Libyan rebels set up own mobile network
Libyan rebels in the East of the country have set up their own mobile phone network connecting them to the rest of the world, more than a month after they were cut off from a centralized network that required all international calls to be routed through an international gateway in Tripoli.
Sudan's Mobitel now a part of Kuwait based Zain has launched a GSM network in Southern Sudan having deployed 50 base stations in the main urban areas.