Reza says to reissue licence tender (Iran)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Reza Taqipour reportedly said that the failed tender for the country’s third national mobile licence will be reissued. Taqipour further said, ‘We believe that foreign investors are interested in the third operator project.’ The licence was initially auctioned in December 2008, with Etisalat of the UAE winning the concession. However, the regulator withdrew the joint 2G and 3G concession in May 2009, claiming that Etisalat had failed ‘to give necessary guarantees and licence fees on time.’
Nokia, Motorola to open plants in Nigeria
Lagos – Leading mobile phone manufacturers, Nokia and Motorola, would soon establish plants for the manufacturing and assembling of mobile phone handsets and other accessories in Nigeria.
The plants were to be established under a special partnership arrangement between the Nigerian government and the foreign investors, This Day reported.
This was disclosed during the 5th International Telecommunications Strategic Conference held at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.
The country’s minister of communications, Femi Anibaba, said the government realised the need to cultivate local content in the sector to ensure rapid growth in Nigeria and other African countries.
A Chinese firm, ZTE, has already established a hand terminal manufacturing plant in Abuja with an initial capacity to manufacture one thousand handsets per day.
Anibaba said the conference would serve as an important avenue to showcase Africa’s potentials in telecommunications and pave the way for foreign direct investments.
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s leading GSM operator, MTN, on Tuesday slashed its major airtime rate cut for its subscribers.
Source- http://www.businessinafrica.net
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