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	<title>Wireless Federation &#187; Botswana</title>
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		<title>Mobile penetration in Botswana reaches 95 per cent (Africa)</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/91644-mobile-penetration-in-botswana-reaches-95-per-cent-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botswana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BTC beMOBILE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Market Share]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mascom Wireless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Penetration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Subscriptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orange Botswana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postpaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prepaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Telecommunications Operators (PTOs)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to the figures reported by the Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA), the past year has witnessed many changes in terms of the market share held by the Public Telecommunications Operators (PTOs). The report reveals that in March 2010 6 per cent of the market share was controlled by BTC beMOBILE, 37 per cent by Orange [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mascom offers ‘MyTime’ internet for data users (Africa)</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/91611-mascom-offers-mytime-internet-for-data-users-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/91611-mascom-offers-mytime-internet-for-data-users-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botswana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet bundle offer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mascom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surf internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voice Revenues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[‘MyTime’ internet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Botswana’s leading mobile network operator Mascom is allowing users to choose the amount of time they would like to use the internet and pay accordingly. According to the company website, the MyTime internet offer provides users with a specific number of hours for a price, during which they can surf and download as much content [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile money services receive success in Africa (Africa)</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/91477-mobile-money-services-receive-success-in-africa-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/91477-mobile-money-services-receive-success-in-africa-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botswana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FNB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lesotho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Banking services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Namibia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ravesh Ramlakan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swaziland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yolande van Wyk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zambia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wirelessfederation.com/news/?p=91477</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The success of mobile banking services in Africa can be gauged by a report by FNB, highlighting a 150 per cent hike in transaction growth for its cellphone banking service and 1384 per cent growth for eWallet, for the month of December 2011 when compared to the previous December. The report reveals that customers conducted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HP and PING Collaborate on Mobile Health Monitoring to Reduce Malaria</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/78448-hp-and-ping-collaborate-on-mobile-health-monitoring-to-reduce-malaria/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/78448-hp-and-ping-collaborate-on-mobile-health-monitoring-to-reduce-malaria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botswana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wirelessfederation.com/news/?p=78448</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the heels of the United Nations Social Innovation Summit, HP (NYSE:HPQ) and nonprofit organization Positive Innovation for the Next Generation (PING) are launching a collaboration to improve the quality and efficiency of disease surveillance in Botswana through mobile health monitoring technology that can enhance protection and prevention against major malaria outbreaks. Advancing the country [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FNB mobile phone banking reaches 150,000 users in Botswana</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/73770-fnb-mobile-phone-banking-reaches-150000-users-in-botswana/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/73770-fnb-mobile-phone-banking-reaches-150000-users-in-botswana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 08:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botswana]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wirelessfederation.com/news/?p=73770</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First National Bank of Botswana has stated that its Cellphone Banking service has reached the milestone of over 150,000 registered customers. According to the bank&#8217;s Head of Electronic Banking, Thato Kubu, the success is attributed to FNB&#8217;s brand promise of helpfulness and the bank&#8217;s passion for innovation. Launched in 2006, FNB Cellphone Banking allows customers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MTN launches borderless roaming across five countries (South Africa)</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/37220-mtn-launches-borderless-roaming-across-five-countries-south-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/37220-mtn-launches-borderless-roaming-across-five-countries-south-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[borderless roaming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botswana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chief Marketing Officer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contract]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prepaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rwanda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Serame Taukobong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swaziland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top-Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zambia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wirelessfederation.com/news/?p=37220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[­South Africa&#8217;s MTN has launched borderless roaming across five countries where it has subsidiaries &#8211; Botswana, Rwanda, Uganda, Swaziland and Zambia. The service applies to both prepaid and contract customers. According to Serame Taukobong, Chief Marketing Officer at MTN South Africa, they realize that sometimes their customers do not want to roam or even receive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telecom Namibia Deploys Fiber-Optic Cable for High-Speed Broadband Connectivity</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/36480-telecom-namibia-deploys-fiber-optic-cable-for-high-speed-broadband-connectivity/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/36480-telecom-namibia-deploys-fiber-optic-cable-for-high-speed-broadband-connectivity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angola Cables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botswana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Infraco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cable & Wireless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congo Telecom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Namibia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office Congolais des Postes et Telecommunications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portugal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portugal Telecom/Cabo Verde Telecom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tata Communications/Neotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telecom Namibia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telkom SA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Togo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Togo Telecom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vodacom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West African Cable System (WACS)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wirelessfederation.com/news/?p=36480</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Telecom Namibia is set to link the southern African country to the consortium submarine system called West African Cable System (WACS) that links Africa to Europe. The undersea fiber-optic cable, which was installed along the West African coast, delivered higher broadband connectivity for Namibia and its neighboring cities. The WACS consortium includes 12 companies. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BTC wireless to enjoy monopoly for next 2-3 years</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/31111-btc-wireless-to-enjoy-monopoly-for-next-2-3-years/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/31111-btc-wireless-to-enjoy-monopoly-for-next-2-3-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[(PABXs)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botswana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botswana government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BTC wireless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cable & Wireless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Protocol (IP)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[optical fibre connectivity solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bahamas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wirelessfederation.com/news/?p=31111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If reports are to be believed, Cable &#38; Wireless (LIME) has negotiated for the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) to enjoy a further â€˜two or three years&#8217; exclusivity in the wireless market. It said that the British company should either defer, or not proceed with, plans to cut BTC&#8217;s workforce by up to 30%. Cable &#38; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MTN reduces international roaming rates (South Africa)</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/29212-mtn-reduces-international-roaming-rates-south-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/29212-mtn-reduces-international-roaming-rates-south-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botswana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contract]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international roaming rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mascom Botswana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTN Rwandacel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTN Swaziland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTN Uganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTN Zambia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pay-As-You-Go]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RICA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rwanda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swaziland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top-Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zambia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wirelessfederation.com/news/?p=29212</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MTN South Africa has announced that it will reduce the retail rates for international roaming on both voice and data with effect from today. According to Serame Taukobong, Chief Marketing Officer at MTN SA, MTN Roaming is now an even more affordable and convenient means for MTN Pay-As-You-Go, Contract and Top-Up customers to always stay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MTN-Orascom will be over twice the size of Airtel &amp; Orange Africa.</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/25571-mtn-orascom-orange-airtel-africa-subscriber-base/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/25571-mtn-orascom-orange-airtel-africa-subscriber-base/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 17:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Algeria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botswana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burundi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cameroon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CellOne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central African Republic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cote d'Ivoire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guinea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guinea Bissau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Namibia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Niger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orascom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rwanda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swaziland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telecel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telecel Central African Republic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tunisia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U-com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zambia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zimbabwe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[MTN-Orascom&#8217;s joint subscriber base will surpass the 100 million mark if the deal goes through. This would mean that it will be over twice the size of Airtel Africa &#38;  Orange. MTN will get a boost of over 20 million subs from the Orascom deal. That said, if a deal were to happen, here&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
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