The Indian telecom market is one of the most promising around the world. The number of mobile subscribers exceeds 1.1 billion according to the latest statistics provided by the Telecommunications regulatory authority of India (TRAI). A large number of mobile network operators (MNOs) and mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are competing in India. The Indian […]
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Omantel (formerly known as General Telecommunications Organization) is the first telecom company in Oman founded in the 1990s and offering a wide range of services including fixed telephony, fixed and mobile broadband, and mobile voice and data services. The last few years were not all rosy for the leading Omani operators. One of the first […]
The Bahrain Telecommunications Company was established in 1981 as the sole communications service provider in the country. The operator is mostly owned (directly or indirectly) by the Bahraini government with a total of 77 percent (more than 50 percent shared between Mumtalakat holding company and the social insurance organization). However, the telecommunications regulatory authority (TRA) […]
The Saudi telecom market is highly competitive with the existence of three major mobile network operators, STC, Mobily, and Zain KSA and several mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) licensed by the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), the main communications regulatory authority in the KSA. Although each with a different strategy, they have been all […]
Zain is undoubtedly one of the pillars of the telecom sector in the Middle East and North Africa. The story started in 1983 with the establishment of the Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC), in a time where digital mobile communications was still being developed with mostly predominant fixed telephony. MTC soon became among the first providers […]
Du mobile telecommunications service, owned by the Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), was established in 2007 as the second operator in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), aiming at contesting the hegemony of Etisalat, the undisputable leader in the telecom sector in the UAE and other foreign markets. Du offers mobile and fixed telephony, broadband connectivity, […]
Ooredoo is the leading telecom operator in Qatar and one of the longest-serving communications service providers in the region. Formerly known as Qatar Telecom (Qtel), it adopted the new brand of “Ooredoo” in March 2013. It is mainly owned by the Qatari government or affiliated organizations, at a sum of 69 percent. It is classified […]
The Saudi Telecommunication Company, known as STC, is the leading telecom operator in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), competing with United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Etisalat for the number one spot in the region. Established in 1998, the company has been witnessing successive periods of evolution and portfolio diversification that often mirror the telecom landscape […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been witnessing consecutive waves of changes to the various constituent sectors shaping its economy. As part of its vision for decades to come, the gulf state is looking to secure a futureproof resilient strategy by unlocking potential economic growth opportunities that will allow different sectors to change, progress, and […]