Etihad Etisalat Company

Call rates dropped to 66 halalas per minute until the end of August - statement.

Telecom provider signs deal with Saudi Airlines to allow mobile and internet on 70 flights.

Coming speed upgrade an extension of overall strategy to continue innovation and increase customer value.

Analysts said that advert exposes discreet changes that have been affecting the royalty.

UPDATE 1: Kingdom's second largest operator beats forecasts with $280.5m Q4 profit.

A boom in the IT field has led to an increase in communication subscribers.

Mobile operator originally used loan to finance purchase of Bayanat Al Oula.

Telecom company adds new parts of kingdom as wireless broadband demand surges.

A 150-member crew descended on the Hatta mountains last month to produce a TVC for Saudi telecoms operator, Mobily, with dangerous stunts such as jumping from cliffs, running through fire jets and playing football with fire-lit balls all part of the game. Vijaya Cherian reports.

The recent WiMAX Forum MENA event in Dubai demonstrated that attitudes to the 4G technology have matured from the overly simplistic “LTE versus WiMAX” debate that had previously characterised the technology.

Mobily CEO Khalid Al Kaf tells Arabian Business why moving first and moving fast is the key to the firm’s success.

Mobily CEO Khalid Al-Kaf spoke to CommsMEA at last month's MECOM conference in the UAE about the KSA operator's plans to capitalise on the high demand for mobile broadband.

Mobily complains to regulator after technical problems at STC hinder mobile number portability

Saudi's 2nd largest mobile phone firm adds more broadband clients & cashes in revenues from other operators.

Mobile phone operator aims to increase subscriber numbers after Motorola deal.

GSM Association states Saudi mobile operator has busiest data network in the world

Campaign to update personal data on pre-paid mobile users to run until end of 2009

Saudi Arabia's second-largest telecom operator takes 94% stake in Zajil.

GITEX: Saudi's second mobile phone company beats analysts' forecasts with net income of $143mn.

With ARPUs falling and competition growing, operators are increasingly looking at retaining existing customers, as well as winning rivals’ subscribers, as a means of growing their business.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mobily Saint Honore opens regional headquarters in Dubai International Finance Centre.

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 Company (STC) has recorded its smallest quarterly profit in more than two years as its net income dropped around 20% during Q1.

The $6bn bid for KSA's third cellular licence marks a seminal moment for the telecoms market.

Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has signed an Islamic financing agreement of US$2.88 billion to fund its expansion plans in Saudi Arabia.

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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