Bahraini Telco Viva Eyes Data Growth As Per-User Call Income Falls

Voice calls accounted for 64 per cent of the operators’ revenues in 2013, data was 18 per cent, text messaging four per cent and subscription payments 14 per cent in Bahrain.

Qatar To See Boost In Mobile Internet Speeds As Ooredoo Launches 4G+

The network will deliver speeds of up to 225 Mbps, nearly double the average 4G speed in certain parts of Doha.

Zain Saudi Rejects Mobily’s $586m Claim

The operator said it owed Mobily only SAR13 million.

Saudi Telco Mobily Says Seeks Arbitration On Money Owed By Zain Saudi

Zain Saudi owed Mobily SAR2.2 billion as of Nov. 30, 2013, a statement said.

Vodafone Qatar Scraps Bid For Broadband Firm

In October, Vodafone Qatar announced it had reached a non-binding agreement to buy QNBN.

Bahrain’s Batelco Hires Citigroup To Sell Jordan Unit

The Bahraini telecom operator paid $416.2 million for a 96 per cent stake in Umniah in 2006.

Saudi’s Mobily Suspends CEO After Earnings Debacle

Errors in Mobily’s accounting led the company to restate 18 months of previously-announced earnings, wiping out $381 million of prior profits.

Zain Iraq Says To Launch 3G Mobile Services By Jan 2015

Zain and its rival Asiacell had baulked at government demands to pay $307 million for 3G spectrum for seven to eight years remaining on their $1.25 billion mobile licences awarded in 2007.

Omantel Q3 Net Profit Rises 3.1%, Meets Estimates

The company made a net profit of OMR30 million ($77.9 million) in the three months to Sept. 30, up from OMR29.1 million in the year-earlier period.

WhatsApp, Viber Do Not Hurt Revenues – Ooredoo Oman CEO

The new OTT players have helped the telecoms provider boost revenues from data usage, says the CEO.

Saudi’s Mobily Scraps Q3 Dividend After Earnings Error

The move comes after the telecommunications firm posted a shock third-quarter profit drop last week due to the accounting issues.

Stock News: Saudi Mobily Shares Plunge For 3rd Day Since Earnings Shock

Mobily’s latest drop takes the stock’s losses to 27 per cent since resuming trading on Tuesday.

Etisalat Says Has Confidence In Saudi Affiliate Mobily

Mobily announced it had cut profits for 2013 and the first half of 2014 by a combined SAR1.43 billion because of accounting errors.

UAE’s Etisalat Says Profit Cut By $44m Due To Mobily Earnings Debacle

Etisalat owns 27.5 per cent of Mobily, which on Monday cut its profits for 2013 and the first half of 2014 by a combined SAR1.43 billion ($381.2 million), citing accounting errors.

Vodafone Qatar Posts Smaller Q2 Net Loss, To Turn Profitable In 2015

Vodafone made a net loss of SAR53.5 million ($14.69 million) in the third quarter of 2014, the company said in a statement.

Saudi Regulator Starts Probe Into Telco Mobily After Earnings Revision

Mobily asked for its shares to be suspended on Thursday, seeking more time to review unspecified “significant matters” in its financial statements.

Saudi Telco Mobily Q3 Net Profit Plunges 71%

The firm took extra provisions of SAR207 million for bad debts, slow-moving inventory and goodwill impairments on its investments.

Apple’s iPhone 5s, iPhone 5 Named UAE’s Most Popular Smartphones In Q2 2014

The iPhone 5s also registered the largest increase in its market share during the second quarter, the UAE’s telecom regulator said in its quarterly report.

Saudi Telco Mobily Says Audit Committee Meeting Over Results, Shares Halted

The suspension was requested because its audit committee was meeting to consider “significant matters relating to its financial statements”, a statement said.

Bahrain’s Batelco Posts 40% Rise In Q3 Net Profit

Batelco attributed the profit rise to strong contributions from the group’s international operations.

UAE’s Etisalat Q3 Net Profit Rises 22%

Almost half of Etisalat’s third-quarter revenue came from its international operations.

Telco Zain Saudi Q3 Net Loss Narrows, Meets Estimates

Zain Saudi made a net loss of SAR316 million ($84.23 million) in the three months to Sept. 30.

UAE Telco du Posts 18% Rise In Q3 Profit

The firm made a net profit of Dhs558.7 million ($152.11 million) in the three months to Sept. 30.

Saudi Telecom Beats Estimates With Flat Q3 Profit

The company made a net profit of SAR3.37 billion ($898 million) in the three months to Sept. 30.

Ooredoo Kuwait Q3 Profit Falls By Nearly Half

Ooredoo Kuwait has slipped to third in terms of mobile subscribers in its domestic market.

Omani Telco Nawras Q3 Net Profit Jumps 36%

Nawras had 2.51 million subscribers as of Sept. 30, up 6.5 per cent from a year ago.

Saudi Telco Mobily Names Etisalat’s Okandan As Deputy CEO

UAE-based Etisalat owns 28 percent of Mobily.

Zain Arm Draws Weak Demand For First Bahraini IPO Since 2010

Money raised from the offering will be used to fund upgrades of its network infrastructure as well as expand its super-fast 4G LTE offering in the kingdom.

Vodafone Qatar Agrees To Buy State-Owned Broadband Firm

Vodafone Qatar will buy 100 per cent of Qatar National Broadband Network, comprising 21 million shares.

Virgin Mobile Launches Services In Saudi Arabia

The two brands being launched by Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa are Virgin Mobile, aimed at the youth market, and Friendi Mobile, targeting Saudi’s expatriate workers.