http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/telecom-iten-usCopyright 2012 Zawya Ltd. All rights reserved.Wed, 16 May 2012 03:43:00 GMT3614476http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/telecom-ithttp://www.zawya.com/images/newsletter_zawya_logo.gifhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Gitex_Saudi_Arabia_attracts_global_exhibitors-ZAWYA20120516034307/Gitex Saudi Arabia 2012, the 11th international information and communications technology exhibition for Saudi Arabia, has already confirmed the participation of over 250 local and international exhibitors from 16 countries ahead of its opening on May 21.Wed, 16 May 2012 06:40:25 GMTArab News ZAWYA20120516034307Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Makkah_smart_city_project_gathers_pace-ZAWYA20120516030747/The King Abdullah development project will make Makkah the first smart city in the Kingdom, Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled said.Wed, 16 May 2012 05:32:14 GMTArab News ZAWYA20120516030747Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Apple_stops_marketing_the_new_WiFi__4G_iPad-ZAWYA20120516030601/Technology giant Apple has finally bowed down to pressure from consumers and numerous regulators across the world and has stopped branding the new iPad as 'Wi-Fi + 4G' enabled, and is now simply tagging it as 'Wi-Fi + Cellular' on its iStores in the UAE, the UK, Australia, Singapore and even the US, among others.Wed, 16 May 2012 05:30:26 GMTEmirates 24|7 ZAWYA20120516030601Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Gemalto_secures_eGovernment_services_for_Oman-ZAWYA20120515114217/Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces it has been appointed by Oman Information Technology Authority (ITA) as prime contractor to secure the country's eGovernment services.Tue, 15 May 2012 14:35:50 GMTPress Release ZAWYA20120515114217Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/إنجاز_35_من_مشروع_شبكة_الألياف_الضوئية_في_الأردن-ZAWYA20120515141905/انتهت الحكومة الأردنية من 35% من مشروع شبكة الألياف الضوئية الوطنية، في خطوةٍ متمّمة للبنية التحتية لمنظومة الحكومة الالكترونية، وتقدَّر تكلفة استكمالها بحوالي 70 مليون دولار أمريكي حتى 2015Tue, 15 May 2012 14:20:28 GMTZawya ZAWYA20120515141905Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Jadwa_Global_factors_derail_TASI_momentum_May12-pdf_150512133635/The fall in the TASI over the past month or so has been primarily due to global factors. First quarter earnings were reasonable and domestic fundamentals are strong, so we retain our end year forecast of 8,050.Tue, 15 May 2012 13:26:00 GMTJadwa Investment pdf_150512133635Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Du_following_plan_to_focus_on_UAE_market-ZAWYA20120515043031/Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, popularly known as du, while clarifying a media report said the telecom firm has been following a strategy to focus on the UAE markets. Tue, 15 May 2012 10:58:47 GMTKhaleej Times ZAWYA20120515043031Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/BMI_Iraq_Telecommunications_Report_Apr12-pdf_150512095818/BMI's Q212 Iraqi telecommunications market report provides a comprehensive overview of the latest developments to occur within the country's mobile, fixed-line telephony and internet sectors. Our new forecast for the mobile market incorporates the latest subscriber data, published by the country's two largest operators, Zain Iraq and Asiacell, for Q411. Data on these two operators are published by Kuwait's Zain Group and by Qatar Telecom (for Asiacell). We have also included Q411 subscriber data for Iraq's third mobile operator Korek Telecom, in which French incumbent France Télécom has a 20% stake. This quarter sees a slight downgrade to our mobile market forecast, and an upgrade to our ARPU forecast following Asiacell's success in generating higher ARPUs. However, there is no change to our forecasts depicting how the fixed-line telephony and internet markets will develop over the next five years.Based on market data published by the operators, BMI calculates there were 24.449mn mobile subscribers in Iraq at the end of December 2011, reflecting a growth rate of 0.2% q-o-q and 5% y-o-y. This growth rate, while robust, is somewhat slower than we would normally expect from a market at the early stage of development. The first three quarters of 2011 saw average quarterly growth of 1.6%, considerably higher than growth in Q411. BMI attributes the slowdown to fewer subscribers for Korek, reported by parent company France Télécom, than