Orascom Telecom

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.