Mobile Africa

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Zain
1 August 2008 - Nairobi, Kenya - Zain Group, the leading telecommunications mobile operator servicing over 50 million customers in 22 countries across the Middle East and Africa, today announced it has re-branded its entire African operations from Celtel to Zain (www.zain.com). The move coincides with the linking of the world’s first borderless mobile service [...]

CBOSS
CBOSSnrtrde will enable telecommunications companies to fulfill recommendations of the GSM Association and minimize losses associated with roaming fraud.
Near Real Time Roaming Data Exchange (NRTRDE) is a modern tool to help mobile phone operators reduce losses caused by fraudulent behavior in roaming. The implementation of NRTRDE as [...]

Zain
Zain, the leading mobile telecommunication operator in the Middle East and Africa present in 22 countries, announces today its consolidated financial results for the first half of 2008. The results showed significant growth in revenues with customer numbers exceeding 50 million.
H1-2008 Key Performance Indicators

Total Managed Active Customers
50.74 million

Consolidated Revenues
US$ 3.488 billion

EBITDA
US$ 1.305 billion

Net Income
US$ 551.5 [...]

Clickatell
Clickatell, leading provider of global mobile messaging, today announced its partnership with Santam, South Africa’s leading short-term insurer, to provide a text-based fraud reporting channel, as well as improved results from Clickatell-powered Santam call center using SMS text alerts for claims processing.
Jerry Chetty, Head of Forensic Services at Santam, says, “The main reason behind this [...]