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2009: Application stores and other trends

Mobile Communications International December 2009

Issue #162

Exclusive interviews with:

Lee Williams, executive director of the Symbian Foundation

Mike Fairman, CEO of crowd sourcing MVNO Giffgaff

Plus the following features: Application Stores, Africa, Android, Network Sharing

Sandeep Dhawan, Business Head of Reime NIS, ACME Group

Sandeep Dhawan, Business Head of Reime NIS, ACME Group talks at AfricaCom 2009 telecoms conference and exhibition. Find out more about ACME Group and their plans for the future along with his synopsis of AfricaCom.

Tarek Itani, Executive Director, Apliman Technologies

Tarek Itani, Executive Director, Apliman Technologies talks at AfricaCom 2009 telecoms conference and exhibition. Find out more about Apliman Technologies and their plans for the future along with his synopsis of AfricaCom.

Steven E Evans, CEO, Etisalat Nigeria

Steven E Evans, CEO, Etisalat Nigeria talks at AfricaCom 2009 telecoms conference and exhibition. Find out more about Etisalat Nigeria and their plans for the future along with his synopsis of AfricaCom.

Michael Joseph, CEO, Safaricom

Michael Joseph, CEO, Safaricom talks at AfricaCom 2009 telecoms conference and exhibition. Find out more about Safaricom and their plans for the future along with his synopsis of AfricaCom.

Confusion reigns over M&A in the Middle East and Africa

Progress on the region’s big M&A deals – the prospective sale of Zain Africa or a stake in Zain; and the cash and share-swap deal between Bharti and MTN – appears to have stalled. There has been such confusion in the past few days over the possible sale of a large stake in Zain to an Indo-Malaysian consortium that it is at risk of descending into a debacle.

Nigeria sets two-month deadline on Nitel privatisation

Nitel's privatisation has been beset with difficulty

Nigeria’s government has set a 60-day deadline for the privatisation of the state-owned incumbent telco Nitel, including mobile operation M-Tel. The announcement came on Monday as the Nigerian vice-president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, appointed a new board to the company to oversee its stabilisation.

Osondo Nwokoro, Director of Regulatory Affairs, ZAIN Nigeria

West & Central Africa Com 2009

Lanri Ajayi, Managing Director, PINET Informatics

West & Central Africa Com 2009

Christian De Faria, Vice President WECA Region, MTN

West & Central Africa Com 2009