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• Batelco opens NGN lab4 November 2008

  Next Generation Network facility will help train Batelco engineers to manage new country-wide network

• Batelco introduces free incoming roaming25 September 2008

  World Freedom service will allow roaming customers to receive calls free of charge in 21 countries

• Telecom customers get service quality boost14 September 2008

  Bahrain telecom service providers to measure and report the quality of service.

• Crackdown launched on mobile phone pests25 August 2008

  One Bahraini man phoned mall with bomb threat in bid to postpone shopping trip.

• 30 Batelco staff accept early retirement17 August 2008

  10 others to stay on after telecom u-turns on decision earlier this year to lay workers off.

• Bahrain Internet service severely disrupted14 August 2008

  Cable fault on King Fahd Causeway slows Internet service and cuts access to some sites

• Bahrain set to offer third telecom contract13 August 2008

  Batelco and Zain to get new rival for country's telecom customers early next year.

• Unified communications solution unveiled by Batelco3 August 2008

  Designed for small to medium enterprises, the Cisco Unified Communication will enhance productivity.

• Batelco profit nosedives as costs rise23 July 2008

  Bahraini telecom posts 15.1% decline in Q2 income to $62mn despite revenue surge.

• Batelco backtrack on controversial layoffs20 July 2008

  Bahraini telecom to reinstate 40 workers in face of growing opposition from staff and unions.

• Hundreds protest Batelco layoffs28 June 2008

  Workers and activists demonstrate over 'forced retirement' of 44 employees from leading telecom.

• CEOs highlight need for collaboration2 June 2008

  Operators and content providers need to learn to co-exist in convergent world, say panelists at Arab Advisors' conference

• Batelco Internet subscribers targeted by phishing attack27 May 2008

  Phishing attack tries to steal confidential data from Batelco Internet subscribers

• Union slams expat-only pay rise18 May 2008

  Batelco comes under fire after salary increases for foreign staff are not extended to Bahrani employees.

• Batelco eyes up $4 billion African acquisition14 May 2008

  Financing will be a mixture of debt and equity, says CEO

• Batelco snubs 'overpriced' Mideast12 May 2008

  Bahraini telecom shifting focus to Africa, India and Asia-Pacific as part of $4bn acquisition drive.

• Batelco profit-growth slows as costs surge23 April 2008

  Bahrain telecom provider posts weakest growth in a year as expenses soar by a third.

• 50% discount for net disruption21 April 2008

  Bahraini telecom Batelco chops internet customers' March bill in half as 'goodwill' gesture, official says.

• Batelco in final stages of broadband upgrade12 April 2008

  $57mn rollout of Next Generation Network services to be complete by November.

• Batelco fined $265,000 for failing to provide services31 March 2008

  Telecommunications Regulatory Authority fines Bahrain's incumbent telecoms operator over failure to share network

• Batelco slapped with $265k fine31 March 2008

  Bahraini incumbent telecom fined by regulator for failure to provide services to rival 2Connect.

• Batelco Cisco Academy builds networking skills for staff and citizens25 March 2008

  Sixteen students complete six month Cisco CCNA networking certification at Batelco headquarters

• Batelco first to deploy Windows Server 200818 March 2008

  Batelco becomes first early adopter of latest version of Microsoft's server operating system

• Batelco celebrate new Formula One season with promotional deals16 March 2008

  Residents and visitors to Bahrain get free credit, extra minutes and chance to visit Disneyland

• Row between Batelco and Bahrain TRA escalates10 March 2008

  Batelco accuses Bahrain TRA of blocking price cuts and new service launches