In the Middle East, UAE operator Du has announced plans to provide Wifi access across the Dubai Metro, the majority shareholder in Orange Israel is looking to sell its stake in the firm and a Bahraini operator is left reeling after the Indian Supreme Court cancels its licence to provide 2G services in the country.
Nayla Khawam, CEO of Orange Jordan, talks about the country’s increasing demand for broadband, even in rural areas, and the key applications which are driving this growth.
France Telecom-Orange has signed a partnership agreement with Bouygues Telecom to share the Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) networks it has deployed across France.
Spain’s antitrust regulator, the National Commission Competition (CNC) has taken disciplinary action against Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange, accusing the operators of abusing their dominant positions.
Amid the growing popularity of mobile money services in Africa, Orange said that its own offering has reached three million customers, after tripling its user base in the last year.
Elisabeth Medou-Badang, Chief Executive Officer, Orange Botswana, talks to James Middleton about the unique dynamics of the Botswanan mobile market, where penetration is already at 150 per cent and ARPU is one of the highest in Africa. Medou-Badang also comments on Orange’s partnership with Astellia to deliver KPIs on voice and data.
Telecoms.com talks to Patrice Slupowski, VP – Digital Innovation of Orange at Broadband World Forum 2011.
France Telecom-Orange has announced that it will acquire Congo Chine Télécom (CCT), a mobile operator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The firm has struck a deal to buy shares in the African operator from ZTE, the Chinese handset manufacturer, and from the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Mobile Country Code (MCC) 901 is something special. It is reserved for the provision of Mobile Network Codes (MNCs) that are not homed to any one national market. MCC 901 is consequently known as a ‘shared’ Mobile Country Code and carriers that qualify to be allocated an MNC that uses MCC 901 are able to operate cross-border services using a single SIM with a single price for data connectivity. For enterprise customers who purchase such SIMs this prevents them from having to worry about roaming charges or bill-shock for their connected devices. It also guarantees seamless continuity of service availability internationally.
The African continent moved a step closer to receiving more bandwidth and capacity redundancy on Monday, when the ACE (Africa Coast to Europe) submarine cable landed at the submarine cable station of Penmarc’h, Brittany. Due to be operational in the second half of 2012, the 17,000km cable provides more connectivity between Europe, Africa and Asia.
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