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Qatar Telecom Q4 Profits Down on Wataniya Costs

  Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has reported a 7.9% drop in its fourth-quarter profits of QAR431 million (US$118 million) due to non operational provisions in Kuwaiti's Wataniya subsidiary....

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Zain Confirms Receiving Offer to Sell African Networks

  Kuwait based Zain has confirmed that it has received an offer from an unnamed group to acquire its operations in Africa excluding Morocco and Sudan....

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Zain CEO Unexpectedly Resigns

  Zain's CEO, Dr Saad al Barrak has dramatically quit the company as reported differences between Dr al Barrak and a major shareholder in the company came to a final conclusion. ...

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Zain Quarterly Profts More Than Halved

  Kuwait based Zain has reported a 53 percent drop in its 3rd-quarter profits to KWD 41.19 million (US$144.3 million) from KWD 87.2 million a year ago. ...

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Motorola Wins HSPA+ Upgrade Contract in Kuwait

  Motorola has announced a contract with Zain's operation in Kuwait to expand and upgrade the operator's 3G HSPA mobile broadband network to HSPA+....

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Zain shareholders Selling 46% Stake to India-Malaysian Consortium - Maybe

  Zain shareholders have agreed to sell a 46% stake in the company to various other investors, although very few details have been confirmed at this time....

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Zain Close to Selling 46% Stake to Asian Investors - Report

  Further rumours about the future of Kuwait's telco, Zain after local newspapers reported that a consortium is seeking to take a 46 percent stake in the company....

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Zain Upgrades Kuwaiti Network to Support 21.6 Mbps Download Speeds

  Zain Kuwait says that it has upgraded and expanded its network to support peak mobile data download speeds up to 21.6 Mbps, with a HSPA upgrade....

Related Tags: zain, hspa, radio


Zain Talking to Three Companies Over African Assets

  Kuwait's Zain is reported to now be in talks with three international telecom operators over the future of its African assets. Citing Chief Executive Officer Saad al-Barrak, the Al-Rai newspaper also confirmed that one of the unnamed companies included one from India....

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Zain to Review Rules Limiting Shareholder Stakes

  Speculation about the future of Kuwait based mobile operator, Zain was heightened when the company posted notices seeking changes to shareholder restrictions....

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