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Articles tagged with: Africa and Iden
1.45 Million BWA/WiMAX Subscribers Added in 2008
Worldwide, approximately 1.45 million BWA/WiMAX subscribers were added during 2008, while the WCDMA subscriber base increased by more than 90 million. The average quarter-over-quarter subscriber growth rate in 2008 was 21.5%, according to the 7th issue of the 4GCounts Quarterly Report from Maravedis. more
Related Tags: , 3g, base-station, wimax, mobile-wimax, arpu, wcdma, lte, maravedis, cdma, bsnl, base-stations, partner, lte-advanced, planning, network-planning
MTN Group Shuffles African Management
South africa's MTN Group has shuffled its key management in its african subsidiaries. MTN Group President and CEO, Mr Phuthuma Nhleko, says these appointments will go a long way towards helping MTN to achieve its vision of being the leading telecoms player in emerging markets. more
Related Tags: tim, mtn, mtn-uganda, ovi, cfo, mtn-group, investcom, Rwanda
2009 Africa Wireless CAPEX to Drop 11.8% to $9.4 Billion
african wireless capital expenditure spending is forecasted to decline 11.8% in 2009 after growing 16.4% in 2008, according to the latest report from EJL Wireless Research. more
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Mobile broadband to be worth $137 billion by 2014
Users of mobile broadband services (3G and 3G+ technologies) will grow from 181 million in 2008 to over 2 billion in 2014, growth of 1024%, according to Ovum's latest research. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, 3g, sim, eu, arpu, driving, lte, ovi, ovum, usb-modem, vas, mobile-broadband, opex, laptop, music, usb
MTN Ivory Coast Raises $150 Million for Network Expansion
Citibank has announced the successful closure and signing of a XOF 76.1 billion (US$150 million) financing in favor of MTN Cote d'Ivoire. The bank noted that this is the largest locally raised XOF syndicated term loan facility for an Ivorian corporate borrower. more
Related Tags: itu, mtn, partner, citibank,
Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Down by 5% in Q4 '08
The global economic downturn had a significant impact on the mobile phone industry as worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 314.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2008, a 4.6 per cent decline from the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Manufacturers continued to struggle against low consumer confidence in both emerging and mature markets. more
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