Middle East & North Africa Telecommunications

Info2cell.com, a leading mobile application service provider in the Middle East, highlighted the challenges and rewards of Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) at the international telecoms summit, Connect 2006.
Bashar Dahabra, founder and chief executive officer, Info2cell.com said: “Multimedia messaging in the region is still in its infancy due to various […]

Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) has announced the launch of another pioneering service targeting football fans, eagerly awaiting the kick-off of the World Cup 2006.
Etisalat customers will be able to watch the most exciting moments of each match, follow the outcome, and get exclusive information about the championship from Germany directly on their mobiles through […]

Manama Batelco is offering an exciting range of information and competitions for football fans to celebrate the occasion of the World Cup 2006 competition. With high demand for up-to-the-minute information, Batelco is delighted to offer an interactive SMS and MMS service which enables Batelco customers to get world cup match results as […]

For the first time in the Kingdom, Mobily has launched recently the international MMS with Egypt (Vodafone), Bahrain (Batelco), Malaysia (Maxis) and Luxemburg (Vox), which enable Mobily subscribers to send multi media messages to these countries from Mobily network in the Kingdom.
Earlier, Mobily launched the roaming MMS for its subscribers in more than 36 countries […]

The Arab world has witnessed a wave of telecom market liberalisation coinciding with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) accession in the past few years, says a recent study.
New entrants in the Middle Eastern telecommunications industry have been mainly operating in the mobile space, which has witnessed intensifying competition, says the study by Booz Allen Hamilton, […]

THE World Press Photo Exhibition 2006 opened for visitors at the Seef Mall yesterday.
The event, which is open until May 26, is held under the patronage of Southern Governor and Public Commission for Protection of Marine Resources, Environment and Wildlife head Shaikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa.
It is open to the public free of charge […]