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Articles

Why 2008 may be the year of telecom infrastructure build out More  

Forecasts for the Gulf's regional markets More

Middle Eastern - Convergence, Broadband and Internet Market 2007 More

Saudi Arabia's telecom sector growing rapidly More

Telecom sector Saudi Arabia economic and strategic outlook More

Egypt economic & strategic outlook More

Mobile payments in ME More

Features

Is your outsourcer an IT sweatshop?... More 

- 50 most innovative: Google, HP & Amazon More

- e-mail insecurity: terrorism online more

2007 semi wrap up more 

Oddly Enough 

Banned 'voice change' phones More

Scent transmitting phones More

Smelling phone More

Sawed-off USB Key More

Disposable mobile phone More

Videos

Michael Dell tells how Dell is going carbon-neutral and describes the company's new bamboo-encased PC. More 

Offering customers routers that use 50% less energy than their competitors is just one of the ways Nortel Networks is applying green principles to the tech industry. More

Cisco’s Wim Elfrink, who holds the unique corporate title of chief globalisation officer explains CISCO's Globalizing the brand More

 Useful Links

Bahrain

- Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco)

- MTC Vodafone (Bahrain) B.S.C.

 

OMAN

- NAWRAS

- Oman Mobile

- Oman Telecommunications

 

QATAR

- Qatar Telecom (Q-TEL)

 

SAUDI ARABIA

- Saudi Telecom Company

- Ethihad Etisalat Company (Mobily)

 

UAE

- Warid Telecom International LLC

- Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC (DU)

- The Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat)

 

KUWAIT

- MTC-Vodafone

- Wataniya Telecom

- Ministry of Communications

 

IRAQ

- Korek Telecom Ltd.

- Sana Tel

- MTC Atheer

- Asiacell

- Iraqna

- Iraq Telecom

 

Iran

- Rafsanjan Industrial Complex (Coop) (Taliya)

- Mobile Telecommunications Company of Esfahan

- MCI

 

JORDAN

- Jordan Telecom

- MobileCom

- Fastlink

- Umniah Mobile Company

 

- OGERO

 

- MTC Touch Lebanon

 

PALESTINE

- Paltel

- Bezeq

- Jawwal

- Palestine Telecom

 

SYRIA

- Mobile Syria

- Spacetel

- SyriaTel

- Syrian Telecommunications Establishment (STE)

 

TURKEY:

- Turk Telekom

- Turkcell

- Telsim

- Avea

 

YEMEN

- Yemen International Telecommunications Co. (LLC)

- SabaFon

- Teleyemen

- Spacetel-Yemen

 

 

 

ALGERIA

 

 Algerie Telecom (AT)

- Wataniya Telecom Algerie (Nedjma)

- Orascom Telecom Algerie Spa (Djezzy)

- Algeria Telecom (Mobilis)

 

BURKINO FASO:

- OnaTel

- Celtel

- Telecel

 

CHAD

- MillicomTchad

- CelTel

 

EGYPT:

- ECMS Mobinil

- Telecom Egypt

- Vodafone

 

GHANA:

- Scancom Ltd

- Ghana Telecommunications Company Ltd

- Millicom Ghana Limited

 

KENYA:

- Safaricom

- Celtel

 

LIBYA

- Libyana Mobile Phone

- AL MADAR Telecomm Company

 

MALI:

- Malitel

- Ikatel

 

:

- Mattel

- Emtel

 

MAURITIUS:

- Cellplus

- Emtel

 

MOROCCO:

- Medi Telecom

- IAM

- Maroc Telecom

 

NIGERIA:

- Vee Networks Limited

- MTN Nigeria Communications Limited

- Globacom

- Nigerian Mobile

-Telecommunications Limited (M-TEL)

 

SOUTH AFRICA:

- MTN - Mobile Telephone Networks (Pty) Ltd

- Cell C (Pty) Ltd

- MTN - Mobile Telephone Networks (Pty) Ltd. (MTN - Mobile Telephone Network Ltd.)

- Vodacom Group Pty Ltd

 

SUDAN

- Etisalat

- Sudan Telecommunications Company (Sudatel)

- Areeba

- Areeba (Bashair Telecom)

- Mobitel

 

TUNISIA:

- Tunisie Telecom

- Sotetel

- Tunisiana (orascom)

 

ZAMBIA:

- Zamtel

- MTN Zambia

- CelTel

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Breaking News: Omantel plans "sizeable" Pakistan telecom investment

 

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 

- 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

- Saudi blogger free after 137 days jail

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 gears up for COMEX 2008

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

- 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

- Middle East first retail awards

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 

- Jordan to host first blogging summit

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

 -Migrant workers in Middle East are catalyst for mobile remittance market

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 

USD60 million for Libyan WiMAX network

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 to offer mobile wallets

Etisalat may soon offer a service that will make use of mobile phones as a credit card More

-Huawei offers telecoms training in Iran

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

- Nawras cuts calling rates to five countries

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

- ADSL tariffs slashed by 50%

Algeria’s communications minister has announced that tariffs for ADSL broadband internet services will be cut by 50%. More

- STC, Mobily see profits rise

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

- 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

- 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

- Du to block ‘offensive’ websites

Unrestricted internet access for residents of Dubai’s ‘free economic zones’ and beyond is about to come to an abrupt halt. More

- Zain unveils 'one network' across Middle East

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 rakes in Dh2.33b from Mobily stake sale

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

- Piracy costs regional industry Dh184bn

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 To Invest US$1.59bn In UAE Over Five Years 

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

- Strategic agreement signed between Huawei and Etisalat

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

- Algeria to press ahead with plans for 3G tender

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

- 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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