Articles tagged with: Tunisiana
Tunisia Provisionally Awards 3rd Mobile License
A consortium made up of France Telecom and Divona Telecom has been provisionally awarded the third mobile license in the North African country of Tunisia. The license covers both GSM and 3G services, and includes a landline service. more
Related Tags: france-telecom, divona-telecom, tunisie-telcom, gsm, Tunisia
Orascom Telecom Q1 Down on Currency Devaluations
Egypt's Orascom Telecom has reported a 66 percent drop in its first-quarter profits to US$72 million - largely due to local currency devaluations against the US Dollar. Revenues dropped by 4 percent to US$1.2 billion. more
Related Tags: orascom-telecom, weather, mobilink, opex, orascom, Egypt
Tunisia to Offer 3rd Mobile Phone License
North Africa's Tunisia is to launch a tender for a license to provide both landline and mobile services - with tenders due by May next year. more
Related Tags: landline, tunisie-telcom, orascom, Tunisia
Orascom Telecom Q3 Profit Drops 28% on Pakistan Woes
Orascom Telecom (OTH) has reported a 3rd quarter profit of US$90.5 million - down 28% on the same period a year ago thanks to lower revenues from its Pakistan subsidiary. The 3rd quarter figure was 12% up on the US$80.4 million in Q2 of this year. Revenues reached US$1.37 billion - barely up on the US$1.36 billion in Q2. more
Related Tags: arpu, personal, banglalink, tax, mobilink, Pakistan
Tunisian Operator Upgrades GPRS Core Network
Tunisian mobile operator, tunisiana has modernized its GPRS core network following an upgrade contract which was awarded to Nokia Siemens Networks. The company installed its Flexi ISN, which performs GPRS Gateway Service Node (GGSN) and data charging functionalities, and is fully integrated with the existing Nokia Siemens Networks charge@once prepaid solution to enable flexible charging of data services. more
Related Tags: intel, mms, capex, core-network, vas, orascom-telecom, nokia-siemens-networks, ben, siemens, gprs, opex, nokia-siemens, orascom, wap, Tunisia
Western Union Inks Mobile Money Transfer Deal with Orascom Telecom
Money transfer firm, Western Union has created an alliance with Orascom Telecom to introduce mobile remittance services in select markets. The services aim to make low-principal, high-frequency remittances more convenient to the millions of consumers who send money every day. more
Related Tags: gsm-association, mobinil, orascom-telecom, telecel-zimbabwe, globe-telecom, banglalink, telecel, western-union, smart-communications, orascom
Fitch Raises Orascom Telecom Tunisie Outlook to Positive
Fitch Ratings has today affirmed Orascom Telecom Tunisie (OTT) Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default ratings (IDR) at 'BB+'. Fitch has changed the Outlooks for both Long-term ratings to Positive from Stable. Fitch has also assigned OTT a National Long-term rating of 'A(tun)' with a Positive outlook. OTT has no issues outstanding as of December 2007. more
Related Tags: fitch-ratings, capex, arpu, orascom-telecom, wataniya, fitch, orascom, Tunisia
Tunisian Operator Upgrades Provisioning Platform
Comptel has announced that the Tunisia based GSM operator, tunisiana, a joint venture of Orascom Telecom Holding and Wataniya in Tunisia, has selected its Provisioning and Activation Solution. This follows the recent announcement of Comptel being selected as preferred supplier by Orascom Telecom. The solution will be used to improve the service fulfillment processes for mobile services including planned 3G services. more
Related Tags: orascom-telecom, orascom-telecom-holding, wataniya, comptel, Tunisia
Revenue Assurance Contract in Tunisia
Connectiva Systems has announced that tunisiana, the second largest mobile operator in Tunisia, has chosen ONEREViEWTM, Connectiva's solution for its revenue assurance and fraud management needs. more
Related Tags: revenue-assurance-, wataniya
Tunisiana Passes 3 Million Subscribers Tally
Wataniya Telecom, has announced that its commercial operation in Tunisia, under the brand name tunisiana, has surpassed the 3 million subscribers, making its mark in the Tunisian telecom market. more
Related Tags: mms, wataniya-telecom, wataniya, gprs
