3 Afghan operators fined by Afghan regulator
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The quality of communications services offered by several mobile companies was found to be below reasonable level in the third and fourth quarter by the Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority (Atra).
Services of three mobile operators of Afghanistan namely Afghan Wireless Communications, MTN and Etisalat, were found to below the standards required by their license and hence being fined for the low quality output.
A fine of AFN 1.5 million on Etisalat has been imposed by the Atra while Afghan Wireless Communications was fined AFN 3.5 million and AFN 5 million has been asked by MTN.
Siemens to build mobile phone network in Kabul
FRANKFURT, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Germany’s Siemens (SIEGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) has won a deal to build a mobile phone network in Kabul, the capital of war-torn Afghanistan, the company said on Thursday.The industrial conglomerate said it would build a third-generation (3G) W-CDMA network and supply second-generation equipment to the Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC), the country’s first mobile phone company.AWCC is owned by U.S.-based Telephone Systems International (TSI), a company incorporated in 1998 for the sole purpose of establishing a commercial telephone system in
Afghanistan.Siemens said in a statement that about 1.5 million people or 4 percent of the population use mobile telephony in
Afghanistan, where fighting is at its worst since a U.S.-led coalition drove the hardline Islamist Taliban from power in 2001.
“In addition to voice communications, we want to deliver mobile Internet access and mobile TV to our customers over the 3G network,” TSI Chief Financial Officer Dan Florentine said in the statement.
Source- http://today.reuters.com
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