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January 09, 2008
22:54
Bahrain considering corruption probe at Batelco
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MANAMA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Bahrain is considering whether to investigate allegations of graft at Bahrain Telecommunications Co BTEL.BH and officials discussed the charges with the company on Wednesday, one of the officials told Reuters. After the meeting, the company, known as Batelco, denied the allegations made by a lawmaker and carried by Bahrain’s Gulf Daily [...]

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November 08, 2007
21:47
New Bahraini telco launched by Saudi group
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A new corporate-focused telecoms provider, Rawabi Telecom, has been launched in Bahrain this week by its 95% shareholder, Saudi Arabia’s Rawabi Holding Group. Rawabi Telecom, which is 5% owned by a Bahraini company, has acquired three licences from the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority for international telephony, ISP and value added services. ‘The launch of the new [...]

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August 02, 2007
3:31
Batelco cuts broadband tariffs
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As part of the business benefit campaign, Batelco, Bahrain’s leading Internet services provider, has announced up to 50 per cent reduction on its business and educational inet broadband packages. With effect from August 1, 2007, business customers can pay up to 50 per cent less in the rental charges of five value-for-money high speed inet broadband [...]

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August 01, 2007
0:07
Reduce interconnection charges Batelco told
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Bahrain’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) yesterday announced it has ordered Batelco to reduce some of the prices it charges rival firms to use its network. In a statement, the TRA said despite several debates with Batelco officials on the incumbent operator’s interconnection charges, the regulator “was not satisfied that all charges were fair and reasonable”. Last [...]

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July 27, 2007
1:22
Bahrain to unleash telecom revolution
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Bahrain, one of the first countries to deregulate its telecom sector, will also be the first country in the Middle East to be covered 100 per cent by the state-of-the-art wireless network WiMax to be deployed in the Kingdom by the US giant Motorola for Mena Telecom. Mena Telecom, a subsidiary of Kuwait Finance House (KFH), [...]

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June 17, 2007
16:56
2Connect seminar: Free Internet Access in Bahrain
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The Bahrain Internet Society will be hosting Fahad Al-Shirawi, the managing director of 2Connect at the BIS’ premises in Umm Al-Hassam tomorrow evening (18 June) from 1900 - 2100 to talk about his company’s offering Internet for free in Bahrain. The BIS’ telephone number is 1782 2099 and their email is club@ic.org.bh for more information and [...]

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June 12, 2007
19:34
Free Internet access for 2Connect customers
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Bahrain-based telecommunications firm 2Connect is to offer free Internet access to residential customers as it starts the roll-out of a wireless service it hopes will soon cover the entire country. The company has already launched the service in Riffa, with A’Ali and Juffair to follow within days, says managing director Fahad Al Shirawi. “We are going to [...]

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15:52
Internet costs for businesses cut
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BATELCO is slashing Internet charges for business customers by up to 50 per cent, it was revealed yesterday. The new tariffs, aimed to accelerate Bahrain’s e-competitiveness, are expected to come into force within a month, subject to Telecommunications Regulatory Authoritys (TRA) approval, said Batelco chief executive Peter Kaliaropoulos. “Batelco is confident that the TRA, following careful [...]

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June 06, 2007
18:22
How can huge profit margins be justified?
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The complaints recently made by Batelco’s chief executive are outrageous and nothing more than a disingenuous effort to bully the telecom regulator and exploit the consumer. In the past five years, Batelco has earned a total of BD377 million ($1 billion) and despite increasing competition the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) estimated in a research report [...]

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April 06, 2007
4:35
Future of networking in Middle East discussed
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The MENOG meeting concludes today after the discussion of various proposals designed to shape the future of networking in the Middle East. Presentations were given by various key speakers and members of the networking community to try to redesign the future of the Internet as well as the hardware and software in the Middle East. Peering [...]

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