported that a private equity firm backed by George Soros, is currently in a dispute with the Nigerian government over mobile phone towers in the country. According to the UK’s Telegraph, Helios Investment Partners, currently headed by...
Mobile and Telecoms

Nigeria celebrates 10 years of GSM

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Nigeria plans to celebrate 10 years of GSM service in the country. According to Nigeria ICT Broadcasters Network (NIBN), an influential ICT body of producers and publishers, they will publish a documentary that features the mobile market transformation in...
Mobile and Telecoms

Telkom Kenya employees to battle layoffs

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Employees of Telkom Kenya are not going down without a fight. After the company announced some 400 staff would be let go as part of a downsizing effort to boost profit margins, protests and a possible strike loom. According to...
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Guinea, MTN payment wrangle resolved

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The R97 million row between South Africa's mobile operator, MTN and the government of Guinea has finally been resolved, an official confirmed to ITNewsAfrica.com. Responding to written questions, MTN Group Communications Manager, Rich Mkhondo, said the solution has been found...
Mobile and Telecoms

Egypt busts illegal telecoms network

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An Egyptian military court sentenced 16 people to jail for establishing an illegal telecom network enabling phone calls via Israel. Local media reported on Wednesday that an Israeli and two Palestinians were among those sentenced to 15 years in...
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