Saudi Arabia
Industry
Requiring mobile subscriptions to be linked to an identification number in Saudi Arabia has led to a decrease in the country's mobile market. The regulator reports that the market declined...
2013-03-21Industry
Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC) is to invest US$50mn in Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa (VMMEA), a regional mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). GIC will become one...
2013-03-13Industry
Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) has outlined plans for the commercialisation of a mass-market mobile wallet solution in 2013. The company expects to introduce the...
2013-03-04Industry
Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) has reportedly hired financial advisors to guide it through a proposed US$8bn acquisition of Maroc Telecom. With Qatar Telecom (Qtel)...
2013-02-26Industry
Saudi Arabian mobile network operator Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has signed a partnership agreement with US-based machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions provider Jasper Wireless. The companies...
2013-02-25Industry
The ongoing saga of Jordan's National Broadband Network (NBN) has taken a step forward, with the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MoICT) reporting six companies...
2013-02-22Industry
Switzerland-based cabling solutions specialist Reichle & De-Massari (R&M) is expanding its operations across the Middle East in response to strong demand for copper...
2013-02-13Industry
Saudi incumbent STC has announced a deal with Ericsson to deploy energy efficient mobile infrastructure starting in Princess Noura University, Riyadh. The deal follows a global procurement...
2013-02-05
