Airtel Zambia to have rolled out 200 rural cell sites by end-2012

Airtel Zambia is reportedly aiming to have deployed some 200 new mobile towers in rural areas of the country before the end of the year, with a view to enhancing coverage in underserved areas. According to AllAfrica, Airtel managing director Fayaz King noted that the infrastructure rollout forms part of a partnership with Zambia Information Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA), with the duo working on a universal access project that will see Airtel Zambia construct more than 350 shareable base stations in rural areas nationwide

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Optus completes Vividwireless purchase

Australian telco SingTel Optus has reportedly finalised the AUD230 million (USD232 million) acquisition of local wireless broadband operator Vividwireless, The Australian reports.

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Telekom Austria clarifies Carlos Slim shareholdings

Following on from America Movil’s (AM’s) announcement last week that it had agreed terms to buy a 21% stake in the Telekom Austria Group from Viennese businessman Ronny Pecik and his Egyptian partner, Naguib Sawiris, the Austrian firm has taken steps to clarify the precise shareholdings involved in the transaction, putting an end to increasingly frenzied media speculation. According to Telekom, as at 15 June 2012 the pan-Latin American telecoms giant held 6.75% of the total shares of Telekom Austria, thus exceeding the 5% threshold for the announcement of the holding of stocks, as per the Austrian Stock Exchange Act

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Batelco’s wholesale charges brought down

Bahrain’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has issued an order to the country’s dominant telecoms operator Batelco, setting new wholesale regulated access and interconnection rates for 2012.

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Nepal’s telecoms watchdog orders NT to pay royalty fees

The Himalayan News Service reports that the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has ordered state-owned incumbent fixed and mobile operator Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited (Nepal Telecom, or NT) to pay off its outstanding royalties of NPR3.27 billion (USD38.6 million).

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Telia launches PC/Mac ‘Play +’ packages as add-on for IPTV customers

TeliaSonera Sweden (Telia) today launched ‘Telia Play +’, a package of conventional TV channels, programme libraries and digital video store available on TVs and computers (PCs and Macs) as an add-on for its IPTV subscribers.

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PCCW chooses IBM for SaaS cloud apps

PCCW Solutions, the integrated ICT services unit of Hong Kong-based telco PCCW, has selected IBM PureSystems as the basis for its new Enterprise Solutions Superstore, an online environment for independent software vendors (ISVs) to offer cloud-based applications using a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. As reported by TelecomAsia, IBM PureFlex will be utilised by PCCW to serve enterprise customers with cloud services tailored to their needs, and according to PCCW, the solution met its need for ‘a fully integrated and optimised infrastructure that radically simplifies computing to ensure high quality services and an enhanced customer experience.’ With the implementation of the IBM offering, PCCW Solutions intends to tap the growing public cloud services market in Hong Kong, which researchers claim is growing at a compound annual growth rate of 40%.

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