Econet

Alcatel Paris. With Orascom Telecom for the supply and installation of GSM solutions in the Middle East and Africa. Value: Undisclosed. Brazil. With Telemar for a GSM 1800/GPRS network in …

DENVER, United States-Nearly 10 years after the introduction of cellular services in West Africa, the number of mobile subscribers has increased to such an extent that it is rapidly becoming …

LAGOS, Nigeria—Motorola’s Global Telecom Solutions said it has won a US$57 million contract from Econet to deploy GSM networks in northern Nigeria.The first phase of the project is scheduled to …

LAGOS, Nigeria—Motorola’s Global Telecom Solutions said it has won a $57 million contract from Econet to deploy GSM networks in northern Nigeria.The first phase of the project is scheduled to …

NEW DELHI, India-Wireless network operators the world over are preparing to move from offering voice-only services to data and content-based services. The transition means they will have to install real-time, …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Many eyes in the wireless industry have recently focused on the emerging market of Africa with a lot of attention going to the recent auction of four mobile …

LAGOS, Nigeria-Six global telecom vendors are vying to build out Nitel’s GSM network in Nigeria. Nigeria awarded four GSM licenses earlier this year, and state-owned Nitel received one of the …

BOSTON-Econet Nigeria Ltd. has paid for its digital mobile license, thus becoming the third company after NITEL and MTN Nigeria Limited to pay for its licenses in Nigeria. Communications Investment …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN), the South African mobile network operator, recently secured one of four mobile operator licenses in Nigeria. The network must pay a license fee of …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Econet Wireless is gearing up to become one of the leading cellular operators on the African continent. With Botswana and Zimbabwe cellular operations firmly under its wing, it …

SANDTON, South Africa-A wave of liberalization and privatization is transforming the cellular market in Africa. Countries riding high on this tide include South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Mauritius, C”te d’Ivoire, …