No offers yet for Africa assets -Zain

DUBAI - Kuwaiti telecoms company Zain, whose chief executive resigned last week, said on Monday it has not received any offers for the sale of its Zain Africa assets. "With regard to information published in a local newspaper on buying Zain Africa assets, the group would like to state that there are no offers at present," the company said in a statement on the bourse website.

Etisalat simplifies global roaming rates

Dubai: Etisalat on Monday unveiled simplified roaming prices for worldwide destinations based on zones replacing country-specific charges.

"Etisalat's revamped international roaming charges for outbound roamer are now unified and a flat rate will be applied according to the new roaming zones and new rates," the company said in a statement.

The highest per minute roaming charges have been kept at Dh10 per minute for GSM and Dh11 for Wasel pre-paid customers, inclusive of taxes and operator roaming charges. For the GCC, the roaming charges per minute have been fixed at Dh3 and Dh4 for GSM and Wasel respectively.

QTEL CUSTOMER CHARTER OFFERS WARRANTY CARDS AS STANDARD ON QTEL PRODUCTS

As part of ongoing enhancements to its Customer Charter and Qtel's commitment to protect and support customers' rightS... the company is now providing warranty cards as standard for everyone buying mobile phones or Qtel-branded products from Qtel Shops.

The warranty cards ensure that all customers are eligible for support on defective products within the first year of purchase through a 12-month limited warranty period. Since the programme was initiated, a significant number of customers have benefited from the rapid response and service commitments outlined on each card.

TAX RAISED ON CELL PHONE CALLS IN JORDAN

The government on Tuesday decided to raise the special tax on cellular phone calls from 4 per cent to 8 per cent.

The measure comes in implementation of the State Budget Law for the year 2010 which emphasises increasing revenues and cutting down expenditures to address the high deficit rate in the state budget, Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications and Government Spokesperson Nabil Sharif told reporters following a Cabinet meeting yesterday.

GATEWAY SIGNS DEAL FOR NIGERIAN NETWORK

Gateway Communications confirms plan for pan-Nigerian broadband network after signing deal for last mile...

access with Cambridge Broadband Networks.

Gateway Communications, a pan-African provider of carrier and business network solutions, has confirmed that it will roll out wireless broadband services across 10 Nigerian states in 2010, with Port Harcourt and Abuja scheduled to go live in March, and a further 26 states to go live in 2011.