Du Q4 revenues jump 34% (UAE)
By Editor on March 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Du has reported that it added 250,000 net new customers during the fourth quarter of last year, while its revenues jumped by 34% to US$571 million compared to the previous year.
Net profit after royalty was US$248 million for the quarter which included the effect of the recent UAE Federal Government announcement, concerning the 15% royalty rate.
The company also reported a 38% growth in its fixed line customer base from 405,900 lines in Q4 09 to 561,000 lines in Q4 10, with 45,500 lines added during the quarter.
According to data published by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority at the end of 2010, full year revenues for 2010 grew 32% to US$1.93 billion compared to US$1.47 billion in 2009, largely as a result of the growth in Du’s market share over the past twelve months, which has now reached around 40%.
The company also finished the year free cash flow positive for the first time since its foundation.
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Bahrain denies 4th mobile license plan
By Editor on December 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) Chairman Dr Mohammed Al Amer has dismissed as untrue reports that it is considering a fourth mobile operator license in the kingdom.
According to Dr Al Amer, Bahrain’s telecom market is now saturated after the launch of the third mobile operator, VIVA, but a potential demographic growth may require an additional mobile phone company.
He added that the authority is also in the process of working out a system to curb troublesome short messages sent by many companies to their customers at their expense. A guide-book on phone masts will be issued in co-operation with municipal councils to regulate their installation in villages.
Filed under Mobile · Tagged with 4th mobile license, Bahrain, Chairman Dr Mohammed Al Amer, Mobile, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, third mobile operator, Viva
RIM wins acquittal in Gulf States
By Editor on October 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
RIM has finally avoided a ban on its BlackBerry smartphones in the United Arab Emirates following eleventh-hour talks with the telecoms regulator.
The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority stayed a ban on sales of the smartphones, affirming that RIM’s BlackBerry services now comply with its regulatory framework and will continue to operate as normal.
According to Reports, RIM was threatened to suspend services from today due to concerns encrypted data sent via offshore BlackBerry servers posed a security risk.
While the regulator approved RIM’s positive commitment, in resolving the problem, US secretary of state Hilary Clinton may also have had a hand in the deal, after discussing the potential ban with UAE officials in August.
RIM is facing a lot of problems this year as it offer access to encrypted BlackBerry e-mails and instant messages, with Saudi Arabia, India and Lebanon all threatening to ban the handsets if RIM didn’t fulfill.
RIM has also reached a deal with Saudi authorities, but Indian security officials have rejected its technical solution for allowing access to data and have given it until October 31 to come up with a new fix.
Etisalat & Du agree to share network (UAE)
By Editor on March 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Du, the sole competitor of UAE’s incumbent fixed line operator Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) has been permitted to use its infrastructure starting from the second half of this year. Etisalat has expressed its commitment towards the UAE government and the regulator on network sharing.
A time table has also been drafted by the company for network sharing with its rival. Du planned to offer the first set of fixed line services over shared infrastructure with Etisalat by July.
According to Farid Faraidooni, CCO at Du, its talks on sharing infrastructure with Etisalat and the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) are progressing well and the talks are expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter while the company is likely to execute the projects by June this year.
Competition will be encouraged and service quality will improve with the sharing of infrastructure between the two companies. Sharing will also lower the country’s fixed telephony and broadband tariffs, which are said to be amongst the highest in the region.
Currently, Etisalat’s nationwide network could not be accessed by Du but it has the permission to provide broadband services to the free economic zones of Dubai.
Filed under Mobile · Tagged with Dubai, Emirates, Emirates Telecommunications, Etisalat, Middle East, operator, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, UAE
Injaz Telecom & Nawras seal MVNO deal
By Editor on January 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: With the goal to offer greater choice and freedom to the telecom needs of Omani people, an agreement has been signed between telecoms operator Nawras and privately-owned Omani company Injaz International Telecommunications to launch mobile services over the former’s wireless network in Oman.
The aim of Injaz Telecom is to provide innovative products and services to the Omani market by the support of its sister company Al Makhah which is the largest distribution channel of SIM cards in Oman.
Five five-year Class II licenses were awarded to Connect Arabia (bidding on behalf of FRiENDi Mobile), Injaz International, Kalam Telecommunications, Majan Telecom and Mazoon Mobile, in July 2008 by Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) with the stipulation they become MVNOs.
In October 2009, Nawras and Mazoon Mobile inked a deal to launch mobile services over its network.
Filed under Mobile · Tagged with FRiENDi Mobile, Injaz International Telecommunications, Majan Telecom, Mazoon Mobile, Middle East, MVNO, Nawras, Oman, operator, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
Bahrain wireless auction
By Editor on August 15, 2006 · Leave a Comment
Bahrain’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has published details for an auction of two fixed wireless service licences, which will come at a starting price of more than $50,000 each, according to local media reports. Successful bidders will be able to provide voice telephony and Internet connection using wireless technology. An official invitation to take part in the auction will be published on 5 October, said the TRA.
Source- http://www.ameinfo.com
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