Nawras alerts against SMS, phone scamsNawras, an Ooredoo company and a leading telecom operator in Oman, has cautioned its customers on calls or messages that promise large sums of money or other gifts in exchange for personal information, cash or recharge card numbers. More… |
Nawras offers SMS for Arabic poetryNawras, a Qtel company and a leading telecom operator in Oman, is introducing a mobile service for Arabic poetry fans. Adab Mobile provides customers with a daily Arabic poem sent by SMS according to their preferred category selec More… |
Du rolls out special Eid offersUAE's integrated telecommunications service provider du has launched several exciting offers for its customers to make their Eid Al Adha holiday period even more special. Under the scheme, all customers will get to enjoy all d More… |
Nawras launches social media SMS serviceNawras, a leading telecom service provider in Oman, has launched two new social media SMS services which allow customers to use their Facebook and Twitter accounts. The new services allow all Nawras customers, including those with More… |
Citibank warns on fraudulent SMSCitibank Bahrain has urged residents of the kingdom to be on the alert regarding a spate of fraudulent text messages sent through SMS, informing the recipients that they have won a prize or a check. More… |
Batelco names Euro 2012 campaign winnersBatelco, the leading mobile services provider in Bahrain, has announced the first two winners of a campaign it launched in partnership with Bahrain FM (93.3 FM) for its mobile subscribers during Euro 2012. The two lucky winners of Euro FM More… |
Zain offers cricket alerts in 3 languagesZain Bahrain, a leading telecom service provider, has introduced an SMS cricket service in Urdu, Hindi and English to enable fans from the subcontinent to get the latest information on the go. Called Cricket Service the service allows cust More… |
Batelco offers broadband upgrade via SMSBatelco, Bahrain’s leading telecom services provider, has announced a convenient new service allowing customers to upgrade their fixed broadband service via SMS. All customers have to do is send a simple text SMS to 4554, where the system More… |
Simah launches credit assistance systemsSaudi Credit Bureau (Simah) recently launched two new projects that will allow customers to access and update their credit information as well as make queries at any time, a report said. The IVR (Interactive Voice Response) and SMS project More… |
Telcos lose $14bn; WhatsApp says it's no threatUS-based software startup WhatsApp, the fast-growing mobile messaging service, denies it's a threat to telephone carriers, even as a report said they lost $13.9 billion last year in SMS revenue. WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said in More… |








