Entries from July 2008 ↓

Etisalat has signed a memorandum of understanding with France Telecom (FT), signalling their intention to collaborate in areas of strategic importance for both companies.

Etisalat chairman, Omran is keen to leverage the telco’s relationship with FT on a number of fronts, including broadband and film content

Signed in Paris on July 2 by Etisalat’s chairman Mohammad Omran, and France Telecom’s chairman and CEO, Didier Lombard, the agreement outlines a number of key areas of collaboration. These include home networking solutions and multiplay services; content acquisition and distribution; joint investment in co production of films; international roaming; and joint investment in submarines cables.

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Orange Jordan is in the process of launching its IPTV service, though the commercial viability of such an undertaking is uncertain given the number of broadband accounts in the country.

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Etisalat is reported to have acquired a further 12 per cent in African mobile provider Atlantique Telecom, raising its stake in the cellular company to 82 per cent.

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Ever looked over Etisalat’s financial results and wanted to know the operating results for a specific market the telco operates in outside of the UAE and found that they were not available? It is understood that this may become a thing of the past as the Abu Dhabi Financial Market on which Etisalat is listed is set to require the telco to report its operational results on a market-by-market basis.

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A businessman claims resellers of prepaid international VoIP calling cards are being raided in Saudi Arabia, with some even thrown in jail.

Preferring not to be named, he is one of several providers offering calling cards that target the lower-income labourers working in the kingdom.

“We face raids from the incumbent and the legislative authorities. Raids to the call shops and the stores that sell the cards. The incumbents are controlling the legislative authorities. We see this as very negative and non-competitive,” he stated.

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