Mobily

All Saudi mobile subscribers required to prove their identity in drive to cut down 'anonymous' mobiles

Approval given for Etisalat affiliate to raise $533.3m in 200m share rights issue

Domestic subscribers in Saudi Arabia can now browse the internet on speeds of up to 2 Mbps

Construction workers severed two fibre optic cables bringing down Mobily network on Wednesday

Saudi mobile phone operator to pay $21.3mn for Zajil to up revenues from corporate clients.

Second largest Arab telecom sees Q1 net income rise 11.4% to $808mn.

UAE telecom operator says its holding has dropped to 26.25% from 35%, as required by its licence.

Ericsson to be responsible for upkeep of operator’s network in "largest deal of its kind"

Sale of 100 million shares to local and foreign investors will generate $2bn.

Saudi Arabian operator selects Motorola for $150m expansion project.

Telco heavyweights discussed changing market conditions at Telecoms World Middle East in Dubai. CommsMEA reports.

Saudi mobile firm to invest in broadband and wireless networks over the next two years.

Saudi mobile operator has agreed to buy 99.9% of local provider Bayanat to develop its data services.

The peddling by European network vendors of the benefits of HSDPA as an upgrade to WCDMA appears to have paid off with more than 140 networks around the world considered HSDPA-ready. In the Middle East, the proportion of HSDPA deployments is definitely smaller, though the converted are making a strong case for the benefits accruing from the upgrade.

Etihad Etisalat aims to capture demand for internet access with $266 expansion.

Saudi Telecom will look to either Africa or Asia in its overseas expansion.

Mobily's tenure as the new entrant in Saudi Arabia is set to draw to a close in less than as a year, as an MTC Group-backed cellular operator enters the market. Mobily's pragmatic CEO Khaled Al Kaf discusses with CommsMEA how he believes the Saudi market is large enough for all the players to operate successfully, and how investment in convergence is expected to bear fruit for the Etisalat-backed operator.

The telecom company wants to borrow $2.8bn to fund expansion before KSA issues licenses to others.

The year ahead offers operators in the region opportunities for greenfield investment, though interested parties should be weary of the scarcity premium that many of the concessions are likely to attract. CommsMEA flags up a number of the significant licence awards in the region scheduled to take place over the next 12 months.

Mobily has signed a deal with EMC, under which the storage giant will provide business continuity services to help the Saudi Arabian mobile operator protect its customers’ data.

Mobily has signed a deal with EMC, under which the storage giant will provide business continuity services to help the Saudi Arabian mobile operator protect its customers’ data.

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Managed services deal signed, GSM solution deployed

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