Even as mobile markets such as France and New Zealand are rocked by aggressive price wars, the US mobile market has continued slumbering.

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Masiyiwa subsequently became the first person in the world to be granted a mobile telecoms license by a court of law rather than the government, and he went on to build Econet Wireless, a leading Pan-African mobile telecoms company with operations across Africa, U.K and New Zealand.

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After the High Court ruled in favor of Masiyiwa, the Zimbabwean tycoon went on to build Econet Wireless, a leading Pan-African mobile telecoms company with operations across Africa, the U.K and New Zealand.

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This week, Hertz became the first car rental agency in Australia to begin renting mobile hotspots to its customers, having recently introduced the concept to selected locations in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Spain and the Canary Islands.

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