Hermes Datacomms wins contract in Iraq
Hermes Datacomms Middle East, a UK-based Wide Area Network communications specialist, has secured a contract to provide microwave and fibre...
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Jordan has high mobile penetration level
Jordan is among 105 countries where the number of mobile subscriptions exceeded the population at the end of 2011, according...
Saudi telecom firms earn SR 65 billion in 2011
Saudi telecom companies earned SR 65 billion from their operations at the end of 2011 and realized an average growth...
UAE’s Etisalat may allow foreign ownership
Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) will soon allow foreigners to own its shares, as per company officials. The Emirates Investment Council...
GCC countries top the Mena region in ICT statistics
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) recently released its statistics covering the Information and Telecommunication Technology (ICT) for around 233 countries...
Saudi Arabia's cellular market most competitive in Arab world
Saudi Arabia retained its status as the most competitive Arab cellular market with a 74.56 percent mark, the 2012 Cellular...
Mobile penetration in the Middle East hits 96% in the first quarter of 2012
Mobile subscriptions in the Middle East grew at a rate of 69,230 new connections per day in the first quarter...
The UAE to admit new telecom operators after 2015
The UAE could admit new operators apart from Etisalat and du in the country’s telecommunications sector, in line with an...
Qatar Telecom planning $1.9 billion bid for remainder of Kuwait’s Wataniya Teleco
Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has confirmed that it is making an offer to buy out the remaining shareholders in its Wataniya...
Qtel to deliver advanced communications services to the residents of Lusail
Qtel and Lusail Real Estate Development Company signed a major agreement which will see Qtel deliver advanced communications services to...
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