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Neotel becomes Tata Communications subsidiary

South Africa's Neotel has become a subsidiary of Tata Communications
June 14, 2011 Written by Pamela Weaver

India’s Tata Communications has upped its stake in South Africa’s second national operator Neotel, making the telco a subsidiary of the company. Tata’s stake has increased from 56 per cent to 61.5 per cent. It is not clear which of Neotel’s other shareholders has sold its stake; the Neotel website lists Communitel and Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) partner Nexus Connexion as the other shareholders.

Tags; Ajay Pandey, CDMA, Communitel, Neotel, Nexus Connexion, Sunil Joshi, Tata Communications, WP850, ZTE, Africa, Financial results, Handsets & Devices, Networks, News & Analysis, Operator, Vendor

West African Cable System to land next week

WACS is due to reach its final destination in South Africa next week
March 30, 2011 Written by Pamela Weaver

The construction phase of the West African Cable System (WACS) is due for completion early in April, when the cable will reach its final destination point at Yzerfontein in South Africa. The cable was slated to be ready for commercial use by the third quarter of this year, but that target has now been pushed back to early 2012.

Tags; African submarine cable, MTN Africa, South Africa, Tata Communications, Telkom South Africa, Vodacom, WACS, Africa, Broadband, Europe, Networks, News & Analysis, Operator, Vendor

M-Taiwan

M-Taiwan

The project bringing WiMAX services to the nation

Issue 02 February 2008

Featuring:

Interview: BSNL, India’s largest telecoms operator

Case Study: Multinational WiMAX in Europe

Feature: WiMAX’s future royalty regime

Tags; bsnl, Cisco, Tata Communications, WiMAX Congress, WiMAX Telecom, WiMAX Vision