As the latest network sharing agreement flops, is now the time to end the UAE telco duopoly?
Mobile operator Mobily plans to acquire a controlling interest in loss-making fixed line operator, Etihad Atheeb.
Nokia remains top mobile manufacturer in the UAE, beating Samsung and Apple.
The benefits and dangers of social media are a package deal as companies continue to embrace social media as a tool for customer communication.
Saudi Telecom wants the banks to restructure a $1.2 billion loan taken for Axis Telekom.
Du customers have now been given an option to unsubscribe from the automatically upgraded home service package within three months.
The Qatari telecoms firm saw increased revenue from the group’s units in Iraq and Indonesia.
The operator said that data services and postpaid customers are driving revenue growth.
With one of the highest mobile penetration rates in the world, the UAE recorded strong growth in the telecoms sector last year.
The UAE telecoms operator is planning to buy the French firm’s 53 per cent stake in Maroc Telecom for 4.2 billion euros.
Du and Etisalat already offer fixed-line, broadband and television packages in the UAE, but not in the same districts, with du confined to the newer areas of Dubai.
The telecoms operator made a second-quarter net profit of 1.61 billion riyals, up from 1.42 billion riyals in the same period a year earlier.
Dubai has alledgely put its 26 per cent stake in Axiom Telecom and 35 per cent stake in Tunisie Telecom on the block.
The fourth phase of the registration campaign ends on July 16.
Since the Arab Spring several Gulf governments have pushed for greater control of VoIP and other hard-to-trace communication tools.
Reports suggested that telecoms operator was in talks with Qatari funds to sell a stake in its fixed-line business.
The operator said the deal would be the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia’s telecom sector and would boost the company’s free cash flow.
With many GCC consumers now owning two handsets, mobile advertising represents a golden untapped opportunity.
Emirates International Telecommunications is stepping up sales from its telecoms portfolio to help repay Dubai’s debt pile.
Many of Dubai Holding’s units have had to hold talks with banks to extend liabilities and restructure debt.
The Qatari telecoms company said that it withdrew because of the valuation and frustration with the process.
The deal marks Qatar’s first major investment in a listed Indian company.
The telecoms operator will offer 55.9 million shares at one dinar each.
The rescheduled payment, spread over seven years, will be treated as a commercial loan.
UAE’s Etisalat has reportedly offered a higher price than rival Qatari bidder Ooredoo for Vivendi’s 53 per cent stake in Maroc Telecom.
Sheikh Mohamed bin Isa al-Khalifa has been temporarily replaced by long-serving Peter Kaliaropoulos
A software engineer claimed that the company had asked him to build surveillance tools to intercept customers’ messages on Twitter.
Etisalat recently announced that it has unblocked Skype, but VoIP services by external providers are still banned in the UAE.
The Kingdom plans to sell three mobile virtual network operator licences as part of a plan to liberalise its telecom market.
The smartphone manufacturer will launch the device in Europe and China in June, with other markets following shortly.