Vol 53 No 2 | AFRICATELECOMS New technology, new repression 20th January 2012 Authoritarian regimes’ use of cellphones is under the spotlight One of the most striking aspects of last year’s North African revolutions was the use of new technology as a tool for political organisation – and to outwit flatfooted dictatorship...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 10 | CHINAAFRICATELECOMS Uganda to miss digital deadline 31st August 2011 As Huawei Technologies hits trouble in Uganda, Chinese communications projects encounter legal problems from East Africa down to Southern Africa Uganda may miss the East African Community’s deadline of December 2012 for all member states to switch from analogue to digital television. In early August, Uganda’s communicat...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 10 | SOUTH AFRICACHINATELECOMS Raids and rivalries 31st August 2011 A raid on telecoms company ZTE has called attention to illegal immigration and the rough competition between Chinese companies in South Africa. The Department of Home Affairs,...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 4 | NIGERIATELECOMS Who can you call? 28th February 2011 Another attempt at privatising fixed-line operator Nigerian Telecommunications Ltd. (Nitel) and mobile operator Mtel has failed.
Vol 3 (AAC) No 9 | INDIATELECOMS Manoj Kohli 20th July 2010 Chief Executive Officer (International Operations), Bharti Airtel Bharti Airtel, India's largest mobile services company, at last acquired long-coveted African assets when it completed the purchase of Zain's Africa operations for US$10.7 billio...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 9 | SOUTH AFRICAINDIATELECOMS MTN-Bharti merger 31st July 2009 Despite shareholder concerns the deal between Africa's and India's biggest mobile companies is set to go ahead this year The planned US$20 billion merger of Africa's Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN) and India's Bharti Airtel would bring together two continental giants to form the world's third large...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 9 | TELECOMS Wired for growth 6th November 2008 Chinese companies lead their Indian and Japanese counterparts into African telecoms, the world's fastest growing market The battle for African telecoms is on. From the ground up, from the base stations and transmitting equipment to the rival cellphone companies, Asian and European companies are co...
