May 28th, 2008 — MECOM 2008 Daily 2
Ineke Botter of Lebanon’s Alfa, Amer Al Rawas of Oman Mobile and
Mickael Ghossein of Orange Jordan, said the lack of skilled workers in the
telecoms industry has unique challenges in each country
Senior executives from Orange Jordan, Oman Mobile and Alfa in Lebanon, discussed challenges in the telecoms industry in their respective countries, during the first day of the Strategic Telecoms Summit running parallel to the MECOM exhibition.
May 28th, 2008 — MECOM 2008 Daily 2
Du has launched the BlackBerry wireless solution to its mobile customers in the UAE
Mobile customers in the UAE
will soon be able to use Black-
Berry smartphones on the du
network and while roaming in
70 countries, the telecoms operator announced at the MECOM exhibition yesterday.
Du has signed a distribution agreement with Alcatel-Lucent,
a global end-to-end communications provider, to provide integration and service deployment of the BlackBerry wireless solution for voice and data communications.
May 28th, 2008 — MECOM 2008 Daily 2
Nawras CEO Ross Cormack said gaining customer feedback and undertaking social responsibility builds consumer support
Speaking on the first day of the Strategic Telecoms Summit at MECOM, Ross Cormack, CEO of Nawras, revealed some of the community initiatives that have propelled Oman’s second mobile operator to the status of ‘Middle East Operator of the Year’.
May 28th, 2008 — MECOM 2008 Daily 2
Visitors to the Ericsson stand at MECOM will be able to view and control a highly-intelligent and innovative video surveillance system using a mobile phone or other device.
The interactive display incorporates split screens for multiple cameras, as well as a traditional computer desktop, and allows users to search an entire library of footage to identify when a specific area of a surveillance image has changed.
May 28th, 2008 — MECOM 2008 Daily 3
Panellists discuss alternatives to increasing ARPU at a session at MECOM yesterday
In the quest to raise consumer spending and develop innovative content services, telecoms operators should focus on their core business and partner with media firms, stated head of new media at MBC Group, Ammar Bakkar on the second day of MECOM.
Batelco has successfully activated 5G coverage across Bahrain, which is available in all four governorates, covering 95% of the nation’s population. The telco’s launch of the network makes Batelco the first operator to provide national 5G coverage in Bahrain.
Omantel has renewed and expanded its managed services agreement with Ericsson for a further five years, with the renewed agreement being more outcome-based and customer-centric.
South Africa-headquartered MTN Group CEO Rob Shuter will step down from his role at the end of his fixed four-year contract in March 2021, having given no explanation why he would not seek to stay on beyond that date.
Nokia CEO and president, Rajeev Suri, is set to step down from his position later this year, to be replaced by Pekka Lundmark, currently CEO and president of energy company Fortum. The move comes as Nokia struggles to keep pace with the global shift to 5G.
Following Zain Group’s regional milestone announcement in November 2019 that its operations in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia had successfully launched the first 5G roaming service across the MENA region, Bahrain telco Batelco has announced partnering with the UAE’s du to deliver 5G international roaming services in the UAE.
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