 | CENTRAL AFRICA  [Gregory Gondwe] Malawi mobile phone service provider TNM Limited has bemoaned increased depreciation charges, which it has attributed to losses posted in the 2008 - 2009 financial year. The company announced through its end results statement a decline in earnings with its net slipping from MK1.5 bn in 2008 to MK1.2bn in 2009.
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| CENTRAL AFRICA [Gregory Gondwe] Zain Malawi managing director Fayaz King recently told a conference of the African Union and the Economic Commission for Africa's finance ministers that Malawi has made ‘long strides' in the development of the telecommunications sector through mobile phone services compared to most African countries. |
| CENTRAL AFRICA [Gregory Gondwe] South Africa's Beryl Telecoms has engaged Telkom SA to operate and manage what is to become Malawi's third mobile phone service provider G-Mobile which is on the verge of losing its licence. |
| CENTRAL AFRICA [Gregory Gondwe] Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has given Global Advanced Integrated Networks (G-Mobile), a company set to become the third mobile phone service provider, a new deadline of 12 April 2010 to roll out or risk revocation of its licence. |
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[Gregory Gondwe] Zain Malawi, on 12 January 2010, launched a pilot phase of a new service that will enable customers to carry out financial transactions using their mobile phones. The mobile commerce service dubbed ZAP Khusa M'manja (money in your hands) is being rolled out this week in Malawi following a successful performance in East Africa Zain operations. |
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[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's third mobile phone service provider, G-Mobile, has entered a pact with Alliance Media, Malawi's largest airport and outdoor media company to install billboards across the country, in the run up to its launch. |
| CENTRAL AFRICA [Gregory Gondwe] As the market rat race between Malawi's current two mobile phone service providers continues, TNM last week tried to outdo Zain Malawi's Blackberry on prepaid service, which is an internet facility innovation. |
| CENTRAL AFRICA [Gregory Gondwe] The Malawi government has suspended the decision by the Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA), which awarded two licences to two companies when it had only advertised for one. |
| CENTRAL AFRICA [Gregory Gondwe] The commercial court in Blantyre has allowed G-Mobile to engage South African investor Berlyl Telcoms into its project. Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) in July 2008 gave G-Mobile a licence, as Globally Advanced Integrated Networks Limited (GAIN) and according to the agreement, the company is supposed to roll out before the end of the year or risk revocation of the licence. |
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[Gregory Gondwe] Zain Malawi has launched a sim-operated payphone which its managing director, Fayaz King, has hailed as "everything a mobile phone is, without being mobile". |
| CENTRAL AFRICA [Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's Global Advanced Integrated Networks (G-Mobile) has entered into a deal with South Africa's Beryl Capital and Telecoms worth US$90m. The deal which is for the supply, installation and commissioning of the company in the country will enable G-Mobile to roll out and start its operations by December 2009. |
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[Gregory Gondwe] A number of Malawians that are also clients of one of the country's mobile phone service providers and use Western Union banking services have hailed the two institutions' partnership. |
| CENTRAL AFRICA [Gregory Gondwe] Information Communication Association of Malawi (ICTAM) interim President Derek Lakudzala has observed that Malawi's mobile phone tariffs are too high in Malawi as compared to other countries in the region. |
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[Gregory Gondwe] Telecommunication services providers in Malawi have cried foul over the conditions the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) have put in the operating licence granted to Globally Advanced Integrated Networks (GAIN), limited to be trading as G-mobile. |
| CENTRAL AFRICA [Gregory Gondwe] Globally Advanced Integrated Networks (GAIN) received its mobile phone service operating licence on Monday, 30 March, 2009 from the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) and pledged to inject US$40m within the first five years into the operation. |
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[Gregory Gondwe] Zain Malawi has started discussions with the Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) to change its licence conditions so that the third Generation (3G) system can be introduced into Malawi's telecommunication industry. |
| CENTRAL AFRICA [Gregory Gondwe] The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has said the country will be introducing a new nine-digit national numbering plan for telecommunication services effective 1 April, 2009. Currently Malawi uses a seven-digit format. |
| CENTRAL AFRICA [Gregory Gondwe] Malawi witnessed its biggest Initial Public Offer (IPO) in its stock exchange history when TNM Limited, on Monday, 5 October, 2008, put to offer over one billion shares to the public. The company is also Malawi's first telecommunications company to list on the Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE). |
| CENTRAL AFRICA [Gregory Gondwe] Mobile phone network operator, Zain Malawi Limited on Thursday, 4 September 2008, commissioned its 4th media gateway in Blantyre amidst network congestion problems that has put off many subscribers. |
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[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi Telecoms Limited (MTL), the country's only fixed-line operator, has launched a wireless fixed telephone, expected to give users flexibility of mobility within a coverage zone. |
