Latest Telecoms News from Afghanistan
Roshan Deal to Lease Capacity on Afghan Telecom Network
Afghanistan based mobile network operator, Roshan has signed a deal with Afghan Telecom to access its National Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) Backbone Ring Network....
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Afghanistan Sees Record Quarterly Net Subscriber Growth
The Afghan market looks set to have reached 10m customers by the end of Q2 09, having finished Q1 with 9.29m. Quarterly net additions stood at an all-time record of 1.33m, more than double the 0.58m recorded in Q1 08...
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MTN Gets Loan to Expand Afghan Network
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a US $65 million loan and US $10 million in equity to MTN Afghanistan to support the expansion of the company's mobile telephone network....
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Roshan Expands Afghanistan's Telemedicine Project to Bamyan Province
Afghanistan mobile network, Roshan has expanded its Telemedicine solution beyond Kabul to include provincial hospitals....
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Afghan Wireless in Shareholder Dispute
A lawsuit has been filed in London's High Court in a US$400 million shareholder dispute over the ownership of the Afghanistan based mobile phone network, Afghan Wireless Communications Company (AWCC)....
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Apple's iPhone and Afghanistan's Taliban
It has been reported that Mullah Zaif, the Taliban's former ambassador to Pakistan is using an Apple iPhone in Afghanistan. ...
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Roshan's Active Subscriber Base in Afghanistan Reaches Three Million
Afghanistan mobile network operator, Roshan has announced that it has just signed up its 3 millionth subscriber. The firm added one million new active subscribers since June 2008 and has reached the three million active subscriber mark in less than six years of operation. ...
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Afghanistan to Boost Mobile Coverage in Underserved Areas
Afghanistan's government has announced plans to start spending the income from a Telecom Development Fund (TDF) which will be used to expand mobile and landline services into underserved rural areas. ...
Afghanistan - Total Market Grows to 6.7 Million Customers
The battle for market leadership in Afghanistan took another twist in Q3 08, with Roshan regaining first place from Afghan Wireless....
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Taliban Order Daytime Shutdown of Mobile Phone Networks
Afghanistan based Taliban insurgents have ordered mobile operators in Ghazni province, southwest of Kabul to shut down their networks during the daytime - claiming that they are being used to track the movements of Taliban fighters....
