The $867 million revolving facility is due to mature in March.
Saudi Telecom reported a net profit of 3.62 billion riyals in the three months to December 31.
Etisalat Nigeria could raise $400 million by selling its transmitter towers.
The company said more income from data and business clients were the reason for the quarterly and annual profit increases.
The UAE recently introduced mobile number portability (MNP), which allows users to switch operators while retaining their number.
The telecom operator plans to focus on ICT and enterprise solutions in the future, says CEO Scott Gegenheimer.
The region was focused on finding alternate terrestrial cable routes in 2013, writes Paul Brodsky, senior analyst at TeleGeography.
The move would allow landline monopoly Telecom Egypt to offer mobile services.
Etisalat has been investing in various mobile packages to tap into the country’s lucrative SME customer base.
The TRA has cautioned the operators to avoid using misleading marketing campaigns ahead of the launch of the mobile number portability service.
The mobile number portability service will come into effect on December 30.
The Bahraini operator bought Cable & Wireless Communications’ (CWC) Islands division for $570 million in April.
The telecoms firm agreed an $8 billion loan in April to finance its acquisition of a 53 per cent stake in Maroc Telecom.
Both du and Etisalat have said they will no longer offer the new social media service.
Prior negotiations between the two telcos collapsed around the start of 2013, according to sources.
Zain Bahrain must float 15 per cent of its shares and list on Bahrain’s bourse by year-end.
Peter Kaliaropoulos’ appointment follows that of Abdulaziz Fakhroo as the telco’s CEO in March.
The company plans to use net proceeds from the sale for general corporate purposes including re-financing existing indebtedness.
The case comes ahead of the launch of mobile number portability next month.
An Etisalat consortium bought a 26 per cent stake in PTCL for $2.6 billion in 2005.
Experts are working around the clock to prevent another cable cut disaster.
Omantel reported a net profit of 29.1 million rials in the three months to September 30, up from 28 million rials in the year-earlier period.
The operator made a net profit of 53 million dinars in Q3 compared with a net profit of 59.7 million in the year-earlier period.
Standard Chartered has around $300 million exposure on the loan, while Citi has the rest.
Etisalat will pay Vivendi 3.9 billion euros for the stake, plus a further 300 million euros in 2012 dividends from Maroc Telecom
Etisalat is running a trade-in option, allowing its customers to exchange their old iPhone 5 or 4S devices for discounted rates on the new range.
Osman Sultan voiced frustration at the impasse more than four years after talks between the companies began.
Analysts polled by Reuters had expected only a 12 per cent drop in Ooredoo’s third-quarter profit.
Du made a net profit of Dhs474.3 million in the three months to September 30, up from Dhs326.9 million in the year-earlier period.
STC made a net profit of 3.39 billion Saudi riyals in the three months to September 30, up from 1.95 billion riyals a year earlier.