Updated: ArabCrunch sources who are close to the 3 telecom operators in Saudi Arabia confirmed just now the deal has been made between RIM and Saudi Arabia, BlackBerry service to continue in the kingdom. Official Announcement most likely tomorrow, UAE to follow.
Yesterday, Saudi Arabia's BlackBerry (BB) ban went into effect, but users report...
Following UAE's decision to ban BlackBerry Messenger, email and web browsing, Etisalat the #1 telecom and mobile operator in United Arab Emirates (UAE) and is owned by the government, announced an alternative replacement offer to blackberry (BB) subscribers on or before 31 July 2010.
The offer located at Etisalat BlackBerry Alternative ...
After Yahoo acquired Maktoob last year, many of Maktoob group companies were merged under one independent brand called Jabbar. Somehow similar precedence happened with Orascom Telecom's LinkDotNet 150 million USD buyout to Mobinil, but at a larger scale.
Orascom Telecom which is one of the largest tech and telecom groups in the Arab world, ha...
Hesham Khalipha Senior Marekting Manager For The Arab Satellite Communications Organization (ArabSat) one of the leading communications satellite operator in the Arab World, said today during ArabAdvisors's Arab 7th Media and Telecom Convergence Conference that ArabSat is launching new Satellite Internet service in quarter one of next yea...
For some it is a sad day, for others it is a new endeavor, today Indian conglomerate Bharti has officially closed its deal with Kuwait based Telecom operator Zain, with its acquisition of all Zain’s mobile operations in 15 countries across Africa for an valuation of USD10.7 billion. Zain’s African covered 15 countries with a total cust...
What represents new threats and opportunity to mobile operators, a new study from Juniper Research has found that Mobile VoIP services will develop significantly faster in developed markets due to the direct correlation between 3G roll outs and the take up of mobile VoIP. This is the case even though mVoIP traffic volumes may eventually be higher i...
Zain Jordan a branch of one of the largest mobile operators in the world has announced launching Ibda3 program; Ibda3 an incubator program for youth between 18 to 25 years old.
Zain's website says that the program provides "highly combined business development processes, tools & specialists, teamed up to nurture and support the early s...
It took about one month since our last speculation about Orange Jordan launch date of the first 3G network in Jordan. But, today Orange 3.5G up and running and covering initially west Amman, Irbid and Zarqa. Mobile 3Gs comes inline with Orange late launch of iPhone 3Gs around 2 weeks ago.
To me and people who live in Jordan, even though the...
In a move to counter Google’s Free navigation applications, Nokia just announced that starting March 2010, new Nokia GPS-enabled smartphones will include the new version of Ovi Maps www.nokia.com/maps, pre-loaded with local country map data, and that turn-by-turn voice guidance will be free for 74 countries in 46 languages.
The new vers...
On Twitter, Orange CEO Majd Shweikeh tweeted last week that iPhone3GS will be available within few weeks which is expected to be officially available with Orange Jordan launch of the first 3G network in Jordan.
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ArabCrunch called Majd to get her clarification but she said that 3G network and iPhone3Gs will be launched before the end Q1 20...
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