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Ethiopias Liberalisation: Two bidders revealed
2021-04-26 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
As one of the final telecoms monopolies in the world and with a population of over 110 million, Ethiopia is seen as a huge opportunity for numerous enterprising telecoms operators around the world. It was over a year ago that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed moved to implement economic reforms including the liberalisation of the country’s telecoms sector, promising two new entrants to the market…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Not liberal enough: World Bank critical of Ethiopias liberalisation plans
2021-02-22 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
The liberalisation of Ethiopia’s telecoms sector later this year is highly anticipated by many players all over the world, with the cessation of one of the world’s last telecoms monopolies in the form of Ethio Telecom offering a wealth of opportunities in an enormous market. Two new licences are up for grabs for foreign bidders, which has attracted the interest of numerous major firms from across the African continent and beyond. Alongside a consortiumconsisting Kenya’s Safaricom, Vodafone and Vodacom, named Global Partnership for Ethiopia…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Ethiopian liberalisation: Safaricom officially bids for licence
2020-06-15 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
This weekend, Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa confirmed rumours that the operator had put in a bid for one of the two telecoms licences being made available in Ethiopia. With a population of over 100 million people, all of which are served by just a single state-owned operator, Ethio Telecom, Ethiopia has long been a forbidden fruit for other operators in Africa &ndash…read more on TotalTele.com »
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The thorny road to EU ports liberalisation
2016-05-30 01:00:00| Ship Technology
In March 2016 the European Parliament voted on a revised EU Ports Services Regulation that hopes to make European ports more competitive and increase financial transparency. After two previously failed attempts to pass the legislation and some opposi
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China's decades-low natural gas demand growth begs reduction and liberalisation of prices
2015-08-23 19:55:38| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Weak growth in demand for natural gas amid cheaper alternative fuels spurs cries on the mainland for price reduction and deregulation Beijing's tight grip on natural gas prices amid sharp falls in alternative fuel costs has made natural gas so uncompetitive that demand growth has fallen to its weakest in two decades, holding back the cleaner-burning fuel in helping the nation achieve its air pollution reduction goals. Unexpectedly tepid demand as a result of the "mispricing" of natural gas has also dashed producers and gas distributors' hope of reaching their production and sales targets set earlier this year, analysts say.
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