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• Arab telecom giants vie for Iraqi licences16 August 2007

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

• Iraq mobile auction bidders named14 August 2007

  Five companies are to bid for three new mobile network licences in an auction this Thursday.

• Qtel to bid for Iraq mobile licence7 August 2007

  A Qtel-led consortium plans to submit a bid in the upcoming Iraqi mobile licence auction.

• Qtel sees profit drop 6.2% in Q27 August 2007

  Financing of Wataniya acquisition drives up costs, cuts profit to $113.2mn for the quarter.

• Qtel to bid for Iraq licence7 August 2007

  Qtel and affiliates will submit a bid for an auction set to take place in the middle of this month.

• Qatar's 2nd teleco to sell shares to public10 July 2007

  Telecom regulator says licence winner will be required to sell 40% of shares in an IPO.

• Qatar to end Qtel monopoly12 June 2007

  Telecom authority is to grant a second mobile and fixed-phone licence.

• Qtel completes Pakistan buy21 May 2007

  The Qatari operator has finalised its purchase of a majority stake in Pakistan's Burraq Telecom.

• Qtel deploys HP services10 May 2007

  Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has deployed HP's Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) services.

• Qtel invests in Pakistan3 May 2007

  Qatar Telecommunications (Qtel) has bought a majority stake in Pakistan broadband provider Burraq Telecom.

• Qtel gets $2bn bank credit for growth3 May 2007

  Barclays Capital and Royal Bank of Scotland are set to finance the Qatari telco's expansion plans.

• Qtel closes in on Pakistan ISP acquisition1 May 2007

  A Qtel-led consortium has agreed to buy a majority stake in Pakistan wireless internet broadband provider Burraq Telecom for US$12.3 million.

• GCC telcos ring up solid profits in 1Q071 May 2007

  Earnings growth remains strong despite high market valuations.

• Qtel says its mobile users are up 35%30 April 2007

  Impressive first-quarter figures reveal that users in Oman have more than doubled.

• Qtel buys stake in Pakistan telco25 April 2007

  $12.3m deal marks further foreign expansion as Qtel loses its Qatar monopoly.

• Last call for Arab mobile monopolies24 April 2007

  Qatar's launch of a second operator will end the region's last-remaining mobile phone monopoly.

• Court papers filed to shut down Asiacell12 April 2007

  Iraqi mobile operator Asiacell is under threat of being shut down, according to Qatari telco Qtel, which indirectly owns a 40% stake in the company.

• Siemens wins managed service deal with Qtel5 April 2007

  Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has signed a managed services deal with Siemens that will see the vendor operate the telco's UMTS mobile network.

• Telcos invited to start Qatar talks14 March 2007

  Qatar’s telco regulator has taken the first steps in liberalising the Gulf state’s telecommunications sector.

• Ten bid for KSA phone licence11 March 2007

  Verizon Comms is among the consortia bidding for Saudi's second fixed line licence.

• Qtel branches out with Wataniya buy7 March 2007

  Qatar Telecommunications’ (Qtel) US$3.72 billion capture of a controlling stake in Wataniya has propelled it into the top league of regional telco players, analysts said this week.

• Qtel acquisition leads Gulf stocks lower6 March 2007

  Traders feeling that Qtel overpaid for Wataniya have been punishing the operator for four days.

• Qtel in $3.72bn Wataniya takeover1 March 2007

  The deal, set to close in March, would be the largest Gulf Arab telecommunications acquisition.

• Qatar Telecom interested in Wataniya stake1 March 2007

  Qtel's announcement comes after the UAE's Etisalat dropped out of the race.

• Qtel pays US$635 million to enter Asia1 February 2007

  Nasser Marafih is looking to make Qtel a top-20 global contender by 2020