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New Dawn Satellite on track for launch

April 19th, 2010 | admin
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New Dawn, the first of its kind joint venture between Convergence Partners and Intelsat, is on track to launch its $250m geostationary communications satellite, which is targeted at the African market, by the end of the year, Flavien Bachabi, vice-president for Intelsat Africa said yesterday, 13 April 2010.

African Communications Market : Onward and upward (Research Report Vol 2 No.1 2009)

December 1st, 2009 | admin
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This is an update to the Convergence Partners report entitled “African Telecommunications Market: Last Frontier For Growth” (Vol.1 No.1 of 2007) (”Report 1″).

Convergence Wireless Networks Invests in Tanzanian ISP

November 24th, 2009 | admin
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35% stake in WIA Company Limited provides exposure to fast growing Tanzanian enterprise market; expands African footprint

Convergence Wireless Networks invests alongside Internet Solutions in Mozambican ISP

November 24th, 2009 | admin
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Convergence Wireless Networks and Internet Solutions announced today that they have collectively acquired a 68.5% equity stake in leading Mozambique based INTRA Lda.

Fibre Optics take home Physics Nobel Prize

November 24th, 2009 | admin
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Seacom, the first undersea cable providing fibre connectivity to the East Africa, is enabling affordable access to the internet to millions of people.

Intelsat, Convergence Partners form New Dawn joint venture to grow Africa’s telecommunications infrastructure

December 9th, 2008 | admin
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African Satellite Program will Launch Intelsat New Dawn by Late 2010

Convergence Wireless Networks brings wireless broadband connections to Africa

August 19th, 2008 | admin
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Communication Solutions (Comsol) in partnership with one of its shareholders Convergence Partners is seeking to build a portfolio of wireless broadband data operations across multiple countries in Africa. A new investment company called Convergence Wireless Networks (CWN) has been formed for this purpose.

Investment in SEACOM

November 14th, 2007 | admin
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SEACOM Closes Financing, Starts Full Construction of Undersea Fiber Optic Cable

CP Research Report Vol.1 No.2 2007: WiMAX = 4G

August 1st, 2007 | admin
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CP Research Report Vol.1 No.2 2007: WiMAX = 4G

CP Research Report v1 2007: African Telecommunications Market

April 1st, 2007 | admin
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This is the inaugural research report published by Convergence Partners in a planned series of reports on the ICT sector in the African continent. As such, we have chosen to provide a broad overview of the telecommunications market on the Continent, with future reports planned to provide greater detail on specific topics.