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Vodafone Granted Extra Time to Expand its Qatari Network

Qatar's telecoms regulator, ictQATAR has amended the license recently granted to Vodafone to grant the company an additional six months to achieve national coverage. Under the terms of its license Vodafone Qatar was required to achieve 98% population coverage and launch full services by 1 March 2009. The revised terms require 98% coverage by 1 September 2009 and the launch of services, including two-way phone mobile and SMS, by 1 July 2009.  more

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Eleven Bid for Egyptian GSM License

Egypt's National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has confirmed that eleven companies have submitted bids for the country's 3rd GSM operating license. A high-level committee was formed by the NTRA to undertake the technical evaluation of the bids. This committee is composed of experts from the Ministries of Investment and Finance, Administrative Control agencies, academia, State Council in addition to experts from NTRA. more

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