previously envisaged. It is also likely that a number of inactive lines were discounted by the operators considering market leader Zain's muted subscriber growth in Q411 compared with previous quarters.BMI expects stronger growth rates as a result of network expansion investments by the operators, and an increase in competition among the operators. In the future, BMI expects competition to be the main factor driving mobile subscriber growth in Iraq. We expect the possible award of a fourth mobile licence in 2012 to boost competition iTue, 15 May 2012 09:54:00 GMTBusiness Monitor International Limited pdf_150512095818Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story/BMI_Middle_East_and_Africa_Telecommunications_May12-pdf_150512084547/Mobile content in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is evolving rapidly as a result of strong uptake of smartphones and mobile data services, as well as operators' moves to expand their revenue streams through value-added services (VAS) amid declining revenue growth from basic services. BMI notes that the development of mobile content in region is mainly homogenous, with a mixture of telecoms crossovers such as m-health and m-banking, and internet-based mobile applications, apart from a handful of markets where 3G network services have not been launched. Meanwhile, there are clear signs that VAS are also becoming increasingly important to businesses. BMI believes this development is the main driver growing investments in corporate mobile content such as machine-to-machine (M2M).Tue, 15 May 2012 08:41:00 GMTBusiness Monitor International Limited pdf_150512084547Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story/UAE_phone_giant_hit_with_USD225m_penalty-ZAWYA20120515045705/UAE telecoms giant Etisalat has been whacked with a USD 2.25 million fine for poor service, dropped calls and dodgy line quality on mobile phones in Nigeria.Tue, 15 May 2012 08:31:28 GMT7Days ZAWYA20120515045705Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Iran_to_send_satellite_into_space_on_nuclear_talks_day_on_May_23-ZAWYA20120515035005/Aerospace Industry Organization Director Mehdi Farahi announced that Iran plans to send the Fajr (Dawn) satellite into space on May 23, the day that negotiators from Iran and the six major powers (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) will meet in Baghdad for nuclear talks. Tue, 15 May 2012 06:37:18 GMTTehran Times ZAWYA20120515035005Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Smartphone_usage_in_Jordan_projected_to_rise_sharply-ZAWYA20120515054819/Jordan is one of the fastest growing markets in the Middle East in terms of smartphone usage, according to a Nokia executive.Tue, 15 May 2012 06:36:50 GMTJordan Times ZAWYA20120515054819Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Irans_National_Data_Network_to_be_launched_in_3_months_minister-ZAWYA20120515034817/Iran's National Data Network will be launched within three months, Minister of Information and Communications Technology Reza Taqipour told the Persian service of the Fars News Agency. Tue, 15 May 2012 06:36:08 GMTTehran Times ZAWYA20120515034817Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/INSEAD_Delta_Partners_define_core_20_growth_markets-ZAWYA20120515033615/INSEAD, a major international business school, has partnered with leading TMT advisory and investment firm Delta Partners to release a joint white paper that defines core emerging markets, growth drivers as well as opportunities and challenges in the global telecommunications industry.Tue, 15 May 2012 06:30:21 GMTArab News ZAWYA20120515033615Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Yahsat_1B_to_become_operational_next_month-GN_14052012_150526/Yahsat 1B, the second of Abu Dhabi-based Yahsat’s high-capacity satellites which was launched on April 24 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, will enable a range of public and military services from next month once the testing period is completed.Tue, 15 May 2012 05:23:54 GMTGulf News GN_14052012_150526Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Orascom_suspends_MENA_Cable_project-ZAWYA20120514100418/Work on the USD 400 million MENA Cable, an Orascom Telecom Holding project that seeks to link Europe, Arabian Gulf, North Africa and Asia, has been suspended, Orascom chief executive Khaled Bichara told Zawya.Mon, 14 May 2012 10:35:54 GMTZawya ZAWYA20120514100418Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/STC_picks_Huawei_for_WDM_networks_in_Saudi_Arabia-ZAWYA20120514043443/Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has