Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding and Bahrain's Batelco announced that they have ended their joint bid for a 25 per cent stake in Zain KSA, estimated to be worth about US$1.2 billion.

Asiacell, the largest private Iraqi telecom provider, recently launched the BlackBerry solution service in Iraq.

Nokia Siemens Networks has launched Liquid Net, a new way to deliver broadband which allows an operator to set up its network to self-adapt to meet capacity and coverage requirements based on demand.

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has launched next generation TD-LTE (time division long term evolution) network services in the kingdom, the telecom company said in a statement.

Nokia Siemens Networks has announced the appointment of Igor Leprince to lead its business in the Middle East region.