The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), a member of the World Bank Group, said today that it is providing political risk insurance to support the expansion of MTN Afghanistan’s (MTNA) operations. MTNA is a leading provider of telecommunication services in the country, operating a GSM network and providing wireless communications and internet services. This expansion [...]
On November 6, 2010, Eng. A. Sangin, Minister of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, a number of MCIT delegates, including Eng Baryalai Hassam Deputy Minister Technical, and other senior officials visited Logar province, for the official ceremony to inaugurate the Optical Fiber Network link between Logar, Paktia, Khost and [...]
Kabul-April 21, 2009- Afghan Wireless Communications Company (AWCC), headquartered in Kabul, is the largest private investor and the largest GSM mobile communications operator in Afghanistan. Afghan Wireless has always offered strong value propositions to its customers and has always focused on delivering the next level of excellence. Today AWCC is proud to announce the launch [...]
Washington, D.C., June 22, 2009—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a $65 million loan and $10 million in equity to MTN Afghanistan to support the expansion of the company’s mobile telephone network and meet the country’s growing demand for affordable mobile phone services. MTN Afghanistan is owned by MTN Dubai Ltd, [...]
Kabul is now among the first cities with a proper WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) Installation. The Silk Highway project, initiated by NATO, brings to bring high speed Internet to Afghanistan and turned Kabul into a high-speed city. Silk Highway Project is a high-tech version of the Great Silk Road trading route that links [...]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $55 million loan to the leading mobile phone provider in Afghanistan, so it can extend its coverage to parts of the country that have little or no telecommunications infrastructure in place. The loan to Telecom Development Company Afghanistan Ltd, which trades under the name Roshan, will also [...]
A new Perennial Horticulture Centre in Herat now under construction will collect, classify and preserve the 143 varieties of grapes grown in Afghanistan, as well as other fruit trees, applying advanced research techniques to the improvement of breeding varieties. The table grapes from Afghanistan have spread all around the world, either for use directly, or [...]
Mobile Communication is one of the booming sectors in Afghanistan. Mobile Communication were introduced in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. It has become the main means of communication and one of the fastest-growing and most profitable sectors in the country’s economy. Currently there are four mobile operators in Afghanistan. Roshan Telecom [...]
The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) took a major step forward today (11 March 2008) with its plan to assist the development of higher education in Afghanistan, inaugurating a branch office at Balkh University to manage its recently signed US$ 1.5 million University Partnership Program to assist the Faculty of Engineering at Balkh University. The [...]
On Sunday 9 March at 12pm, Afghanistan’s first ever participation in the largest technology exhibition CeBIT came to an end after six days. Afghanistan achieved tremendous amount of encouragement and appreciation for its rapid advancement in the ICT sector from the world wide media. The exhibition however served more of a purpose than just media [...]