selected leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider Huawei to supply new solutions to the company's next-generation metro optical wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) networks in the Kingdom.Mon, 14 May 2012 07:37:38 GMTThe Saudi Gazette ZAWYA20120514043443Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/اتفاقية_تعاون_بين_شركة_المملكة_والاتصالات_السعودية-ZAWYA20120513105700/تم توقيع اتفاقية تنفيذ وتطوير البنية التحتية لشبكة الاتصالات لمشروع أرض المملكة شرق الرياض البالغة مساحته 16مليون متر مربع.Mon, 14 May 2012 07:02:50 GMTAl-Youm Al-Sabea ZAWYA20120513105700Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Software_thefts_in_Saudi_Arabia_hit_SR_17_billion_says_BSA_study-ZAWYA20120514033238/Software thefts in Saudi Arabia cost developers almost SR1.7 billion, according to a major study conducted by the Business Software Alliance (BSA).Mon, 14 May 2012 06:20:43 GMTArab News ZAWYA20120514033238Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Around_98_businesses_use_fixed_broadband_services_in_Bahrain-24by7_130520121700000/With all medium and large businesses in Bahrain having access to the internet, 98% of those businesses use a fixed line broadband service, according to Bahrain’s Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA), survey.Mon, 14 May 2012 05:37:59 GMT24X7 News 24by7_130520121700000Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/توقف_مشروع_الكابل_البحري_لأوراسكوم_للاتصالات-ZAWYA20120514034452/ قال المهندس خالد بشارة الرئيس، التنفيذى لشركة اوراسكوم للاتصالات والإعلام OTMT ان مشروع كابل مينا MENA Cable قد توقف لأجل غير مسمى، المشروع الذى بدأته الشركة -لتأجير وتشغيل دوائر للاتصالات عبر الكابلات البحرية-منذ عدة سنوات بإنشائه باستثمارات أكثر من 400 مليون دولار (2.5 مليار جنيها مصريا).Mon, 14 May 2012 03:49:11 GMTZawya ZAWYA20120514034452Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Intelligit_Vodafone_Group_Middle_East_Performance_2011_16Mar12-pdf_130512141902/Vodafone Group is a mobile telecom company that operates in Europe, Africa and Central Europe and provides abroad range of voice, messaging, data and fixed-line solutions. The operator has an international customer baseof 398 million as of December 2011; its regional performance has been fluctuating due to ongoing political andeconomical setbacks in the Middle East. While Vodafone Qatar is gradually catching up with its only rival Qtel(25.1%), Vodafone’s performance in Turkey is also gradually improving, achieving a 27.6% market share in 2011.The Egyptian market is proving to be increasingly competitive, compromising Vodafone’s leading position andleaving it with a 43.6% market share closely followed by Mobinil with 39.5%.Vodafone Group continues to deliver strong revenue growth in data services and in emerging markets suchas Egypt, Turkey and Qatar. The Group maintained its focus on cost efficiency and working capital, allowing itto sustain its level of investment in spectrum and capital expenditure while also delivering a strong cash flowperformance. Vodafone's ongoing network investments decreased revenues by 4% Q-o-Q to USD16.6 billion by theend of December 2011.Sun, 13 May 2012 14:12:00 GMTINTELLIGIT pdf_130512141902Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Batelco_drops_tower_sale_plan_eyes_infrastructure_sharing__CEO-ZW20120513000067/Bahrain Telecommunications Co., or Batelco, the Arab Gulf country's biggest telco, has dropped plans to sell its towers as various sale-and-lease-back proposals did not create sufficient long-term economic value, and instead will focus on sharing infrastructure with other telecom operators in a bid to cut costs, the group's top executive said.Sun, 13 May 2012 12:20:56 GMTZawya Dow Jones News ZW20120513000067Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Du_gets_naming_rights_to_Yas_Arena-ZAWYA20120513113050/In what is being seen by many as a major step towards its Abu Dhabi expansion, Dubai-based telecom operator du on Sunday announced an industry first by bagging naming right to two of the capital's most popular entertainment venues.Sun, 13 May 2012 11:41:06 GMTEmirates 24|7 ZAWYA20120513113050Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Omantel_inaugurates_exclusive_outlet_in_Ruwi-ZAWYA20120513054253/Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel), the leading integrated telecom service provider in Oman, has recently announced the official inauguration of the new outlet in Ruwi offering an array of Omantel fixed, mobile and internet services to