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Thursday, May 19, 2011

What Future for Zain? A Rosy One (Part I) – Is the Etisalat-Zain Deal Definitively Over?

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May 19, 2011 Last March U.A.E.’s Etisalat decided not to bid for the takeover of Zain’s 46 percent stake valued at around $12 billion...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Syria’s Third Mobile License: A Middle Eastern Saga?

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     April 11, 2011 When five months ago in November 2010 the knights started the journey they were six: Three were from the Ar...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Are the Four Remaining Telecoms Companies Committed to Bidding for Syria’s Third Mobile License?

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  March 28, 2011 Last February, Syria's deputy minister of telecommunications, Mohammed Al-Jallali affirmed that the minimum re...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

Syria: Facebook Is Again Directly Accessible Without Proxy Servers

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February 20, 2011 On February 8, 2011 Syrian internet users affirmed that Facebook and YouTube were again available in Syria. The...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

The Regional Cable Network (R.C.N.), a Reliable and Powerful New Communications Infrastructure for the Middle East

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January 22, 2011 Last December, a few days before Christmas, seven regional telecommunications operators announced their goal of bui...
Monday, December 20, 2010

Third Mobile License: Syria Shortlists Five Companies but Disappointment Looms Out

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  December 20, 2010 Of the six firms that had submitted applications to compete for Syria’s third mobile license only five quali...
Friday, November 19, 2010

Six Telecoms Companies Go at War for Syria’s Third Mobile License

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  November 19, 2010 As it was easily understandable given the appeal of the Syrian mobile market, six telecom companies have s...
Sunday, October 31, 2010

S.T.C.’s Interest for Syria’s Third Mobile License

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  October 31, 2010   Last week state-owned Saudi Telecom Company (S.T.C.), the largest listed telecom operator in the Middle Ea...