Like much of the economy, Jordan’s media sector has been affected by the global recession, with revenue down and a round of belt tightening the order of the day, though even in difficult times the industry has been looking to improve both its quality and its bottom line.
The global economic crisis is [...]
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Bahrain’s crowded telecommunications sector is about to get even busier, with mobile phone operators Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) and Zain set to face increased competition in the coming year.
In January, the Kingdom’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), the body charged with overseeing and controlling Bahrain’s telcoms sector, announced that the [...]
Tata Communications, one of India’s leading companies & one of the largest converged telecoms operators globally has signed strategic partnership agreements with several of the major telecommunications operators in the Middle East to construct a new cable system in the Gulf.
The new cable will connect the region directly to the [...]
Long a leader in the utilisation of information technology, Bahrain is working to hone its advantage, further building on its electronic services programme at home while spreading knowledge through cyber-space across the Arab world.
A recent report by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) revealed that internet use in the majority of Arab [...]
As 2009 draws to a close, Oman’s relatively underserved IT sector is preparing for the introduction of competition to the internet-service-provider (ISP) market, as QTel’s local subsidiary Nawras prepares to launch the Sultanate’s second fixed-line telecoms service.
Currently, internet service provision in the country remains the monopoly of Omantel, the predominantly state-owned national telecoms company. [...]
Syria is set to unveil a long-awaited new telecommunications law that could see the creation of an independent regulator and the creation of a new licensing regime for mobile operators.
Due to be introduced by early next year, the new law will also see state-owned Syrian Telecommunications Establishment (STE) restructured to become a commercially driven [...]
Qatar is planning to further improve its information & communications technology (ICT) services through a public access government portal, while encouraging the wider use of advanced technological applications by the public in their dealings with the state, business & leisure.
Qatar has long been a regional leader in promoting the use of ICT in government [...]
Ericsson & Emirates based operator du, have signed a three-year managed services agreement which will enable du to continue develop operational efficiency of nationwide GSM/WCDMA network operations.
The Ericsson (NYSE:ERIC) partnership provides UAE upstart du with a long-term sustainable operating model, reducing its operational expenses & enabling the operator to focus further on providing [...]
Qatar’s telecommunications sector is becoming increasingly competitive, both domestically and on the international stage.
The recently released Global Competitiveness Report 2009-10, prepared by the World Economic Forum (WEF), ranked Qatar as the most competitive economy in the Middle East and North Africa region, and 22nd overall out of the 133 countries assessed.
The country scored highly in [...]
Citing mismanagement and underinvestment, the Nigerian government recently revoked the sale of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) and its mobile subsidiary, M-Tel. Despite this setback, the country’s telecommunications sector is booming and is primed to overtake South Africa as the continent’s fastest-growing market. Given the rising potential, it’s likely that the former telecoms monopoly will be [...]