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Latest Telecoms News from Syria
Mobile Phone Based Food Vouchers Trialled for Iraqi Refugees in Syria
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an electronic food voucher pilot project -- the first of its kind in the world to use mobile phone technology -- to aid 1,000 Iraqi refugee families in Syria....
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Mobile Phones Boycotted in Syria
Mobile phone subscribers in Syria carried out a boycott of the networks yesterday in an organised protest over high charges by the country's two network operators, Syriatel and MTN Syria....
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MTN Group Subscriber Base Jumps 8% in Three Months
South Africa based MTN Group has published an update of its global subscriber based and recorded 98.2 million customers at 31 March 2009. This is an 8% increase for the quarter from 90.65 million subscribers recorded at the end of last year....
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Etisalat Interested in Investments in Syria and Lebanon
UAE based Emirates Telecommunication Co. (Etisalat) is seeking opportunities in Syria and Lebanon as licenses and privatisations are launched. ...
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Syrian Network Orders Network Optimisation Software
Network optimisation vendor, Optimi says has been selected by MTN Syria to provide a software solution for automated network optimization....
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Syria Looking to Award 3rd Mobile License
The Syrian government is considering offering a 3rd mobile license, and is already in talks with Russian mobile operators to launch a network. The country currently has two networks, locally owned Syriatel and South African owned, MTN Syria....
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Motorola Accused of Selling Phones to Restricted Countries
A mistake on the Motorola website had suggested that the company is selling products to Cuba, Iran, Syria, and Sudan - which are prohibited by US law, and resulted in a letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking clarification....
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US Government Imposes Sanctions on Syrian Mobile Operator
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has blacklisted Syriatel, Syria's largest mobile phone operator, and Ramak, a chain of Syrian duty free stores after it named Rami Makhluf as an investor in both companies....
Syrian Telco Plans US$1.5 Billion Investment Over 5 Years
The Syrian Telecommunication Establishment (STE) says that it expects revenues of SYP62.5 billion (US$1.25 billion) during 2008 - a rise of nearly 13% from 2007, thanks mainly due to revenues from the country's two mobile network operators....
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Zain Denies Reports of Syrian Aquisition
Kuwait's Zain (formerly MTC) has denied media reports that the company is in advanced talks to acquire a majority stake in the Syria based mobile network, SyriaTel. The Kuwait based Arabic language newspaper, Al-Qabas, citing unnamed sources said that the company was close to securing a 51% stake in the company....