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Mobily eyes stake in fixed line firm AtheebSaudi Arabia's No.2 mobile company Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) is in talks to buy a stake in loss-making fixed-line operator Etihad Atheeb, according to a statement on the kingdom's bourse. More… |
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Menatelecom offers new fixed line serviceMenatelecom, an investment subsidiary of Kuwait Finance House - Bahrain, has announced a new service offering for international fixed line customers which the company says delivers significant savings. In a statement, the telecom More… |
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Mobile telephony steals the show in MoroccoA low fixed-line penetration of 11.1 per cent is driving mobile growth in Morocco, especially, in remote areas where mobile telephony services are easier to access than fixed-line telecom services, said a survey. Mobile telephony& More… |
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Qtel Tunisia unit wins 3G, fixed licencesQatar Telecom, the former state monopoly, said on Monday its Tunisian unit has received licenses to launch and operate a third-generation (3G) mobile network and a fixed-line network in the North African country for $135 million. The 3G ne More… |
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Landline number portability in BahrainFixed line telephone users in Bahrain are now able to change their operators as part of the Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA) number portability scheme, said the director general of the kingdom’s telecom watchdog. Mohamed Hamad Bubashait More… |
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UAE telcos to compete in fixed line soonUAE telecoms operators Etisalat and du will compete on fixed-line voice and broadband services by year-end, the country's regulator said on Tuesday, with testing now in the final phase. Both du and Etisalat already offer fixed-l More… |
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Atheeb to cut capital by more than halfSaudi Arabia's Atheeb Telecom, which has been facing mounting losses over the past year, plans to cut its capital by more than half, a bourse statement said on Sunday. "The Capital Market Authority... has approved Atheeb Telecom's re More… |
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Atheeb blames rival for losses, shares haltedSaudi Arabia's Atheeb Telecom on Wednesday said unfair competition was to blame for mounting losses that led to its shares being suspended on the kingdom's bourse. The fixed line provider, which is 15 percent-owned by Bahrain Telec More… |
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Nawras pins hopes on fixed, broadbandNawras, Qatar Telecom's (Qtel) Oman unit, is targeting fixed and mobile broadband to drive earnings growth as mobile subscriber numbers decline, its chief executive said. Nawras, which has a 42 per cent share of Oman's mobile market and a More… |
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Telecom Egypt Q1 net up 3pc, beats forecastsLandline monopoly Telecom Egypt said on Thursday its first-quarter net profit rose 3 percent, far exceeding analysts forecasts after it reined in costs and earned more from renting its infrastructure. The company posted More… |
