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Teligent wins $1.3m messaging platform upgrade contract (Burkina Faso)

On 01.28.11, In Mobile, By Editor

Teligent Telecom has secured a US$1.3 million contract to substantially extend the network messaging capacity for Telmob, a mobile network operator in Burkina Faso.

Teligent will increase the capacity of Telmob’s existing Teligent P90/E messaging and services platform, to accommodate expected demand from an anticipated 1 million new subscribers over the coming year.

The subscriber services supported by the Teligent platform are unified messaging, voice alerts and a range of SMS messaging options including Voice SMS (text to speech conversion). The platform extension project will start immediately, and is expected to complete during the second half of 2011.

According to Teligent CEO, Einar Lindquist, this project is a tremendous endorsement of the flexibility and scalability of their services platform, showing its ability to deliver advanced, future-proofed messaging solutions to MNOs and telcos. It also shows the ongoing value of call completion solutions such as unified messaging and text-based services in helping both fixed-line and mobile operators to drive revenues and add value to users.

Telmob is the leading mobile telecommunications operator in Burkina Faso, with the widest network coverage, the largest market share in terms of turnover and the largest network of distributors. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Onatel, the incumbent telecom operator in Burkina Faso. Onatel is part of the Maroc Telecom group.

Maroc Telecom Q3 consolidated earnings rise by 6.6%

On 11.18.10, In Mobile, By Editor

Maroc Telecom, Morocco’s largest telecommunications company has reported its Q3 results. The company’s consolidated earnings increased by 6.6% to US$740 million, compared to last year.

According to the company, the national operator revenues amounted to US$994.71 millions in the 3rd quarter, posting a 5.2% rise compared to the previous, reflecting the positive trend of the operations during the year.

According to the company’s release, in late September, consolidated earnings from operations stood at US$1.26 billion, up 3.5 percent year-on-year, adding that this helped to maintain a margin at a still high level (44.3 percent) despite higher depreciation resulting from the continuation in a major investments program.

The group’s consolidated revenues for the first nine months of 2010 amounted to US$2.86 billion up 5.8% against the same period in 2009, noting that this performance was attributed to the group’s domestic market resilience and the continued growth of its African subsidiaries.

The group’s customer base reached more than 25 millions in late September, posting a 17% rise, which reflects a continuing sustained growth in the mobile customer base in Morocco (9.8 percent), and especially in subsidiaries in Africa, where it settled at nearly 6.3 million mobile costumers, up 58% compared to same period last year.

Filed under:Mobile Tagged with: African subsidiaries • Consolidated Earnings • Maroc Telecom • Mobile • Morocco • national operator revenues

Maroc Telecom’s revenue up by 5.8% for Jan-Sept (Morocco)

On 11.08.10, In Mobile, By Editor

Marcoc Telecom has reported that its revenue for the first nine months of this year increased 5.8% on constant growth at home and in its four affiliates in Africa.

As per the company, its revenue was US$2.95 billion and EBITDA (earnings from operation before depreciation and amortization) stood at US$1.73 billion, up 5.1%. At the end of the third-quarter, Maroc Telecom had more than 25 million customers, up 17% from last year.

Maroc Telecom (IAM) is the main telecommunication company in Morocco. IAM employs around 11,178 employees. It has 8 regional delegations with 220 offices present on all the territory of Morocco. IAM is controlled by Vivendi which has a 53% share of its capital. The company is listed in both Casablanca Stock Exchange and Euronext Paris.

Filed under:Mobile Tagged with: Africa • Casablanca Stock Exchange • EBITDA • Euronext Paris • IAM • Maroc Telecom • Mobile • Morocco • Vivendi

Morocco to reduce termination tariffs by 65%

On 05.11.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: 65 percent reduction target for voice termination interconnection tariffs has been set by Moroccan telecommunications regulator ANRT for fixed and mobile calls between 2010-2013 for Maroc Telecom (IAM) and Medi Telecom. The percentage has been 70 for Wana Corporate.

2013 has been set for the end of asymmetric interconnection tariffs. The average target reduction for fixed termination by that year is between 24 and 40 percent.

All these measures are aimed at stimulating competition on the fixed and mobile markets in the interest of end users. Evaluation of the impact of regulated tariffs in place on market dynamics will be done during the second half of 2011 and readjustment will be done if necessary.

Filed under:Mobile Tagged with: Africa • ANRT • Maroc Telecom • Mobile • Morocco • Wana Corporate

Maroc Telecom revenues rises 4.3% (Morocco)

On 05.10.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Consolidated revenues of MAD7.437 billion (USD858 million) has been reported by Moroccan telecoms group Maroc Telecom in the first quarter of 2010, reflecting an increase of 4.3% compared to the same period in 2009.

The total customer base of the group stood at 22.4 million, up by 14% year-on-year, across divisions in Morocco, Mauritania (Mauritel), Burkina Faso (Onatel), Gabon (Gabon Telecom), Mali (Sotelma) and Belgium (Mobisud Belgium).

EBITDA reached MAD4.282 billion, up 1.5% y-o-y and consolidated operating income rose 0.5% year-on-year to MAD3.205 billion. Fixed, mobile and broadband operations of the company in Morocco garnered MAD6.095 million, down 0.7% year-on-year. Financial impact of marketing and communications efforts has been attributed the reason behind the gain.

