Du expects revenues for 2011 to increase by 25 per cent thanks to a big boost in data services, the company's CEO, Othman Sultan stated.
Bahrain's telecoms operators are at a disadvantage to their Gulf competitors because the country's regulator has not yet allocated the spectrum for next-generation high speed networks, a Batelco (Bahrain Telecommunications) executive said this week.
Zain Saudi will have to go ahead with a multibillion dollar capital restructuring in light of the failed US$950mn stake sale after Baletco and Kingdom Holding withdrew their joint bid.
Asiacell, the largest private Iraqi telecom provider, recently launched the BlackBerry solution service in Iraq.
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