Viva said the launch of its next-generation mobile network – which allows web download speeds several times faster than its predecessor 3G – will help boost its revenues.
The rise in registrations on the UAE’s national domain also indicates an increase in the amount of Arabic content online, the telecoms regulator said.
Saudi has 1.8 mobile subscriptions per person, which means the new firms must likely woo customers from existing operators and that threat could explain their apparent reluctance to cooperate.
The job losses account for about 15 per cent of its workforce.
The company, which completed an initial public offer of shares in 2008, did not explain the delay in listing.
Ooredoo and Norway’s Telenor Group last year won telecom licences in the southeast Asian country, whose mobile penetration is about 10 per cent, among the lowest globally.
Rashid Abdulla stepped down after 40 years with the company.
The mobile operator did not say when it would join the bourse.
Omantel made a net profit of OMR31.5 million ($81.8 million) in the three months to June 30, against OMR31.4 million in the year-earlier period.
Etisalat Misr is planning a $500 million share sale on the Egyptian stock exchange, according to reports.
Shares would be priced at KD0.19 ($0.50) per share.
The TRA said that fraudsters, seeking to illegally obtain personal information, were claiming to be from an authorised national telephone service provider.
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The firm made a net profit of Dhs547.7 million in the three months to June 30.
Qatar Ooredoo was impacted by the political situation in Iraq and start-up costs for its business in Myanmar.
The drop was caused by a provision against a scrapped network sharing deal with Atheeb Telecom.
STC changed the valuation of last year’s sale of a majority stake in Indonesia’s Axis from a SAR598 million loss to a SAR41 million gain.
The former telecom monopoly, which operates in 19 countries, made a net profit of Dhs2.5 billion.
The company made a net loss of SAR329 million ($87.7 million) in the three months to June 30, according to a bourse filing.
The former monopoly made a net profit of KD59 million ($209 million) in the three months to June 30.
Zain’s Iraqi unit was sued by a local telecommunications firm over the $1.2 billion acquisition of rival operator Iraqna from Egypt’s Orascom Telecom in 2007.
In April, Zain revealed its Iraqi unit was being sued over the $1.2 billion acquisition of rival operator Iraqna from Egypt’s Orascom Telecom in 2007.
The deadline for all SIM registrations will end on July 16, 2014, the UAE telecom operator said.
Duncan Howard joined Zain last September and previously worked for Vodafone and Vodafone Egypt.
Talal Said Marhoon al-Mamari was previously chief financial officer of the company.
The firm plans to raise the amount from a loan or bond issue by the middle of next year.
The deal parties are Huawei, Nokia, NEC Corporation, Cisco Systems and Alcatel Lucent.
He replaces Abdulaziz Ibrahim Fakhroo, who is leaving as his term has ended.
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Batelco, via wholly-owned subsidiary BMIC, had sued Chennai-based Siva and its chairman Chinnakannan Sivasankaran.