Filed under:Mobile Tagged with: Belgium • Burkina Faso • EBITDA • Europe • Gabon • Gabon Telecom • LG • Mali • Maroc Telecom • Mauritania • Mobile • Morocco

Maroc Telecom launches mobile service Mobi Cash (Morocco)

On 04.13.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Launch of mobile service Mobi Cash has been announced by the major wireless and fixed line telecom operator in Morocco, Maroc Telecom, in partnership with Comviva which provides mobile solutions beyond VAS.

Comviva’s mobiquit mCommerce solution will be used by the Moroccan operator enabling mobile operators and financial institutions to offer secured and cost-effective mobile banking, mobile wallet and mobile payment services.
According to Sabri Amireh, Vice President, MENA Region, Comviva, the company is focusing strongly on delivering mCommerce solutions for the rapidly growing markets, as demand for transformational mobile financial services is significant.

As per a research, mobile phone will be used by over 100 million users globally for international money transfers by 2013. The mobile international transfers are expected to exceed an average of one transaction per month. Western Europe, North America and Africa and Middle East (MEA) will account for more than 75% of the global international mobile money transfer gross transaction value by 2013.

Filed under:Mobile Tagged with: Africa • Comviva • Launch • Maroc Telecom • Middle East • Mobile Banking • mobile money • Mobile Money Transfer • Morocco • North America • operator • Western Europe

Maroc Telecom’s revenue rises 2.8%, net income falls 1% (Morocco)

On 02.24.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: 1% year-on-year fall in 2009 net income has been posted by Moroccan full-service telco Maroc Telecom MAD9.43 billion (USD1.15 billion) on consolidated revenues that climbed by 2.8% to MAD30.34 billion. Group EBITDA for the year rose by 2.9% to MAD18.15 billion.

Net revenues of MAD25.76 billion in 2009 have been generated from the operations in Morocco 0.1% versus 2008. Due to the impact of promotional initiatives deployed to stimulate the market and maintain its leading position, the EBITDA went down 1.5% to MAD16.16 billion, and earnings from operations went down 3.5% year-on-year to MAD13.08 billion.

Maroc Telecom’s domestic mobile subscriber reached 15.27 million at end-December 2009 growing by 5.6% in twelve months.

Filed under:Mobile Tagged with: Africa • EBITDA • Maroc Telecom • Morocco • Net Income • Net Revenues

Wana launches 3rd mobile operator in Morocco

On 02.23.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A new GSM mobile service, Inwi has been launched by Moroccan operator Wana. The third mobile operator in Morocco will cover three-quarters of the population. The GSM license was awarded to Wana in early 2009.

Prepaid offering with per-second billing as well as four postpaid plans with free on-net calls are included in the service along with a range of corporate offers.

Daily and weekly unlimited SMS plans, BlackBerry services, prepaid and postpaid 3G mobile internet using a USB modem, a Windows Live Messenger service, roaming are also offered by Inwi.

A wide range of handsets from Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and Motorola are also an exclusive offer to the customers. The company will compete against incumbent Maroc Telecom and Meditel on the GSM market.

Filed under:Mobile Tagged with: 3G • Africa • Blackberry • Ericsson • GSM • Inwi • Launch • LG • Maroc Telecom • Morocco • Motorola • Nokia • operator • Samsung • SMS Plans • Sony • Wana • Windows Live Messenger

Zain receives many offers for African activities

On 01.28.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A number of offers have been received by Zain to buy its African assets, as well as other units. Plenty of opportunities are also seen by Zain, Kuwait’s largest mobile phone company, in Africa and the Middle East.

In July last year, France’s Vivendi SA, owner of phone companies SFR and Maroc Telecom said that due to the disagreement on the prices, the talk about buying the majority stake in the African assets of Zain has been halted.

Filed under:Mobile Tagged with: Europe • France • Kuwait • Maroc Telecom • Middle East • Vivendi SA • Zain

Maroc Telecom reports strong H1, led by mobile growth

On 08.15.06, In Mobile, By Editor

Maroc Telecom raised its consolidated revenue by 11.6 percent to MAD 10.89 billion in the first half, from MAD 9.75 billion in the first half of 2005. The growth was led by the mobile operations, where revenue grew 16.4 percent to MAD 6.86 billion. Fixed-line and internet revenues grew 6.2 percent to MAD 6.15 billion. The company’s consolidated earnings from operations rose to MAD 4.49 billion from MAD 3.92 billion, including mobile up 26.4 percent to MAD 3.06 billion and fixed and internet down 4.4 percent to MAD 1.43 billion. Group net profit rose by 13.7 percent to MAD 3 billion. Maroc Telecom’s Mauritanian subsidiary, Mauritel, increased its earnings from operations by 33.7 percent to MAD 139 million, mainly thanks to mobiles. The group now expects its consolidated revenues and earnings from operations to grow by over 8 percent and over 14 percent, respectively, in full year 2006. It had previously expected its earnings to grow by 12 to 14 percent.

Source- http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?id=140050&nr=&type=&yr=

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Filed under:Mobile Tagged with: Consolidated Earnings • Maroc • Maroc Telecom • Mauritania • Mauritel • Net Revenues