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Ghana: MTN renews Ericsson as managed services partner

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:36:00 +0200

MTN, the telecommunications company with a presence in 21 countries in Africa and the Middle East, have announced the extension of its managed services agreement with Ericsson for operation in Ghana.
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Spinlet celebrated at Midem 2012

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:14:00 +0200

The launch of Spinlet, Africa's digital distribution service was celebrated this week at Midem 2012, in Cannes, France. The service is expected to debut within Africa this February with over 200 000 tracks, making it the largest platform for music discovery throughout Africa.
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Bharti Airtel issues statement following judgement

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:39:00 +0200

In the Federal High Court of Nigeria, the honorable Justice Shuaib, handed down judgment in the matter between Econet Wireless Ltd (EWL) vs. Bharti Airtel Nigeria Limited. Bharti Airtel has since issued a statement to the media.
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Cross-border telephone remittances increase in Africa

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:28:00 +0200

More people in Africa's poorest countries have mobile phones than have bank accounts. That reality is spurring mobile service companies to explore how they can capture a share of the potential banking market by enabling migrants from these countries to transfer funds back home to their families.
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Latest Apple iPhone to hit China on 13 January

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:43:00 +0200

SAN FRANCISCO, US: Apple has announced that the latest version of its hot-selling iPhones will be released in China and 21 other countries on 13 January. It is already available in South Africa.
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Nigeria: Airtel has no plans to shutdown BlackBerry services

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:21:00 +0200

Following rumors that the Nigerian government had instructed telecom operators to shut down their Blackberry service in the country, the executive director and chief operating officer at Airtel Networks Limited, Deepak Srivastava, released a statement yesterday, 3 January 2012, to dispel the rumour.
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Airtel advises against phoning while driving

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:58:00 +0200

LAGOS, NIGERIA: As Nigerians celebrate this year's yuletide, leading telecommunications operator, Airtel Nigeria, has joined in the celebrations, wishing every Nigerian a happy holiday and a prosperous 2012 - but it's also cautioned Nigerians.
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Airtel Money re-launches in Ghana

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:36:00 +0200

Airtel Ghana, last week, re-launched its mobile money platform, under a new brand name Airtel Money, which has been positioned to provide customers with an efficient alternative to cash transactions and provide millions of Ghanaians with access to banking services for the first time.
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MMA to launch West Africa Local Council

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:50:00 +0200

The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) today announced that it has plans to launch a West Africa Local Council in March 2012 to promote, educate, measure, guide and protect the industry in the region.
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W.AFRI-TEL to boost business opportunities in Nigeria

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:56:00 +0200

W.AFRI-TEL, the West African Telecom Exhibition, which takes place from 8-10 May 2012 at the Eko Hotel fair ground in Lagos, Nigeria, will facilitate business opportunities in the telecom sector, enabling exhibitors to gain access to the Nigerian telecom market that contains over 80 million mobile subscribers.
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