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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
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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European group Interoute to connect with Bezeq’s 2,300km Jonah submarine cable
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Bahrain operator buys 3G licence in Jordan for $70.3m through Umniah subsidiary
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Zain to invest $112m to expand Jordan’s high-speed internet and voice coverage in 2012
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Qatar’s Qtel considers buying MerchantBridge’s 19% interest in Iraqi operator Asiacell to take stake to 49%
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Israeli operator teams up with Alcatel-Lucent to launch 100 gigabit submarine cable from Italy
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Israeli wireless operator has selected Ericsson and NSN to upgrade countrywide network to 4G
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Alcatel-Lucent will build 4G network in 11 cities in northern Saudi Arabia and lead content project
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Bahrain operator introduces 100-megabit fibre network with capability for triple play solutions
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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