Cell phones in Afghanistan
Phone Networks in Afghanistan |
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Latest Telecoms News from Afghanistan |
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Afghan Operator Launches Youth Tariff Afghanistan mobile operator, Roshan has launched a new tariff which the company says is designed and customized for Afghan youth....Asian Bank to Boost Rural GSM Service in Afghanistan The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to provide a US$55 million loan to the Afghanistan based mobile operator, Roshan so it can extend its coverage to parts of the country that have little or no telecommunications infrastructure in place....Taliban Burn Down Afghan phone tower Gunmen have burnt down a base station operated by MTN in Afghanistan's Kunar province. Eng Mia Jan, head of MTN in Kunar province told reporters that armed men attacked the four men working on the site and then set fire to the site....Afghan Phone Company Signs 2 Millionth Subscriber Afghanistan based Roshan says that it has reached 2 million active subscribers. The firm, which began operations in July 2003, as the second GSM provider in Afghanistan, before any basic telecommunications infrastructure was established...Cell phone shutdown angers Afghans Taliban attacks on telecom towers have prompted cell phone companies to shut down service across southern Afghanistan at night, angering a quarter million customers who have no other telephones....Afghanistan Launches the Privatization of Afghan Telecom Afghanistan's government has announced plans for the privatization of Afghan Telecom Corporation. The Ministry of Communications and IT released a Request for Expressions of Interest (REI) in the sale of 80% of the shares of the company....Cellphone signals cut off at night in some Afghan provinces After recent attacks on mobile phone towers by Taliban militants, private cell phone companies have started shutting down their signals during night in some parts of southern Afghanistan, officials and consumers said Friday....Telecom tower burned in west Afghanistan A telecommunications tower was set ablaze in western Afghanistan, a police official said Wednesday, the latest such attack since insurgents warned phone companies to shut down the towers at night....Taliban Destroy More Afghan Phone Towers Taliban militants have attacked two more telecom towers in southern Afghanistan after warning phone companies to shut down the towers at night....Taliban militants blew up a telecommunications tower Friday in southern Afghanistan following a warning to phone companies to shut down the towers at night or face attack.... |