Saudi Arabia

Bahrain's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has announced an extension to the deadline for companies to bid for the country's third mobile licence, reports Reuters. The... 2008-11-06

The Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has revealed plans to step up foreign expansion plans following the failure of its attempt to purchase a stake in Moroccan incumbent operator ... 2008-09-15

Mobily, Saudi Arabia's second-ranked mobile operator, is to acquire a 96% stake in Zajil International Telecommunications Company at a cost of SAR80mn (US$21.3mn), subject to approval... 2008-07-08

Japan's largest mobile communications operator, NTT DoCoMo, is looking to expand overseas in order to diversify its revenue streams and growth opportunities in the face of increasing... 2008-06-20

Etihad Etisalat (trading as Mobily), Saudi Arabia's second mobile network operator, has awarded a three-year managed services contract to Huawei Technologies of China. Under the... 2008-04-25

Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) of the United Arab Emirates has reduced its 35% stake in Saudi Arabia's second mobile phone operator to 26.25%, according to an... 2008-04-09

Etihad Etisalat, Saudi Arabia's second mobile network operator, reports that it had signed up 11.1mn subscribers by the end of 2007, raising its share of the market to 39% less than... 2008-04-02

Etihad Atheeb Telecommunications Company, one of Saudi Arabia's new fixed-line licensees, has announced contracts worth US$333mn with three key infrastructure and IT suppliers covering... 2008-03-19

Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC) plans to invest as much as US$15bn in buying new licences and existing operators in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia in a bid to diversify... 2008-03-17

Saudi Arabia's second mobile phone operator Mobily has said that it has contracted three equipment vendors to carry out the expansion and operation of its 2G/3G network across the... 2008-03-11