http://www.meed.com/rss/rss_meed_telecoms.xml en-uk Maroc Telecom has grown its customer numbers in its home market by 21 per cent to 14.2 million over the last year, according to the company’s latest financial results. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/maroc_telecom_grows_customer_numbers_by_21_per_cent.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/maroc_telecom_grows_customer_numbers_by_21_per_cent.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 Will Hadfield 23 July 2008 16:41 Supply of M KU-band and satellite antennas. Closing date: 31 August 2008   http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/07/uae_tender_telecommunications_satellite_antennas.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/07/uae_tender_telecommunications_satellite_antennas.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 Jane Bishop 23 July 2008 16:07 Vodafone Egypt increased its customer numbers by 38 per cent in the April to June quarter, its slowest rate of growth for 18 months. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/vodafone_egypt_grows_at_slowest_rate_for_18_months.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/vodafone_egypt_grows_at_slowest_rate_for_18_months.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 Will Hadfield 22 July 2008 15:14 Saudi Telecom’s net profits climbed 24 per cent to reach SR2bn ($545m) between April and June this year. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/saudi_telecom_net_profits_hit_545m_in_second_quarter.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/saudi_telecom_net_profits_hit_545m_in_second_quarter.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 Will Hadfield 21 July 2008 15:36 Etihad Etisalat, the Saudi subsidiary of the UAE’s Etisalat, has failed to disclose its customer numbers in its latest quarterly financial update, even though it was ordered to do so by the kingdom’s telecoms regulator. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/etihad_etisalat_fails_to_disclose_customer_numbers.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/etihad_etisalat_fails_to_disclose_customer_numbers.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 Will Hadfield 21 July 2008 14:33 The telecoms sector in the Middle East and North Africa is becoming increasingly competitive as new licences are launched, state operators are privatised and virtual network operators (that use incumbent operator software to run services) stalk the sector. http://www.meed.com:80/forward_planning/synopsis/2008/07/forward_planning_telecoms_22_august_2008.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/forward_planning/synopsis/2008/07/forward_planning_telecoms_22_august_2008.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 21 July 2008 10:24 Auction of state-owned mobile networks set to be put back beyond November. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/beirut_faces_further_delay_to_6bn_telecoms_privatisation.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/beirut_faces_further_delay_to_6bn_telecoms_privatisation.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 Will Hadfield 17 July 2008 18:18 http://www.meed.com:80/images/Kamal-Shehadi_resized_70_tcm24-1736923.jpg Supply, installation and maintenance of database software. Closing date: 16 August 2008 http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/07/saudi_arabia_tender_database_software_installation.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/07/saudi_arabia_tender_database_software_installation.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 Jane Bishop 16 July 2008 16:16 Installation of lattice towers. Closing date: 14 August 2008   http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/07/uae_tender_lattice_towers.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/07/uae_tender_lattice_towers.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 Jane Bishop 16 July 2008 15:49 Etisalat, the UAE-based telecoms operator, produced sharply higher net profits between April and June this year, according to the company’s second quarter financial results. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/etisalat_profits_climb_58_per_cent_in_three_months_to_june.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/etisalat_profits_climb_58_per_cent_in_three_months_to_june.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 Will Hadfield 14 July 2008 13:31 Wataniya Palestine, a subsidiary of Qatar’s Qtel, faces a delay from the Israeli authorities before it receives the radio spectrum needed to launch mobile phone services in the West Bank and Gaza. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/wataniya_palestine_faces_one_last_delay_before_it_receives_spectrum.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/wataniya_palestine_faces_one_last_delay_before_it_receives_spectrum.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 Will Hadfield 10 July 2008 12:21 Lebanon’s opposition parties have nominated their own candidate as telecoms minister in the new national unity government, threatening the privatisation of the country’s two mobile phone operators. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/antiprivatisation_politician_nominated_as_telecoms_minister_in_lebanon.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/antiprivatisation_politician_nominated_as_telecoms_minister_in_lebanon.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 Will Hadfield 09 July 2008 14:24 Meditel, the holder of the second mobile phone licence in Morocco, will invest about MAD4.2bn ($573m) in its telecoms network over the next two years. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/meditel_to_invest_575m_in_moroccan_mobile_phone_network.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/meditel_to_invest_575m_in_moroccan_mobile_phone_network.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 Will Hadfield 07 July 2008 13:14 Oman’s Ministry of Finance has invited expressions of interest from international telecoms companies interested in acquiring a 25 per cent stake in Omantel, the country’s largest mobile phone operator. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/finance_ministry_invites_expressions_of_interest_for_25_per_cent_omantel_stake.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/finance_ministry_invites_expressions_of_interest_for_25_per_cent_omantel_stake.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 Will Hadfield 07 July 2008 13:32 Supply, installation and maintenance of database software. Closing date: 19 July 2008 http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/07/saudi_arabia_tender_database_software.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/07/saudi_arabia_tender_database_software.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 Jane Bishop 07 July 2008 14:41 Etisalat, the UAE telecoms giant, and France Telecom have agreed to a range of joint investments in infrastructure, broadband technology and video content. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/etisalat_and_france_telecom_commit_to_joint_investments.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/etisalat_and_france_telecom_commit_to_joint_investments.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 Will Hadfield 02 July 2008 19:13 France Telecom says it is hoping to form a partnership with one of the three mobile phone operators in Algeria, rather than bid for its own licence. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/france_telecom_seeks_partnership_with_incumbent_operator_in_algeria.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/france_telecom_seeks_partnership_with_incumbent_operator_in_algeria.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 Will Hadfield 03 July 2008 15:59 Friendi Mobile, a UAE-based telecoms operator, has won a licence to operate a virtual mobile phone network in Oman, the first such licence in the sultanate and the company's second in the region. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/friendi_mobile_gets_virtual_network_licence_in_oman.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/07/friendi_mobile_gets_virtual_network_licence_in_oman.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 Will Hadfield 02 July 2008 18:50 Provision of website editing specialist consultancy services. Closing date: 18 July 2008   http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/07/sudan_tender_website_editing_specialist_consultancy_services.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/tenders/2008/07/sudan_tender_website_editing_specialist_consultancy_services.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 Jane Bishop 02 July 2008 10:11 Vodafone Qatar, the holder of the second mobile phone licence in Qatar, will float 40 per cent of its shares on the Doha Securities Market by the end of October. http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/06/vodafone_qatar_will_float_on_doha_market_by_end_of_october.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 http://www.meed.com:80/news/2008/06/vodafone_qatar_will_float_on_doha_market_by_end_of_october.html;jsessionid=6634B0F2C05F714BAA71187D8E0B2A78 Will Hadfield 30 June 2008 16:04