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Articles tagged with: Syriatel
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. The protest was publicised via local blogs and social websites such as Facebook and Twitter. more
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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. The company is expecting to be able to bid for the third mobile license in Syria later this year, and will be interested in the privatisation of Lebanon's two mobile networks, if and when that eventually occurs. more
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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. more
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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. Makhluf has been subject to US sanctions since early last year under a policy of targeting people the US government accuses of benefiting from, the public corruption of senior officials of the Syrian regime. more
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. more
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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. It gave no other details. more
Two Mid-East Countries Offer Mobile Phone BackUps
Mobile phone backup services provider, MobiComp says that it has won contracts with Syria's syriatel and Yemen's Hi-Tec. MobiComp's MobileKeeper Backup and Restore automatically backs up and restores all types of mobile data. The backup takes place over the air, with users easily able to recover, view and manage their saved data via a simple web interface - providing a genuine convergence between mobile devices and the desktop. more
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Syriatel To Manage Yemen's HitsUnitel Mobile Telecom Co
BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Damascus-based syriatel Mobile Telecom has taken a seat on the board of directors of HitsUnitel and will manage and operate the telecom company, which will be the third mobile telecom business to start operations in Yemen. more
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Orascom settles Syrian dispute
Egypt's Orascom Telecom has settled its legal dispute with DREX Technologies, Orascom's partner in syriatel. The agreement reached on July 16th 2003 settles all legal disputes and litigation in International and Syrian jurisdictions. As part of the settlement, Orascom will no longer hold any shares in syriatel and will receive cash consideration to compensate for Orascom's initial investment, loans made to syriatel and expenses incurred. more
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Orascom's Syrian assets seized
The Egyptian Orascom Telecom has had a busy few days, having sold one of its network holdings and having its holding in another seized by the courts. more
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