Orascom Telecom Holding

Co. says credit limited by Egypt's central bank as it is viewed as part of Orascom group.

UPDATE 2: Move by owner of Orascom Telecom will help Egyptian telco.

Egyptian telco also says stand-off with Algerian tax authorities soon to be resolved.

Orascom Telecom's IT security team is working on everything from a disaster recovery plan to the implementation of a uniform defence policy to move the organisation's protection standard to a higher plane.

Forecast improved Q2 numbers for Egyptian companies reflect general improvement in business sentiment.

Other contenders for LinkDotNet subsidiary include Telecom Egypt, Mobinil and unnamed financial institutions

Orascom chairman claims France Telecom in the 'business of value destruction', however.

Orascom Telecom rebuffs latest attempt by France Telecom to gain full control of Mobinil

Growth in subscriber numbers to be hit this year as market approaches saturation.

Egyptian mobile telco misses targets as interest charges drive down profitability.

Court tells mobile phone operator to sell shares in its Egyptian unit to France Telecom.

Egyptian operator expands presence in Africa through latest acquisition

Subsidiary Koryolink sets target of signing up 5-10% of population

Egyptian firm becomes first mobile operator in hermit state next week, services 'open to everyone'.

Reforms in Algeria's telecom sector have led to surging teledensity levels.

Market heavyweights Orascom Telecom and Orascom Construction Industries lead fall on markets.

Cairo-based mobile phone firm says customers up 31% but net income down by 4%.

Middle East telecom giant joins consortium to deliver new wireless operator covering 26mn people.

Regional operator sees 22% increase in revenues

Egyptian mobile operator to purchase some shares from Italian company Weather Investments.

New report on the world's most influential Arabs shows technology specialists in prime positions

Egyptian billionaire's office denies report he bought apartment in world's tallest building.

Bidders must pay $10,000 for a copy of the license and submit an auction guarantee of 10 million Egyptian pounds ($1.82 million), regulator announces

Egyptian private satellite television channel OTV - the first to be launched by Middle East telecoms operator, Orascom - recently invested in a NEXIO 3600HDX server with 4.8 TB of storage and supplementary RTX HD systems.

Egyptian operator plans to invest $400mn in infrastructure and licence fees over the next three years.

Pakistani operator surpasses 30 million customers after series of investments worth $2.5 billion.

Chief executive Naguib Sawiris rubbishes report fourth-largest Arab mobile operator subject of $17bn auction.

HWL and Yuda Ltd to buy Orascom's remaining stake in HTIL.

Egyptian operator sees net income rise 116% to $1.3bn in nine months to end of September as subscribers jump.

An International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) tribunal has ruled in favour of Kuwaiti mobile operator Wataniya in a dispute with Egyptian operator Orascom, concerning their jointly-owned Tunisiana venture.

With mobile operations in key markets across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, and licensed access to a population of some 460 million people, Orascom Telecom, which is part of the Orascom Group of companies, is fast becoming one of the leading mobile operators in the region.

Egyptian telecom planning potential share buyback of up to five million Global Depository Receipts.

Bilingual search engine means users can now search for Arabic words by typing English characters.

Surge of foreign buying in Orascom after news of $2.2bn joint venture with Korek Telecom.

The award of three long-term mobile licences in Iraq earlier this week is a positive development given the unsteady history of the concessions since their award at the end of 2003.

Egyptian telecom could sell its Iraqna subsidiary after dropping out of race for long-term mobile licence.

UPDATE 11am: Iraq sets $300mn as the starting price in today's auction of three 15-year mobile licences.

There have been a series of false dawns with respect to the permanent licensing of mobile operators in Iraq, though it appears that at last concrete moves are being made in this direction.

Offer buy the rest of Greece's second-largest telecom company will come within the next two weeks, says Egyptian billionaire.

Top 10 operators account for 44% of subscribers across the region.

Saudi Arabia’s telco regulator has put through seven of the nine original candidates for its third mobile licence.

Egyptian telecommunications giant Orascom Telecom is looking at purchasing a 38% stake in South American telco Brazil Telecom Participacoes, it said last week.

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Prince Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding is among those vying for a slice of the Gulf's largest telecom market.

Egyptian mobile operator fails to bag India’s Hutchison Essar but cash is ready for new acquistions.

The start of a new year has not diminished the ambitions of the region's mobile operators

Fixed line subscriber growth continues to slow

Despite being a largely under-developed telecoms market, there are a number of operators in Africa that are looking to build super-networks across the continent and benefit from the significant economies of scale. A wave of consolidation has already begun, and is set to rise only further as international interest in acquiring the specialist regional players grows.