Posts Tagged ‘Mobily’

Mobily expands Saudi WiMax broadband coverage (ArabianBusiness.com)

Telecom company adds new parts of kingdom as wireless broadband demand surges.

Mobily expands 3.75G coverage in Western region (UAE)

Samsung sells 1,400 WiMax stations to Saudi operator (The Telecom)

Samsung is to provide Saudi Arabia-based mobile operator Etihad Etisalat with WiMax products and services. Under the terms of the 0 million deal, Samsung will provide Etihad Etisalat, also known as Mobily, with WiMax Wave2 base stations, area service network gateways, and related equipment and services. Samsung will deliver 1,400 new base stations, increasing Mobily’s total number [...]

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Mobily expands WiMAX in Samsung deal (Telco, Internet and IT)

Mobily has inked a SR375m deal with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. for the expansion of its WiMAX services, High-speed broadband service will be extended to 20 cities in KSA through Bayanat Al Oula, a subsidiary of Mobily. Samsung will provide WiMAX Wave2 products including base station, access service network gateways and all related equipment and services.

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Samsung & Mobily ink WiMax technology deal worth $100Mn (Saudi Arabia)

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Mobily upgrades 40 cell sites to 3G (Saudi Arabia)

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Mobily halts MNP service due to technical issues at STC

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Mobily has stopped its mobile number port-in (MNP) service due to “technical problems” with the Saudi Telecom Company (STC) Saudi Telecom Company (STC), which had announced earlier that it was having technical issues that caused it to put the service on hold. Mobily said, it had received more than 16,000 port-in requests that it [...]

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Mobily pushes back IDD promotion time by 2 hours (Saudi Arabia)

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Mobily, the Saudi Arabian mobile operator has pushed back the time by two hours when subscribers can access their international call discount. The original time period for the offer was 20:00hrs to 08:00 hrs, which has now been changed to 18:00hrs and end at 06:00hrs, as the subscribers suggested for a time push back. [...]

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Mobily offers free handset & credit to new Fallah prepaid subscribers (Saudi Arabia)

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Mobily, Saudi Arabia’s leading mobile operator, is offering the new subscribers to Fallah prepaid package a free mobile handset and free minutes. The new offer will offer SR75’s worth of free minutes to all national networks along with a Motorola handset and a two-month free subscription to the Hawwel service with SR10 in credit, [...]

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Mobily is the 1st Mideast operator to get Ericsson’s eco-friendly tower

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) became the very first operator in the Middle East to get Ericsson’s state-of-the-art, environmentally and aesthetically friendly relay tower.
Mohammed Al-Marzuqi, Director of Mobile Network Development at Mobily, reiterated Mobily’s commitment to preserving the environment by pursuing energy-saving technology. He said that Mobily was the first company to use the new Tower [...]

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Mobily awards Motorola an SA435 Mn contract to expand its network in Saudi Arabia

Femtocell News writes…

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced a contract worth approximately SA435 million ($116 million) with Etihad Etisalat (Mobily). The contract marks the fifth major turnkey GSM network expansion that Mobily has undertaken with Motorola in the past four years. Saudi Arabia’s Northwest and Southwest regions will benefit from enhanced GSM coverage and capacity and the [...]

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Mobily announces the official lauch of HSUPA network (Saudi Arabia)

Femtocell News writes…

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Mobily, mobile operator of Saudi Arabia has launched HSUPA on its network, after months of testing. The new technology will initially be available in principal areas of the Kingdom, with expansion to other areas within the coming few months, as Mobily has set aside SAR 1 billion for the roll-out. Presently, the incumbent has [...]

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Mobily launches iPhone 3G in Saudi Arabia

iPhone 3G combines three products in one – a revolutionary phone, widescreen iPod and breakthrough internet device, to create an incredible mobile experience. With fast 3G networking, GPS mapping and support for enterprise features including Microsoft Exchange, iPhone 3G puts even more features at your fingertips.
The groundbreaking App Store provides access to tens of thousands [...]

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Mobily offers free incoming while roaming in 56 countries (Saudi Arabia)

Mobily, Saudi Arabian incument, enables its subscribers, both prepaid and postpaid, can recieve free incoming calls while roaming in 56 countries. The operator has inked a roaming deal with 100 global mobile operators called “Tejwali”.
The Mobily’s elite package Raqi users, in addition to the 56 countries can enjoy free incoming while roaming in six more [...]

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Etisalat to bring Apple iPhone in UAE & Saudi Arabia

Etisalat teams up with Apple to ship iPhone 3G in the UAE. Also, Saudi Arabia is in Apple’s list through Mobily. The phone will be available in both countries from later this month and the company has said it will release more details over the coming days.
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Mobily’s Q4′08 net profits up by 51%, beat forecast (Saudi Arabia)

Etihad Etisalat (Mobily), Saudi Arabia’s second largest mobile operator has surpassed the analysts’ Q4′08 prediction. Mobily earned 778 million riyals ($207.5 million) in the three months uptil December-end, a rise of 51% from last year’s 514.4 million riyals ($137.2 million). Analysts had forecast Mobily’s Q4 earnings as 458 million riyals ($122.15 million) to 605.6 million [...]

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Mobily launches promotional service for its new and port-in subscribers (Saudi Arabia)

Mobily launches a new promotion for its new and port-in subscribers in Saudi Arabia. The Mobily subscribers will now enjoy three hours of free talktime everyday for three months. The subscribers will be charged for first ten minutes of talktime to other Mobily numbers at normal call charges. After the first 10 minutes of talk [...]

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Mobily and 2Connect join hands for Bahrain’s third mobile licence (Bahrain)

Bahrain’s alternative telco 2Connect and the Saudi Arabia based Etisalat (Mobily) will reportedly place a joint bid for Bahrain’s third mobile licence. According to 2Connect, they were looking to bring in other partners as well but Sunday being the deadline they din’t have much time. Getting in other partners would mean that there could be [...]

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Mobily’s subscriber base reaches the mark of 1.6Mn during Hajj (Saudi Arabia)

Mobily has hooked 1.6 million subscribers to its network in the recent past, as the Hajj season reached its pinnacle. This number, according to Humoud Al-Ghobaini, Mobily’s spokesperson, is the highest and represented 22% increase compared to last year. Mobily is luring Hajj pilgrims by offering more than two million gifts. Mobily said earlier [...]

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