By Editor on November 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Wataniya Mobile finally began operations after months of disputes with Israel. This will break Paltels monopoly and is likely to drive down prices.
Qtel owns 57% of Wataniya
Palestine and the remainder is owned by the public Palestine
Investment Fund. Wataniya has invested USD 100 Million already and a further $700m is planned over the next decade.
Current penetration in the west bank is only 35% which Wireless Federation expects to go up rapidly following the launch of Wataniya. Paltel currently has 1.5 million Palestinian
subscribers.
Wataniya said it has received only 3.8MHz of bandwidth from Israel, instead of the 4.8MHz that had been promised. Without this Wataniya will not be able to launch
3G services.
Wataniya Mobile finally began operations after months of disputes with Israel. This will break Paltels monopoly and is likely to drive down prices.
Qtel owns 57% of Wataniya Palestine and the remainder is owned by the public Palestine Investment Fund. Wataniya has invested USD 100 Million already and a further $700m is planned over the next decade.
Current penetration in the west bank is only 35% which Wireless Federation expects to go up rapidly following the launch of Wataniya. Paltel currently has 1.5 million Palestinian subscribers.
Wataniya said it has received only 3.8MHz of bandwidth from Israel, instead of the 4.8MHz that had been promised. Without this Wataniya will not be able to launch 3G services.
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Tagged with 3G, 3G Services, Fund, Investment, Israel, Monopoly, Palestine, Palestinia, Palestinian, Paltels, Penetration, Qtel, Subscribers, Wataniya, West Bank, Wireless, Wireless Federation
By Editor on September 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Asiacell, an Iraqi mobile operator, launched its Smart Roamer Service. This offers all Asiacell subscribers roaming facilities with no additional registration procedures.
Subscribers would now benefit from discounted rates of local calls as well as call back to Iraq and to other countries within the Smart Roamer Zone. Also, the service offers a fixed rate for receiving calls and sending SMS within the Smart Roamer Zone. The Smart Roamer Service includes a number of selected operators within the Smart Roamer Zone, these include the likes of Etisalat in the United Arab Emirates, Orange in Jordan, Qtel in Qatar, Nawras in Oman, Wataniya in Kuwait and Turkcell in Turkey.
Asiacell, an Iraqi mobile operator, launched its Smart Roamer Service. This offers all Asiacell subscribers roaming facilities with no additional registration procedures.
Subscribers would now benefit from discounted rates of local calls as well as call back to Iraq and to other countries within the Smart Roamer Zone. Also, the service offers a fixed rate for receiving calls and sending SMS within the Smart Roamer Zone. The Smart Roamer Service includes a number of selected operators within the Smart Roamer Zone, these include the likes of Etisalat in the United Arab Emirates, Orange in Jordan, Qtel in Qatar, Nawras in Oman, Wataniya in Kuwait and Turkcell in Turkey.
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Tagged with asiacell iraq, asiacell subscribers, Etisalat, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, mobile operator, Nawras, Oman, Qatar, Qtel, roamer service, Turkcell, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Wataniya
