Written by Haitham Sabbah on 06. May 2005, 2121hrs // Part of Haitham Sabbah's adventure in UAE, Wireless // Other posts by Haitham Sabbah
Good news for mobile phone users. Emirati government licenses new telecom company with 1.08 billion dollars, breaking Etisalat�s monopoly.
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May 6th, 2005 at 9:43 pm
I heared AT&T will enter the UAE telecommunication market. but isn’t 40% too much?
very good news though.
May 6th, 2005 at 10:07 pm
It could be AT&T, but honestly 1.08 billion is a huge number for the size of the project, unless they are going to work on fixed lines and Internet beside GSM and some surprises.
As far as the 40%, well I think it is depressing to know this as a fact. But taking into consideration the conflict over the monopoly of Etisalat between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, I think this is justified. I can see it already that Dubai government will have few surprises for us in the project too.
July 12th, 2005 at 3:06 am
[...] Sunni Property” and offers up survey results he acquired at several local mosques. Sabbah’s blog is happy that UAE has licensed another telecommunicatio [...]
August 15th, 2005 at 6:39 pm
Other than AT&T, does anyone know which other carriers may be entering the market? I am assuming a regional carrier would be entering as the second telco carrier in UAE.
September 19th, 2005 at 4:54 am
In general, what does any telecommunication provider need to penetrate UAE market? AT&T or Vodafone …etc
What would be their strategy facing Etisalat?