Articles tagged with: Roaming and Zain Group

Cross-group tariffs: good PR but not much else

Opinion by Emeka Obiodu, senior analyst at Ovum

Prior to 2006, roaming used to be a convoluted process – at least that's what operators claimed. And they could charge as much as they wanted. When the EU began to ask for lower rates, operators retorted that roaming was expensive to administer and difficult to implement. Then Zain (formerly Celtel) came along with its ‘One Network' concept. It removed roaming charges for its customers across Africa, demystified roaming and earned a resounding endorsement from The Economist. The citation read: " Zain Group has in effect created a unified market of the kind that regulators can only dream about in Europe."  more

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Zain Saudi Arabia Passes 2 Million Subscriber Mark

..as the One Network allowing mobile telephony free of roaming charges for Zain travelling customers. The promising results to date are just the beginning of better things to come and we will be relentless in enhancing our product offerings attra more

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Zain Launching Saudi Arabian Network Tomorrow

..ile network in Saudi Arabia tomorrow (26th August), and connect it to the group's borderless roaming service, One Network. At launch date, Zain's coverage area will initially cover 53% of the population in 36 major cities and 14 highways spanni more

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Celtel to Rebrand as Zain Throughout Africa

.. ten global mobile telecommunications companies by 2011." The borderless roaming service will also bow be available to 500 million people stretching from the west coast of Africa to the Middle East, covering an area larger than the United Stat more

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Zain half-year 2008 results, surpasses 50m customers milestone

..ders and high roaming charges have been warmly welcomed and we expect it will be the catalyst for further growth in customer acquisition as we soon plan to link the 2 continents." Saudi Arabia and Ghana will join One Network on launch of commer more

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