Middle East /North Africa

Hardship or not, Turkish SMEs will raise IT spending

Regional Trends - Middle East /North Africa

Friday, 22 May 2009 00:00

Despite economic hardship, Turkey’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will be increasing their IT spending in the near future. This is the prediction of IDC which conducted a survey among 750 SMEs in Ankara, Istanbul, and Izmir...

Orange, Orascom stalemate over Mobinil?

Regional Trends - Middle East /North Africa

Thursday, 14 May 2009 18:23

The long-running dispute between France Telecom and Orascom over ownership of Egypt's main mobile operator Mobinil has resulted in Orascom being forced to sell its holding to FT-Orange. But some analysts now think this may benefit Orascom in the long run...

Bahrain to appoint consultant to take telecoms to 2030

Regional Trends - Middle East /North Africa

Monday, 27 April 2009 09:24

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the Kingdom of Bahrain, in cooperation with the Minister responsible for her Telecommunications Sector, HE Sheik Ahmed bin Attiyatalla Al Khalifa, has issued an invitation to consultancy firms to submit proposals to assist the Minster and TRA in adopting the most appropriate policy for Telecommunications Universal Services & Access...

Arab cell rates revealed: Egypt and Yemen are winners

Regional Trends - Middle East /North Africa

Monday, 30 March 2009 12:23

Arab Advisors Group has analysed the cellular tariffs for 19 Arab countries - and 46 operators. The research shows that Egypt and Yemen are the winners in terms of low-cost cell rates...

Zain announces record financial results for 2008

Regional Trends - Middle East /North Africa

Monday, 09 March 2009 13:05

Mobile operator Zain is present in 22 countries. It has just released its 2008 results, and is reporting great strides in key performance indicators. For example, its active customer total is up to 63.5 million, 50% over 2007, its consolidated revenues are up 26% to US$7.44 billion and EBITDA is up 15% to US$2.78 billion...

Arab telecom operators served almost 200 million cellular subscribers by June this year

Regional Trends - Middle East /North Africa

Monday, 12 January 2009 00:00

With the advent of new operators and increased competition in 2008, cellular subscribers in 19 Arab countries reached 194.533 million. AlJawal and MobiNil sustained their top rankings inthe region with 17.8 million and 16.3 million subscribers respectively. Vodafone ended the period with 15.2 million subscribers, settling as the third largest mobile operator in the region...

IDC - MEA IT poised for slower growth in 2009?

Regional Trends - Middle East /North Africa

Thursday, 18 December 2008 11:12

In the light of recession, IDC has revised its forecast for IT growth in the EMEA region from 4.5% to 3%. Even after this revision EMEA compares favourably with the 1.2% growth IDC forecasts for Western Europe. There may also be “silver linings” to help growth...

MENA good market until at least 2013 - Analysys Mason

Regional Trends - Middle East /North Africa

Tuesday, 02 December 2008 00:00

Liberalisation in MENA will create opportunities and will entice new entrants into this market, according to Analysys Mason in a new report looking five years into the future. The award of a third 2G licence in Morocco typifies the region's good news...

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