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Articles tagged with: Qtel
Qatar Telecom Still on Track to Buy Indonesian Stake
Qatar Telecom (qtel) has refuted media reports that it was considering canceling its purchase of Indonesian mobile operator, Indosat - but did say that it was still waiting for further clarification on foreign ownership rules from the Indonesian government. more
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Etisalat Close to Acquiring Iraqi Mobile Network
UAE based Emirates Telecommunications Corp (Etisalat) has confirmed that it is still in talks to take a stake in an Iraqi mobile operator, and that the company is looking forward to "very positive" financial results for the third quarter. more
Related Tags: asiacell, etisalat, zain, emirates, Iraq
Qatar Telecom to Launch Mobile TV Trial
Qatar Telecom (qtel) and Nokia Siemens Networks have signed the worldÃ's first commercial Mobile TV deployment contract based on DVB-H and OMA BCast Smart Card Profile technology. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, qatar-telecom, nokia-siemens-networks, siemens, dvb-h, Qatar
Motorola Wins Pakistani WiMAX Contract
Motorola has signed a multi-year WiMAX contract with wi-tribe Pakistan, the all-new wireless broadband Internet provider to enter the country. wi-tribe Pakistan Limited is a joint venture between Qatar Telecom (qtel) and Saudi ArabiaÃ's A.A. Turki Group of Companies (ATCO). more
Related Tags: qatar-telecom, wimax, motorola, mobilink, wireless-broadband, Pakistan
Etisalat Renews Talks to Enter the Iraq Mobile Market
Emirates Telecommunications Corp (Etisalat) is reported to be in talks to acquire an Iraqi mobile operator by the end of this year. Etisalat's Chief Operating Officer Ahmad Julfar told the Reuters news agency that the company is in talks with a small operator with a limited coverage area, but declined to name the company. more
Related Tags: asiacell, etisalat, zain, Iraq
Vodafone Wins Landline Operator License in Qatar
The telecoms regulator in the Middle-East country of Qatar has awarded a landline operators license to a group made up of Vodafone and the Qatar Foundation Consortium. This decision breaks the monopoly on landline services currently held by Qatar Telecom (qtel). more
Related Tags: qatar-telecom, pccw, vodafone, landline, jordan, Qatar
Qatar Telecom Confirms Indosat Purchase - Doubles First Half Revenues
Qatar Telecom (qtel) has reported that its first half group revenues jumped by 102% to QAR8.1 billion (US$2.2 billion), driven by acquisitions and continued marketing efforts. The group's EBITDA has increased 92% in the first half of 2008 compared to the same period last year, to stand at QAR 4.04 billion (US$1.1 billion). Net profit attributable to the shareholders stood at QAR 1.18 billion (US$324 million) for the first half of 2008: an increase of 33% over the same period last year. more
Related Tags: qatar-telecom, indosat, supreme-court, Qatar
Indonesian Court Rejects Temasek Appeal Over Local Investments
IndonesiaÃ's Supreme Court has rejected the bulk of an appeal by Singapore's Temasek Holdings that is had violated anti-monopoly laws due to its indirect holdings in two Indonesian mobile network operators, Telkomsel and Indosat. more
Related Tags: qatar-telecom, indosat, telkomsel, supreme-court, temasek-holdings, Indonesia
Wataniya Palestine Granted Operating Radio Spectrum
Following a series of delays, it has been reported that Wataniya Palestine has been granted its operational radio spectrum so that it can launch its GSM network in the Palestinian Territories. Qatar based newspaper, The Peninsula reported that spectrum agreement reached with the Palestinian Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MTIT) will be for a staged release of radio frequencies over the next several months. more
Related Tags: wataniya-telecom, 3g-license, radio-spectrum, wataniya-mobile, wataniya, wataniya-palestine, jawwal, Palestine
Airspan Wins WiMAX Expansion Contract in Jordan
Airspan Networks has announced today that wi-tribe has contracted for additional WiMAX equipment to expand their network across Jordan. wi-tribe Jordan has deployed Airspan's 3.6-GHz HiperMAX solution which allows a carrier the choice of fixed or mobile WiMAX on a single hardware platform. Airspan's HiperMAX base station with advanced radio technologies has enabled wi-tribe to minimize the number of base stations required for indoor coverage. more
Related Tags: qatar-telecom, mobile-wimax, clearwire, base-stations, jordan, Jordan