Etisalat Nigeria signs $1.2bn refinancing loanEtisalat's Nigeria affilate has signed a $1.2 billion refinancing loan with 13 Nigerian banks, the United Arab Emirates' leading telecom operator said on Tuesday. The medium-term facility will be used to refinance an exist More… |
Nawras launches data roaming solutionNawras, a leading telecom operator in Oman and an Ooredoo company, has launched a mobile data roaming solution designed to help customers stay online for less when travelling to any GCC country. With prepaid and postpaid plans off More… |
Ooredoo posts $221m net profit for Q1Ooredoo (formerly Qatar Telecom), the leading telecom operator in Qatar, has posted a net profit of QR808 million ($221.7 million) for the first quarter (Q1) of the year as against QR711 million for the same period last year, marking a rise of 1 More… |
Menatelecom in plea over bank guaranteeBahrain-based telecom operator Menatelecom has filed a case requesting it to freeze a BD623,000 ($1.62 million) bank guarantee concerning an agreement signed with Batelco to share connection network. The case filed in the Urgent M 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… |
Global digital gender divide highlighted at WEFTelecom operators must do more to address the growing global digital gender divide, said the CEO of Qtel Group, a leading telecommunications company, speaking at a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos. “We k More… |
Etisalat Egypt, Ericsson to boost radio networkEricsson and Etisalat Egypt have partnered to transform the telecom operator’s radio network to enable a full range of converged information and telecom services to improve quality and speed of services. As part of the deplo More… |
Mobily plans 10pc bonus share issueSaudi Arabia's Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) will launch a 10 per cent bonus share issue, the telecom operator said in a statement to the kingdom's bourse on Monday. Mobily, an affiliate of the United Arab Emirates' Etisala More… |
Zain meet focus on mobile data boomZain Group, a leader in telecom services, recently held a conference its operating companies as well as technology providers and partners to discuss ways of leveraging the mobile data boom in Dubai. The Zain Technology Conference More… |
Viva to introduce Nano SIMViva Bahrain, the newest player in Bahrain's telecommunications sector, said it has introduced the nano SIM card for the first time in the Kingdom. The move is in preparation for the launch of the new generation of smart More… |








