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HEADLINES....
- Oman
Mobile contracts NSN for
upgrades
Nokia Siemens
Networks (NSN) has inked
a deal with Oman Mobile
to upgrade 90% of the
cellco's network. The
contract, worth between
USD80 million and USD100
million, will see 90% of
the company's base
stations and core
connectivity replaced,
and take 18 months to
complete. more
-Nawras
offering double credit,
free subscription and
rewards
Nawras, the Middle
East Mobile Operator of
the Year, has fantastic
offers for new customers
joining the fastest
growing family in Oman,
including free credit,
free subscription, free
video calling and free
Nawras Rewards! more
-Tata
Comm, Idea, Etisalat,
HSBC launch mobile money
transfer
Country's leading
telecom services
provider Tata
Communications along
with Idea Cellular,
Etisalat and HSBC India
launched a mobile phone
based money remittance
service to its
subscribers. more
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Omantel
in UK-India cable deal
Omani telecom Omantel
said it was part
of a global consortium
that would build a $700
million submarine cable
system between India and
the UK. more
After 137 days in
jail, much of it in
solitary confinement,
Fouad Al-Farhan, the now
notorious Saudi blogger,
has been released
without charge. more
Oman
Mobile would introduce
the most up-to-date
technologies in the area
of telecommunications as
well as the best offers
to individuals,
businesses and all
parties interested in
ICT sector. In addition
to this a number of
special packages such as
Big discounts on Black
Berry
, Rate of International call from 49.5 Bz/30 seconds,
Hayyak
top-up cards with
3-digit password
, Hayyak
starter kit for RO 3
with RO1 talktime,
and launch
of Mobile
Internet modem
will be
offered. More
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Stunning
Show-Stoppers And Double
Credit From Nawras At
Comex 2008
Nawras plans to bring
customers cutting-edge
mobile telecom
technology by showcasing
the latest 3G+ products
at Comex 2008, including
what is believed to be
the Sultanate’s first
demonstration of ‘TV
on the go’, a new and
liberating way to watch
television from your
mobile phone! more
- Omantel
plans broadband
expansion
Incumbent Oman
Telecoms (Omantel) has
said it will invest
OMR10 million (USD26
million) on expanding
its broadband network to
meet rising demand. CEO
Mohammed Al Wohaibi
said, ‘The money will
go to meeting increasing
ADSL demand, which grows
at 25% a year more
Arab Media Forum 2008
The best media event
in the middle east took
place in Dubai from
23-24 April 2008
.Interestingly the theme
was “Bridging Arab
Media through
Technology” More
. Also view our coverage
of Arab
Media Forum 2007
DISTREE
Events, the organisers
of leading Information
Communications
Technology events in the
EMEA region, has
announced that it is
hosting the Middle East
first retail awards.
During the inaugural
Middle East Retail
Academy Awards, hundreds
of senior executives
from the regional vendor
and retail community
will vote live using
electronic devices to
determine the winners of
14 awards. The Middle
East Retail Academy
Awards ceremony will
take place during a gala
dinner on the evening of
the 20th May at Le
Meridien Al Aqah,
Fujairah – the
exclusive venue for this
year’s DCC. More
The
first conference on
blogging and social
media in the Middle East
will be held in Amman,
Jordan on June 1 More
Nawras
CEO Promotes Mobile
Technology To
International Audiences
Nawras CEO Ross
Cormack was recently
delighted to address the
GSMA Mobile Asia
Congress held in Macau,
before participating in
the GSMA World Congress,
Barcelona. This was
followed by taking his
place on the stage at
the Telecom World
Congress 2008 in London,
where he analysed
strategic expansion in
the Middle East
marketplace with his
peers in the industry. More
Mobile
payments providers
Mi-Pay is therefore
encouraging non-banked
migrant workers to turn
to the practice of
buying credit for their
prepaid phones into
depositing spare cash in
their prepaid accounts,
from which to then
conduct electronic money
transactions.
Mi-Pay is working with
operators in the Indian
sub-continent and the
Middle East
to establish fully
operational and cross
border mobile money
transfers – free from
the shackles of
Government regulation. More
Libya
Telecom & Technology
(LTT), a provider of
fixed, mobile and
internet services across
Libya, has contracted
Alcatel-Lucent (Alca-Lu)
to supply a WiMAX
network. More
Etisalat
may soon offer a service
that will make use of
mobile phones as a
credit card More
Chinese
equipment vendor Huawei
Technologies has signed
a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with
Telecommunication
Company of Iran (TCI)
which will see the firms
collaborate on training.
more
has
announced what it claims
‘the Sultanate’s
lowest ever
international calling
rates’ to five
countries — Pakistan,
India, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh and the
Philippines — starting
from 95 baisas per
minute, for a period of
three months. More
Algeria’s
communications minister
has announced that
tariffs for ADSL
broadband internet
services will be cut by
50%. More
Saudi Telecom Company
(STC) has reported an
11.4% rise in net profit
for the first quarter of
this year to SAR3.02
billion (USD805
million). More
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Etisalat
unveils record Q1 profit
Etisalat
has posted a record
first quarter profit as
it increased its mobile
subscriber base to 6.63
million, or 4%, from
31st December, 2007 More
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UAE
climbs rankings in
global internet security
threat report
The
UAE has climbed the
rankings in Symantec's
global Internet Security
Threat Report Volume
XIII as a source and
target of malicious
activity, up two places
from June 2007, to 38 in
the world and second in
the Middle East. More
Unrestricted internet
access for residents of
Dubai’s ‘free
economic zones’ and
beyond is about to come
to an abrupt halt. More
Kuwait-based
telecom provider Zain
has announced the launch
of its 'One Network'
that will allow mobile
customers to make calls
and SMS at local rates
and receive incoming
calls free-of-charge
across Bahrain, Iraq,
Jordan and Sudan More
etisalat
said on Tuesday it sold
43.75 million shares in
Saudi affiliate Etihad
Etisalat (Mobily),
generating returns of
Dh2.33 billion ($634.3
million) More
The UAE could earn an
additional Dh881.4
million in revenues as
well as gain more than
400 IT-related jobs if
it could reduce software
piracy rates by 10 per
cent over the next four
years More
Cisco Systems has
said that it will invest
up to AED5.8bn
(US$1.59bn) on
information and
communications
technology (ICT) in the
United Arab Emirates
over the next five
years. More
Etisalat signed a
strategic agreement with
Huawei during the state
visit of His Highness
Sheikh Mohammed bin
Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice
President and Prime
Minister of the UAE and
Ruler of Dubai to China.
More
an announcement could
come as early as next
week with telecoms
minister, Boudjema
Haichour, saying that
the prime minister is
expected to give his
approval during next
week's cabinet meeting. More
- Batelco
fined with US$265k
Bahraini telecom
Batelco has been slapped
with a 100,000 dinar
($265,392) fine for its
failure to provide
services to a rival
telecoms service
provider. More
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Mobinil delays 3G launch
to July
Egyptian cellco
Mobinil has confirmed it
will delay the
introduction of 3G
services, and payment of
a EGP750 million (USD138
million) installment on
the license fee, by
about two and a half
months. More..
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Zain interested in
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