Middle East & North Africa Telecommunications

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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Riyadh: Mobily, Saudi Arabia’s second mobile service provider, has launched a new programme exclusively for business customers.
The Mobily Partnership Programme is aimed at making available the best possible services in the field of system integration, high-speed phone and internet access and providing best problem solution methods to companies.
Ahmad Al Hosni, deputy-assistant president for marketing […]

JEDDAH: The global dawa efforts have reached new levels in the Kingdom with dawa activists adopting a new and innovatory mean to invite non-Muslims to Islam. A new initiative entitled “Call Me to Islam” has been set up to help non-Muslims convert to Islam or increase their knowledge about the faith.
All that people interested in […]

I call this business profit, what other technology or industry can make easy cash as the telecommunication industry. Saudi is the richest market in the region where investors always eyes on.
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has posted a profit of SR10.013 billion for the first nine months of this year, registering a 9.1 per cent increase […]

In an unprecedented move among telecom companies in the Middle East and Africa, Cisco Systems completed building state-of-the-art data routing systems for Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC) with the aim of upgrading its main public data network to provide an increased range of data services.
Earlier, STC unveiled plans to deploy one million DSL Lines and to […]

The new technology which has been launched recently will be probably in the near future an alternative for SMS and MMS which have been commonly used by people as a basic means of congratulating on Eid. Mobily, the biggest 3G mobile operator according to the GSM Association, has reported more than 19,000 video calls made […]

Mobily, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) innovative telecommunications service provider, with Research In Motion (RIM) and Emitac Mobile Solutions (EMS) launched BlackBerry in the KSA for the first time. The launch took place during a party held under the patronage of the Minister of Telecom Mr. Mohammad Jamil bin Mula, and the attendance of […]

The service also includes ‘chatting’ on messenger.
Subscribers can access personal email and messenger services through ‘Mobil Web’. They can
also access some news websits and search engines as well.
“Mobily Web” one of the services that Mobily provided to its subscribers that enable them to access the internet for searching news and sites, also download programs like […]

MAKKAH, 22 October 2006 — A Saudi man was sending SMS messages to cellular phones to “recruit” women for work. He was offering jobs for various salaries based on level of education. The catch? He wanted interested job-seeking women to send him SR120 worth of pre-paid calling time. And what was the other catch? The […]

Rawabi Telecom and Software (RTS), a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Rawabi Holding Company, has selected SIPware Services and RapidFLEX Service Creation Environment from Pactolus Communications Software, a developer of IP voice service suite and service delivery environment for telecom service providers.
RTS is developing an advanced services infrastructure to support the economical delivery of integrated […]

JEDDAH, 14 August - Mobile markets across Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Middle East are opening up to a fierce competition with the introduction of 3G or 3.5G services. Saudi Telecom CompanySaudi Telecom Company and MobilyMobily (Etihad Etisalat), the Kingdom’s two mobile service providers, have already announced the introduction of third generation services […]

Info2cell.com, a leading Mobile Application Service Provider in the Middle East, has tied up with Turner Broadcasting System Europe Limited to deliver news content from CNN to mobile subscribers of STC Al Jawwal in Saudi Arabia.
With this partnership, subscribers can now receive CNN Breaking News alerts via SMS and MMS in English and Arabic on […]

One of the region’s largest and most diverse mobile phone providers, i2, have partnered with Saudi Telecom (STC) to launch the first hassle-free sim retrieval programme for Al Jawal subscribers travelling throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
“With the new programme, Al Jawal subscribers travelling within the region can replace lost or stolen cards immediately […]

Saudi Arabia: Saturday, July 22 - 2006 at 07:59: Saudi telco Mobily is reducing SMS rates by half for ten days starting tomorrow 23 July, according to Arab News. Discount rates apply to prepaid and postpaid customers. International SMS has been reduced to 25 halalas, local SMS to 12.5 halalas.

RIYADH, 16 July 2006 — Prince Sultan ibn Salman, secretary-general of the Supreme Commission for Tourism (SCT), signed two major agreements with two different organizations here yesterday with a view to delivering better services for tourists.
The first accord was signed by the SCT and the King Fahd Security College to train personnel of various government […]

HRH Prince Sultan Bin Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, Secretary General of Supreme Commission for Tourism, signed today with Smart Link, leader in call centers and customer service, contract with cost 8,449,200 riyals to operate, manage, and develop the tourism call center ‘Tourism Phone’ for the coming 3 years.
HRH Prince Sultan Bin Salman Bin Abdul Aziz […]

Saudi Arabia will next month allow regional and international telecommunication providers to apply for new licences, with Kuwait’s Mobile Telecommunications Corp. and Egypt’s Orascom Telecom Holding the front runners, a senior Saudi official said.
The kingdom’s telecoms regulator, the Saudi Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), aims to grant “more than one” licence in both the […]

Saudi Arabia will next month allow regional and international telecommunication providers to apply for new licences, with Kuwait’s Mobile Telecommunications Corp. and Egypt’s Orascom Telecom Holding the front runners, a senior Saudi official said.
The kingdom’s telecoms regulator, the Saudi Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), aims to grant “more than one” licence in both the […]

JEDDAH, 12 June 2006 — Summer is here, school is out and the perennial vacation season is beginning. But for 46-year-old housewife Samia Ahmad, the next few weeks will be less like a summer break and more like a bad dream.
“This month will be a nightmare to me,” said Samia Ahmad. “Instead of going out […]