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 Asia [...]

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 support [...]

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
Roshan is [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Taliban militants ordered mobile operators last week to switch off their networks from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m.. Taleban say U.S. and NATO forces track the them through their phone signals and then launch attacks on their hiding places.
Many military operations against Taliban leaders have been conducted by the U.S.-led forces at night.
But many Afghans, [...]

Internet acces in Afghanistan has still a long way to go, but there are a few successful Internet service providers. We would introduce the shortly.
NEDA
Neda Telecommunications Company, a part of Neda Holding, became the first official license holder from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Afghanistan.
CeReTechs:
CeReTechs primarily is a leading Information and [...]