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	<link>http://www.mobileafrica.net</link>
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		<title>Eyes on Africa: Mobile Web use surges in Africa according to Opera&#8217;s latest State of the Mobile Web report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Opera Mini Browser
Opera Software uncovers exponential growth in Africa’s mobile Web usage in its latest State of the Mobile Web report. Published today, this September 2008 study focuses on the African continent, where Web browsing on the mobile phone far exceeds traditional desktop-computer surfing.
Fast facts

 The use of Opera Mini in Africa increased by 180 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mobileafrica.net/2100.htm</link>
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		<title>Historic speech by Kenyan President at Zain rebranding celebrations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Zain Kenya
(Nairobi, Kenya) – 5 August 2008 – The recent launch of Zain in Africa was celebrated with a series of spectacular events, attended by over 100,000 people. The events took place simultaneously across the company&#8217;s 14 African markets and were linked by the most ambitious live satellite link-up the continent has ever seen. Millions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mobileafrica.net/2096.htm</link>
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		<title>Global aspirations: Zain rebrands Celtel Africa operations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mobileafrica.net/2095.htm</link>
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		<title>CBOSS&#8217; New Roaming Subsystem Minimizes Losses of Telecommunications Companies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mobileafrica.net/2093.htm</link>
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		<title>Zain half-year 2008 results, surpasses 50m customers milestone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mobileafrica.net/2097.htm</link>
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		<title>FishText: The cheapest ad-free SMS text service around</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A mobile phone user
CardBoardFish, the low-cost SMS specialist, today launched FishText, a mobile application that substantially reduces the cost of national and international ad-free texts from a mobile phone. FishText is Java-based and runs on most handsets. There is also a web-based version at www.FishText.com. Both bypass a mobile operator&#8217;s network and thus enable users [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mobileafrica.net/2094.htm</link>
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		<title>Zain Wins Best Telecom Operator in Africa Award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Zain subsidiary Celtel won the award for the Best Telecoms Operator in Africa at the prestigious 2008 Business in Africa Awards held in London recently, beating a host of other operators to win the award. The awards aimed at highlighting the growth and potential of the business landscape across Africa, while rewarding excellence and world-class [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mobileafrica.net/2098.htm</link>
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		<title>Clickatell Powers Santam Innovative Insurance Fraud Alert Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mobileafrica.net/2092.htm</link>
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		<title>EMCC Software Anticipates Symbian Foundation Will Stimulate Greater Industry Growth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EMCC Software, the mobile software development specialists, welcomes the recent announcement of the Symbian Foundation. The formation of the Symbian Foundation Platform will bring standardisation and increased certainty to application creators wishing to develop solutions for all Symbian handsets. EMCC foresees a significant reduction in platform fragmentation that will mean a combination of reduced time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mobileafrica.net/2089.htm</link>
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		<title>HSL’s 2.75G (GSM/GPRS/EDGE) Femtocell in Final Phase of Development - Pricing, Managed Services and Availability Announced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HSL Femtocell
HSL (Hay Systems Ltd), an independent mobile network operator and provider of mobile services and equipment have today disclosed further details regarding their 2.75G Femtocell development project.  HSL have now released details of the physical appearance and have announced plans for a managed femtocell network service with the device being available as early [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mobileafrica.net/2091.htm</link>
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