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• Mobily compensation offer follows outage22 July 2008

  Goodwill gesture by telecom giant to 11 million customers is largest discount in company's history.

• Mobily blames Saudi Oger for Riyadh telephone breakdown19 July 2008

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

• Mobily sees profit jump almost 50%19 July 2008

  Saudi mobile phone company posts Q2 income of $119.5mn, at top end of analysts' forecasts.

• Mobily snaps up local internet provider5 July 2008

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

• Mobily looks to boost market share in '0825 May 2008

  Saudi telecom to increase share above 40% despite arrival of third telecom operator, CEO says.

• Saudi Telecom profit up on more subscribers21 April 2008

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

• Mobily earnings disappoint20 April 2008

  Saudi mobile telecom misses forecasts in Q1 with smallest gain in quarterly profit since inception.

• Etisalat nets $634mn from Mobily sale15 April 2008

  UAE telecom sold 43.75 million shares in Saudi affiliate as required by its licence, now holds 26.25% stake.

• Etisalat sells stake in Saudi affiliate Mobily7 April 2008

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

• Etisalat offers international bank transferals via phone to UAE residents1 April 2008

  Pilot project launched in association with Mashreq, Tata Communications, Idea Cellular and HSBC India

• Mobily chooses Alcatel-Lucent as Saudi network operator1 April 2008

  New three-year contract to involve maintenance, optimisation, management and technical support

• Arab technology leaders storm onto list of powerful Arabs30 March 2008

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

• Al Raha Gardens connects to Etisalat’s FTTH network26 March 2008

  Al Raha Garden's high-speed fibre-to-the-home network expected to be complete by 2011

• Etisalat branches out IT infrastructure outsourcing services24 March 2008

  Company to offer complete end to end telecom and ICT solutions portfolio including non-core IT needs

• Mobily wins approval for $400mn Bayanat buy18 March 2008

  Saudi regulator gives green light to telecom to purchase internet service provider.

• Saudi mobile operator Mobily signs Ericsson in three-year managed services deal17 March 2008

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

• Etisalat recognises bravery of deepsea cable repair crews12 March 2008

  Telecoms giant salutes the crews that helped restore communications of many Gulf regions

• Etisalat plans to enter Iraqi market28 February 2008

  Telecoms company close to finalising a deal with existing Kurdish mobile operator

• Huawei to provide packet switched network for Mobily18 February 2008

  Packet Switched Core Network will improve performance for Mobily's HSDPA services

• Mobily to offer up 20% stake to investors5 February 2008

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

• Mobily beats profit forecasts 21 January 2008

  Saudi mobile operator reports Q4 profit of $137.1mn by targeting remote customers, CEO says

• Mobily to expand GSM coverage in KSA7 January 2008

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

• Motorola wins $150mn Saudi deal6 January 2008

  Operator awarded contract to expand Mobily GSM coverage in Northwest and Southwest regions.

• Mobily selects Huawei to construct its IP network28 November 2007

  New network will allow Mobily to accelerate the adoption of its 3G mobile services nationwide

• Mobily plans $1.1bn wireless expansion17 November 2007

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