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Cheaper broadband and mobile banking in Africa and the Middle East 01 January 2012

Paul Kwon of Paul Budde Communications notes that African broadband prices are plummeting and mobile banking service M-Pesa now carries 20% of Kenyaâ€™s GDP
Global Telecoms Business deals of the year 2011 01 January 2012

Turmoil spread across financial markets during the last year but the telecoms sector was still able to see deals in the double digit billions complete in both the operator and the vendor sector
Africa and Middle East to reach 18m LTE users by end of 2015 13 December 2011

Demand for LTE services in the Middle East is just starting and Africa will follow in 2012. After that, writes James Bennett, growth rates will outstrip those for LTE in the rest of the world
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Ericsson completes Telcordia purchase 12 January 2012

Multimedia head Per Borgklint in charge as Ericsson completes purchase of Telcordia, two weeks behind schedule
RIM expected to name new chairman 04 January 2012

BlackBerry smartphone maker could be forced to name new chairman following investor pressure
New board members for TIA and TM Forum 30 November 2011

The Telecommunications Industry Association and the TM Forum have named new members of their boards
VimpelCom appoints Telenor exec as COO and deputy CEO 21 November 2011

New appointment replaces Khaled Bichara, who steps down
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