The firm’s capital spending and operating expenses each rose by about a third.
The telecoms operator made a net loss of SAR421 million in the three months to Sept. 30
Amer Kazim will replace longstanding incumbent Mark Shuttleworth.
Emirates International Telecommunications is seeking to sell its 35 per cent stake in Tunisie Telecom and 26 per cent stake in Axiom Telecom.
Ooredoo shares listed on the Qatar Exchange are up 34 per cent this year, but remain 8.6 per cent below a 2005 peak.
Number portability would allow customers of Etisalat and du to switch providers and keep the same phone number.
Kinetic BPO is hoping to improve customer service standards in the UAE’s telecoms industry.
Vodafone, Kuwait’s Zain, UAE’s du and Kuwaiti internet service provider Zajil will create the Middle East-Europe Terrestrial System
Qatar is the only MENA country and one of the two non-European countries to be featured in the list.
Vivendi in July entered into exclusive negotiations with Etisalat to sell its majority holding stake in Maroc Telecom for 3.9 billion euros in cash.
Fairfax, which currently owns 10 per cent of BlackBerry, will pay $9 for each outstanding share.
The agreement will provide Oreedoo’s customers access to Disney movies and channels via video-on-demand services.
The government plans to offload a 19 per cent stake in the operator via a public subscription.
The telecoms operator is looking to raise more than $1 billion through its IPO next year.
Research shows that out of the 200,000 SMEs in the UAE, only 10 per cent have an online presence.
Etisalat and du are suspending services of subscribers who have not registered their SIM cards on time.
As the latest network sharing agreement flops, is now the time to end the UAE telco duopoly?
Mobile operator Mobily plans to acquire a controlling interest in loss-making fixed line operator, Etihad Atheeb.
Nokia remains top mobile manufacturer in the UAE, beating Samsung and Apple.
The benefits and dangers of social media are a package deal as companies continue to embrace social media as a tool for customer communication.
Saudi Telecom wants the banks to restructure a $1.2 billion loan taken for Axis Telekom.
Du customers have now been given an option to unsubscribe from the automatically upgraded home service package within three months.
The Qatari telecoms firm saw increased revenue from the group’s units in Iraq and Indonesia.
The operator said that data services and postpaid customers are driving revenue growth.
With one of the highest mobile penetration rates in the world, the UAE recorded strong growth in the telecoms sector last year.
The UAE telecoms operator is planning to buy the French firm’s 53 per cent stake in Maroc Telecom for 4.2 billion euros.
Du and Etisalat already offer fixed-line, broadband and television packages in the UAE, but not in the same districts, with du confined to the newer areas of Dubai.
The telecoms operator made a second-quarter net profit of 1.61 billion riyals, up from 1.42 billion riyals in the same period a year earlier.
Dubai has alledgely put its 26 per cent stake in Axiom Telecom and 35 per cent stake in Tunisie Telecom on the block.
The fourth phase of the registration campaign ends on July 16.