Bahrain Telecom Interviews

Nezar Banabeela presents fully integrated digital services provider stc Bharain. Since entering Bahrain’s telecom market, stc Bahrain has become the market leader. stc Bahrain has also positively impacted the telecommunications market by changing the way it does business and has been at the forefront of innovation by launching the latest high-tech devices first, along with having introduced a comprehensive wholesale and enterprise portfolio with national and international services.

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Batelco Group: Expanding Operations to New Markets

April 17, 2013

Shaikh Mohamed bin Isa Al-Khalifa, CEO of Batelco Group
Batelco has always been at the forefront of innovation. The leading telecom company in the Middle East has always strived to provide its markets with the latest technology and the recent launch of the 4G network in Bahrain only confirms Batelco’s superiority and efforts to offer its customers the best services available. The company was able to grow its subscriber base to 7.8 million in 2012 and its recent acquisition of Cable & Wireless was finalized only a few days ago. Thus, Batelco is progressively establishing itself as a communications player of global relevance and Bahrain’s most diversified international company.

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Mena Telecom: Future of Internet Services in Bahrain

July 19, 2011

Dr. Laith Sadiq, CEO of MENA Telecom
The market reached 130% penetration so it’s difficult with the new entrance to keep making the profits they were making before.

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Batelco Bahrain: Leading Telecom in the Middle East

June 29, 2011

Peter Kaliaropoulos, CEO of Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco)
Key challenge remains overall industry growth in terms of gross revenue and number of services since we have experienced price erosion due to entry of new companies.

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Zain Bahrain

May 27, 2009

Zain Bahrain, General Manager of Zain Bahrain, Mohammed Zainalabedin
Zain Bahrain has really achieved a lot in the last five years, Zain Bahrain launch was done in six months and the amount of coverage was nation wide coverage at that time for Zain Bahrain, going all the way to the launch of the first nation wide 3G coverage, and so on.

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Batelco Bahrain Incumbent Telecom in Bahrain

May 25, 2009

Batelco Bahrain Incumbent Telecom in Bahrain, CEO of Batelco Bahrain, Gert Rieder

I think Batelco Bahrain is part of the Batelco group and over the last couple of years Batelco Bahrain has completed some very successful acquisitions and we have been scaling our business by those international acquisitions and that is going to help Batelco group.

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Mena Telecom Bahrain Telecom

May 20, 2009

Mena Telecom Bahrain Telecom, CEO of Mena Telecom, Dr. Laith Sadiq
Mena Telecom started around 2003 as a wholesaler. In 2006 Mena Telecom got the WiMAX license in Bahrain Telecom market and in 2008 Mena Telecom started the WiMAX service in November on Bahrain Telecom Market.

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Bahrain Telecom Market – Bahrain Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA)

May 10, 2009

Bahrain Telecom Market, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), General Director, Alan Horne
I think Bahrain Telecom Market is well down the road of liberalization. Bahrain Telecom Market started in 2003 following the issuance of the Telecommunications Law, it’s a law based upon international best practice, which gives a lot of strength and teeth to the regulator.