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February
UAE based operator expects over $600m from sale of its mobile phone towers in Africa
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January
MTN renews agreement with Ericsson to manage network operations for 3G sites in Ghana
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Qatar reported in talks to buy Saudi Oger’s 55% control of Oger Telecom, which owns 55% of Türk Telecom
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South African operator will not exit from Irancell holding despite US pressure to pull out over Iran’s nuclear actions
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Nigerian operator selects Huawei for network upgrade to meet rising data services demand
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Econet Wireless’s Liquid Telecom buys assets of wireless internet provider Zimbabwe Online
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Zambia dissolve operator’s board as it looks to get back control of Zamtel from Libya’s LAP GreenN
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CEO of Kuwait’s Hits Telecom considers acquisition in plans to improve footprint in Liberia and Tanzania
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Vodafone-controlled South African operator says it is close resolving dispute with Congo partner CWN
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Airtel operation launches mobile broadband technology with speeds up to 21 megabytes a second
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Zimbabwe investment plan includes fibre-optic project in addition to 2G and 3G network upgrades
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Vodacom’s Zambian ISP unit AfriConnect to use Airspan infrastructure to offer 4G services
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Russian operator is in talks to sell majority stake in Djezzy to Algerian government
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Libyan investment arm interested in buying assets of Rwandatel after operator is placed under insolvency process
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MTN mobile investment follows regulator’s demand to three operators to enhance networks
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$100m investment will focus on improving data and mobile commerce services, says MD Rene Meza
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Cameroon footballer Samuel Eto’o sets up new mobile venture Set’Mobile to compete with MTN and Orange
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Paul Kwon of Paul Budde Communications notes that African broadband prices are plummeting and mobile banking service M-Pesa now carries 20% of Kenya’s GDP