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	<title>Wireless Federation &#187; Botswana</title>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botswana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>

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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 08:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botswana]]></category>

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		<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>

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		<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>

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		<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>

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		<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>

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		<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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		<title>France Telecom increases stake in Orange Botswana</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/25414-france-telecom-increases-stake-in-orange-botswana/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/25414-france-telecom-increases-stake-in-orange-botswana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 13:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botswana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France Telecom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Launch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orange Botswana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SWAN]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wirelessfederation.com/news/?p=25414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Stake of France Telecom in Orange Botswana has been increased by the company to 69%. The deal has also seen a consortium of local investors sell around a 20% stake in the cellco to the French telecoms group. According to Satar Dada, one of the investors in Mosokelatsebeng Cellular, a consortium of Batswana investors, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BTC starts phase II of rural telephony project (Botswana)</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/25294-btc-starts-phase-ii-of-rural-telephony-project-botswana/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/25294-btc-starts-phase-ii-of-rural-telephony-project-botswana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 13:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botswana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botswana Telecommunications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nteletsa II]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rural Telephony]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://wirelessfederation.com/news/?p=25294</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[www.WirelessFederation.com/news: â€˜Nteletsa II&#8217;, the second phase of its rural telephony project has been launched by Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) to provide telecoms services to almost 200 villages for the first time. As a part of government&#8217;s Rural Telecommunications Development Programme, the project aims to boost the nation&#8217;s teledensity by improving access to voice and data [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MTN &amp; IMI announce partnership</title>
		<link>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/18505-mtn-imi-announce-partnership/</link>
		<comments>http://wirelessfederation.com/news/18505-mtn-imi-announce-partnership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Airtel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARPU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botswana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cameroon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cote d'Ivoire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cyprus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Niger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rwanda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swaziland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uganda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virgin Mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vodafone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yemen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zambia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Millions of mobile and online content users across Africa and the Middle East will reap the benefits of a landmark tie-up between MTN and IMImobile &#8211; an India-based software and managed services provider linked to 350 content providers worldwide. The two companies have teamed up in a bold move to address the growing demand for content in emerging markets. [...]]]></description>
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