Telecommunication

France Telecom has recorded a major victory in its quest to recover US$300 million from the Kenya government after alleged over payment for Telkom Kenya assets in 2007.  read more »

Google's officially opened the gates and invited all of America into Google Voice, its customizable phone management service.  read more »

Following the completion of Bharti Airtel's deal to acquire 15 of Zain's country operations in Africa, company executives have embarked on a tour of the continent, meeting media and local officials in an effort to promote the mobile telecommunications giant's growth strategy.  read more »

Race and shareholding issues are stirring controversy in South Africa's inaugural spectrum auction, as the country seeks to set the pace in the bandwidth allocation process in Africa.  read more »

Sierra Leone's international mobile gateway, which has been run as a monopoly to strengthen the national carrier, Sierratel, will be deregulated as the Africa Coast to Europe ACE fiber-optic project enters the implementation phase, according to government officials.  read more »

The Zambia Competition Commission (ZCC) has granted Vodacom Gateway Mauritius, owned by Vodafone U.K., final authorization for the 100 percent takeover of Africonnect Zambia.  read more »

More mobile users are selecting mobile VoIP services  read more »

Gateway Communications has solidified its satellite communications business, taking advantage of erratic outages in land-based networks and the high cost of fiber connectivity in central and West Africa.  read more »

The Zambia Competition Commission (ZCC) has granted conditional authorization for Bharti Airtel of India to take over 78 percent of Zain Zambia.  read more »

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission won't block Google's US$750 million acquisition of mobile advertising vendor AdMob because the deal isn't likely to harm competition in the emerging mobile advertising market, the agency said Friday.  read more »