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Articles tagged with: Universal Service Fund
Telenor Pakistan becomes the first cellular operator to complete USF project
Telenor Pakistan says that it has become the country's first telco to have completed a Universal Service Fund project. To celebrate the achievement, Telenor Pakistan and the Universal Service Fund jointly inaugurated a Base Station in district Bahawalpur's Cholistan desert last week. This cell site is one of the total 39 sites of USF Bahawalpur project that have been set up for this communication deprived area. more
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Warid Telecom Commissions 6,000th Base Station
Four years after it launched its network, Pakistan's Warid Telecom says that it has commissioned its 6,000 base station. As a result Warid is now able to provide GSM services to more than 6000 cities, towns and villages and is covering more than 12000 Km of highways and major roads; across the country. more
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Safaricom Subscriber Base Up - Market Share Down
Kenya's Safaricom has reported that its subscriber base has risen by 11.2 percent during the second half of 2008, although it lost market share to new entrants into the market. Safaricom said it had 13.3 million subscribers and its market share has fallen to 77 percent from 81 percent at the end of September, when it had 12 million customer. more
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Telenor Wins Rural Pakistan Coverage Deal
Pakistan's Universal Service Fund (USF) and Telenor have entered into a Rs. 930 million (US$11.6 million) contract to provide basic telephony and data services to the population in the yet un-served areas of Sanghar, Tharparkar Umerkot and Mirpur Khas districts. more
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CTO: Commonwealth to set up Pan-African Universal Service Fund
APA-Lilongwe (Malawi) The UK-based Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisations (CTO) director, Bashir Patel, on Tuesday said his organisation was in the process of bringing together all Pan-African states to establish an African Universal Service Fund and Access Association to address some of the challenges member states face in the continent. more
Diallog Acquires Nationwide CDMA450 License in Pakistan
Diallog, a wireless local loop operator, says that it has acquired additional CDMA EV-DO licenses to operate across Pakistan in a single frequency spectrum of 450MHz. Diallog, a brand of Great Bear International Services, is currently operating a wireless local loop network in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Murree and Attock. more
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Alltel Deal Illustrates 'Process Problems' at FCC
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- New details are emerging over the Federal Communications Commission's hurried approval of the $26.5 billion sale of Alltel Corp. in late October. more
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US Board Proposes Telecom Fund be Used for Broadband Costs
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Policymakers overseeing a federal government-subsidized telecommunications fund have recommended for the first time that it be used specifically to help offset costs of deploying broadband Internet services in rural and poor parts of the country. more
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MTC ready for WiMax spectrum auction
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FCC Gives Green Light to Alltel Corp Sale
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Federal Communications Commission on Friday approved the $27.5 billion sale of Alltel Corp. to two private-equity companies, but imposed a series of conditions on the transaction. more
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