On July 1, Nayla Khawam became CEO of Jordan Telecom Group Orange. Her predecessor, Mickael Ghossein was instrumental in transforming the incumbent from a stodgy government utility into a commercial integrated company, and Khawam’s early focus will likely be on driving the gains from integration. Jordan is a notoriously competitive market and part of Khawam’s mandate is to continue to differentiate Jordan Telecom’s services, and make the telco an operator of reference

Nayla Khawam is a France Telecom veteran whose eye for detail will likely see her focussiong her efforts on the further improvement of the overall Orange experience

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In the middle of June, Etihad Atheeb Telecom launched its Go fixed line service, thereby becoming the first of the new breed of licensed national fixed-line operators to do so. Go has rapidly rolled out its WiMAX network to four provinces in the kingdom and CEO Ahmad Sindi details the factors that give him optimism regarding his business moving forward

Ahmad Sindi would like to offer Saudi subscribers a range of offers and a quality of service they have not experienced elsewhere

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