Tata, Qtel Form TGN Gulf Partnership
Telegeography
Qatar Telecom (Qtel) and India’s Tata Communications yesterday officially confirmed their partnership for the construction of the Tata Global Network (TGN) Gulf Project, which will see Qtel establish a landing station for the regional undersea network. The TGN Gulf project is designed to connect the Gulf region directly to the world’s major business hubs and [...]
Zain Expanding One Network While Africa Drags Down Profits
The One platform allows subscribers to make calls, send SMS and access the data services at local rates of the visited country and to receive incoming calls from their home country at free or minimal charge. This week Zain reported that net profit for the nine months to the end of September fell 17 per [...]
STC Bahrain launch expected by end of year
The chairman of Bahrain’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), Mohammed Ahmed Al-Amer, has said that he expects the country’s third mobile licensee Saudi Telecom Company (STC) to launch commercial services by the end of 2009 or early 2010.
Topics: Bahrain, telecommunications, telecom, telecoms, Saudi Arabia
Vivendi calls off talks with Zain
French conglomerate Vivendi has called off its talks with Kuwait-based Zain, over the acquisition of the operator’s African assets.
Topics: Saudi Arabia, Africa, telecom, Iraq, telecoms
Saudi Mobily: $100M for Samsung WiMAX
Reuters reported today that Saudi mobile telephone firm Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has awarded Samsung a $100 million deal to expand the WiMax network through its broadband subsidiary, Bayanat al-Oula.
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