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 communications regulator sounded the...
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, the South African Police Service and...
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.
