Business | Telecoms
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Tuesday Jun 18
France Telecom likely to bid for Moroc Telecom stake
Vivending pushing France Telecom to buy its stake in Moroc Telecom
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Monday Jun 17
DSS: Your chance to get the latest gadgets
Special offers and payment plans are an opportunity for an upgrade
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Monday Jun 17
Bharti Airtel completes 5% stake sale
Qatar Foundation Endowment’s $1.18b investment to aid expansion in South Asia, Africa
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Sunday Jun 16
Businesses urged to embrace location-based services and Quick Response Codes
Home WiFi connection and emails are the most used services, TNS Mena study says
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Wednesday Jun 12
12 essential apps for Dubai life
Applications to make your life easier as the city moves from eGovt to mGovt
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Friday Jun 7
India’s Ambanis sign $2.1b telecoms deal
Reliance Jio Infocomm signs agreement with Reliance Communications to share latter’s telecom tower equipment
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Wednesday Jun 5
Mobile subscriptions in the Middle East grow 9% to 284m
One in every 16 mobile subscriptions globally was from the region
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Tuesday Jun 4
Etisalat launches its first cloud service in UAE
Cloud services is expected to grow by around 20.2 per cent through 2016 in the Middle East and North Africa
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Tuesday Jun 4
Du purchases 10% stake in Khazana Data Centre
Dubai-based telecom operator pays Dh57.5 million for the stake
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Tuesday Jun 4
Vodafone Qatar’s losses narrow
Its net loss for the full year ended March 31 was 401 million Qatari riyals
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Tuesday Jun 4
Zain’s Iraq unit to go public
Zain to set up a holding company to offer shares to public
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Monday Jun 3
Vodafone to increase UK capex by 50 per cent
Investment is part of plans to roll out ultra-fast 4G mobile services
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Sunday Jun 2
Etisalat free calls initiative to have little impact
81 per cent of UAE residents say mobile is their most important piece of technology
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Saturday Jun 1
Etisalat announces free unlimited national calls
The telecom major also launches region’s first High Definition voice for eLife landlines
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Wednesday May 29
Etisalat’s shareholders approve fund raising
Debt to be used for acquiring a stake in Moroc Telecom
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Tuesday May 28
Du opens new shop in Bawadi Mall in Al Ain
Shop has 10 service counters
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Saturday May 25
Sprint deal puts US in China cyber attack danger
US senator against Japanese company SoftBank Corp’s plan to buy 70 per cent of Sprint Nextel
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Friday May 24
Etisalat offers higher price for Vivendi’s Maroc Telecom stake
Vivendi has been in talks in recent weeks with Etisalat to remove some of the legal clauses
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Wednesday May 22
Huawei launches world's fastest and biggest phones
Ascent P2 is world's fastest 4G LTE Cat 4 smartphone with download speeds of 150mbps, while Ascend Mate 'phablet' with 6.1" screen provides unrivalled viewing experience
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Wednesday May 22
Google Glass marks paradigm shift in technology
New invention could have profound impact in shaping our world in the coming years
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Wednesday May 22
TRA announces 700 MHz band plan for mobile broadband
Increased spectrum to serve UAE’s public interest
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Tuesday May 21
Etisalat Nigeria signs $1.2b loan facility
Aim is to continue expansion in the West African nation
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Tuesday May 21
Eurozone crisis hits Vodafone profit
Vodafone’s businesses in Italy and Spain have been hit hard by the region’s sovereign debt crisis
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Sunday May 19
Etisalat to showcase CSR projects at summit
Conference aims to promote development at grassroots level
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Wednesday May 15
Nokia raises bar with Asha 501
New phone launched in India promises superb user experience for first time smartphone users at around Dh365
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Investors now active in managing capital
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Cyprus returns to holiday island mode
The government has since put the priority on tourism, long a major money earner, as an anchor for the economy
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Managed exuberance second time around
Stock market celebrations tempered by a sense of caution
