Middle East & North Africa Telecommunications

Dubai: More than 12,000 people have signed up for the Al Shamil broadband internet service in less than three weeks etisalat said yesterday said.
“The one year contract option gives customers a broadband experience in a secure environment with savings of up to Dh549 with free installation and waiver of the first month’s fee.”
The offer […]

Cairo: The Egyptian mobile phone market should grow to 40 million subscribers in three years and etisalat wants to take 10 million, chief executive Mohammad Hassan Omran said yesterday. etisalat bought Egypt’s third mobile licence for $2.9 billion in July and plans to start operations in February, competing with Mobinil and Vodafone Egypt, which […]

TEHRAN - Iran’s second operator of cellular phone network and the Chinese company Hua are negotiating over the production of base station transceiver (BTS) and base station controller (BSC) systems.
Following the recent visit of an Iranian team of Hong Kong Communication Expo 2006, the delegation conducted a series of successful negotiations with the Chinese side […]

Batelco Chief Executive Peter Kaliaropoulos joined anis Chairman Yaqoob Alawadhi to cut the ribbon and officially launch anis, which was created as a fully-fledged Systems and Network ICT (Information Communication Technology) integrator, during Batelco’s 25th anniversary year.
anis offers ICT solutions to clients in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the region and has gained a strong […]

DUBAI — The Round 3 of Red Bull 25-Hour Karting 2006 Middle East championship ended yesterday after a gruelling endurance race that stretched, unlike other similar races, over 25 hours, with one additional hour.

The Batelco Bahraini team won the race that took place in the Wonderland car park, after completing 1911 laps during the 25 […]

Tehran, Dec 12, Taliya News – Saudi Arabian operators Al-Jawal and Al-Ittihad would offer roaming services to SIM TCI card subscribers during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage.In order to make easier the contacts between the mobile, or stationary phone at Hajj pilgrims residences with their homes in Iran, and vice versa, and to minimize the costs […]

ehran, Dec 12, Taliya News – Most mobile phone subscribers believe sending SMS is more economical than dialing a voice call, which is the reason why SMS business has turned to a lucrative one in our country.Total income of the Mobile Communications Company of Iran (MCCI) from SMS revenues is around 100 billion rials (around […]

An Arab Advisors Group survey of cellular phone users in Saudi Arabia has revealed that 39.6% have more than one line, with more than half of these choosing to have the second mobile line from a different network operator. The need for separate business and personal lines was the main reason for 53.9% of those […]

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Batelco, Bahrain’s leading mobile operator is once again offering mobile customers the opportunity to trade in their old mobile phones for brand new ones through the re-launch of ‘Trade-in Offer’ which previously proved to be a very popular campaign.
This is the third year that Batelco is helping its mobile customers to celebrate the festive season […]

Tehran, Dec 6, Taliya News – Persian Text and Language Group of Supreme IT Council here Monday invited all real and legal entities interested in usage of Persian language SMSes to help to solve the obstacles in the way of sending such messages.Volume of the SMS messages sent in Iran has increased noticeably with the […]

Such enhancements are aimed at catering for customers’ increased usage in sending and receiving emails on a daily basis.
This initiative forms part of Batelco’s strategy to improve the quality of the email service and facilitate the exchange of information in the most efficient and effective way. The new email enhancements include significant enlargement to the […]

Abu Dhabi: etisalat will start charging its customers by the second as soon as the new system is introduced, the company announced on Thursday.
“The cost of mobile phone calls will be charged by seconds once the new system is implemented in the country,” said Mohammad Khalfan Al Qemzi, etisalat’s chief executive officer.
Under etisalat’s current billing […]