individual and corporate customers.Sun, 13 May 2012 06:18:42 GMTTimes of Oman ZAWYA20120513054253Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Iran_curbs_foreignsourced_email_providers-ANA20120512T130938ZTTB43/Iran's telecommunications ministry has barred local banks, insurance firms and telephone operators from using foreign-sourced emails to communicate with clients, a specialist weekly said.Sat, 12 May 2012 13:57:40 GMTAFP ANA20120512T130938ZTTB43Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/VIVA_Bahrain_launches_all_new_platinum_plan-ZAWYA20120512095056/VIVA Bahrain, announced its latest innovation as part of its efforts to enhance it's customers experience, the all new 'Platinum Plan; loaded with benefits and designed to give more flexibility and options to its high demanding clients.Sat, 12 May 2012 11:19:58 GMTPress Release ZAWYA20120512095056Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/إتش_بي_السوق_الكويتي_بين_الأكثر_نموا_في_العالم-ZAWYA20120512091309/هناك استثمارا كبيرا في الجانب التكنولوجي يحصل في الكويت، والعالم يؤمن بفرص النمو المتواجدة في الكويت.Sat, 12 May 2012 10:45:49 GMTAl Qabas ZAWYA20120512091309Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/الكمالي_6_مليارات_ريال_مستوردات_قطر_من_دبي-ZAWYA20120512044828/كشف محمد علي الكمالي مدير إدارة تطوير أسواق التصدير بمؤسسة دبي لتنمية الصادرات أن حجم الصادرات إمارة دبي إلى قطر بلغت 6 مليارات ريال بنهاية العام الماضي تركزت في العديد من القطاعات أهمها قطاع مواد البناء والإنشاءات الذي استحوذ على 384 مليون ريال من مجمل حجم الصادرات.Sat, 12 May 2012 07:22:30 GMTAl Arab ZAWYA20120512044828Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Saudi_Arabia_System_to_track_health_of_population-ZAWYA20120512030729/The Kingdom signed a five-year accord with a US-based institute to provide an analysis of mortality rate and disease burden in the Kingdom.The Saudi government is to fund the project with a SAR 37 million grant.Sat, 12 May 2012 05:42:41 GMTArab News ZAWYA20120512030729Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Intelligit_MTN_Group_Q12012_Performance_Analysis_11May12-pdf_130512140629/MTN Group, Africa's largest mobile operator, reported a 3.7% rise in subscribers reaching 170.6 million in March2012, up from 164.5 million in December 2011. In the first quarter of 2012, West and Central Africa regionscontributed 43.5% of the group's total subscribers, followed by Middle East and North Africa regions (33.6%) andSouth and East Africa regions (22.9%). The majority of MTN’s operations continued to aggressively rollout networkand achieved good progress for the quarter ending March 2012.MTN South Africa remains the largest revenue generator for the Group; At the end of 2011, MTN’s South Africanunit contributed 32.4% to total revenues, followed by Nigeria with 29.5%. Data and related services continued togain momentum, contributing 14.4% to MTN Group’s total revenues. MTN Group’s revenues and EBITDA grewrespectively by 6.3% and 15.2% year-on-year, reaching USD15.5 billion and USD6.9 billion at the end of 2011.The Group’s net profits were mainly supported by MTN’s WECA subsidiaries, growing by 41.4% year-on-year toUSD3.02 billion in 2011. MTN Group is looking to invest about USD114 million in Syria in 2012, while about USD793million will go into other operations.Fri, 11 May 2012 13:59:00 GMTINTELLIGIT pdf_130512140629Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story/QNBN_Vodafone_sign_wholesale_deal-ZAWYA20120511062430/The Qatar National Broadband Network(Q.NBN)and Vodafone Qatar have signed an interim wholesale agreement that would initially provide high-speed fibre network broadband services to customers in Barwa City and Barwa Commecial Avenue.Fri, 11 May 2012 10:51:19 GMTThe Peninsula ZAWYA20120511062430Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/iPhone_5_launch_in_September_7inch_iPad_in_August-ZAWYA20120511052517/Launch dates have been supposedly scheduled for Apple's devices-in-the-pipeline. The Cupertino-based tech giant may launch a 7-inch iPad mini in August, iPhone 5 in September and 10-inch iPad in the fourth quarter, if rumours are to be believed.Fri, 11 May 2012 08:18:41 GMTEmirates 24|7 ZAWYA20120511052517Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/iPad_to_replace_books_at_technical_institute-ZAWYA20120511052601/Students at the Applied Technology Institute which has schools in most parts of the UAE will no longer need to carry the irking heaving school bag to class as all books will be substituted by I-Pad.Fri, 11 May 2012 08:16:41 GMTEmirates 24|7 ZAWYA20120511052601Open