Regional mobile telecoms distributor and reseller i2 is reported to have shelved its plans to participate in the nascent mobile virtual network operator market in the Middle East, having failed to receive the go-ahead to launch services anywhere in the region. The company had been awarded one of two MVNO licences in Jordan, along with Friendi Mobile, but the two licensees have been unable to commercialise an agreement with any of Jordan’s mobile network operators.
Oman is the Middle East country that is furthest along the path to the introduction of virtual operators in the region, preparing for the introduction of commercial services by Friendi Mobile and Renna Telecom during this quarter. i2 does not have a licence to operate as a reseller in Oman, and sources have suggested the company has taken a strategic decision to suspend its efforts to run a MVNO business in the region indefinitely.
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