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To: milesofstyles who wrote (6228)	6/20/1998 8:00:00 PM
From: milesofstyles	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29382

it appears qualcomm is cdma technology, and working with afritel, vodacom has exclusive rights for analog cellular i believe with afritel and this may be an indication of who is currently in africa... compans.com these were found by using excite and searching on afritel, there is a map of qualcomm's indicating the countries they are involved in, would lead me to guess afritel will follow...the vodacom info is there as well.

To: milesofstyles who wrote (6228)	6/20/1998 8:14:00 PM
From: milesofstyles	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29382

from the congo chronicles... Le nouvel Afrique-Asie [April 1998] published an interesting interview with Congolese Communication minister, Kinkela. Here we give some of his remarks: "During the ancien regime Congo was practically inaccesible. Telephone traffic did not work, Internet was non-existent. When we arrived, we found 30 000 telephone lines that were not functioning. We have already repaired some 14 000. Private companies have 12 000 lines, so we have now a total of 26 000 telephone lines available for near 50 million people. Our aim is a total of 500 000 lines, or one line for every 100 people. This is a challenge for me! We are open to private enterprises as well: two concessions are already granted, one to the South African Unicel and one to the Congolese CWN. Some other companies are interested too:the American Afritel, Belgian Sait Telecom, and Anglo/South-A frican Plessey. The Chinese company Zhongzing Telecom is laying cable througout the country. But it is necessary for us to use the new wireless techniques extensively, for in many regions there is no electricity. Some enterprises are asked to investigate the possibility of using solar energy in the rural areas. We must make telephone connections for all hospitals, all schools, all airports, so that they can call to the capital. I will only be happy, if any child from a country village can call to his mother in Kinshasa." afritel an american company...