Batelco offers unlimited calling for businessesBahrain-based Batelco, a leading telecom provider, has announced the introduction of an unlimited calling plan from all fixed PSTN (public switched telephone network) lines for enterprise customers. The new bolt-on will be automat More… |
UAE telecom sector opens to fixed-line competitionThe United Arab Emirates has started to open up the fixed-line consumer telecom market to competition, the head of No. 2 operator du said on Wednesday, after years of lobbying for the move. The liberalisation, which started in Jul More… |
Batelco to revise fixed line IDD call ratesBahrain’s top telecommunications services provider Batelco is set to revise its charges for IDD (International Direct Dial) calls made from fixed lines starting from August. All IDD calls from fixed lines will be charged per More… |
Zain Saudi to break even within five yearsZain Saudi, Saudi Arabia's third biggest telecoms operator, will buy fixed line capacity from its competitors to expand its service offering in the kingdom and aims to break even in less than five years, it said on Wednesday. More… |
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… |
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… |
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… |
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… |
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… |
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… |