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Interview with Khaled Al Saeid, Managing Director of ITSThe more privatization that takes place the more benefit to IT will happen. Also, the more efficiency is demanded from the government side will help drive IT as well.
Kuwait Leading Telecom, Wataniya Telecom, Scott Gegenheimer – Biography
As Wataniya Telecom we want to take measures to be the leading telecom in Kuwait telecom market and to deliver to Wataniya customers regardless of the competition. To be the leading telecom in Kuwait telecom market
“There is high penetration and we have 115% penetration in the Kuwait telecom sector”, recounts Scott Gegenheimer, CEO of Wataniya Telecom. Kuwaitis like to chat, whether in private or in business. A Kuwaiti without an iPhone, Blackberry or Nokia phone is like Arabia without oil, purely unimaginable.
The Kuwait telecom industry is relatively mature and advanced, with high penetration rates and per spending capita. Nevertheless, the country’s penetration rates are lowest among the Gulf countries, indicating opportunities for further growth potential, reports Capital Standards. Penetrations rates: Fixed line 16.5%, Mobile 141% (number of subscribers reaching 3.56 million and increase of 10.7%, as compared to 3.22 mm subscribers at the end of 2008 according to Kuwait Internet and E-commerce Investment and Business Guide), Internet 41%.
Interview with Najeeb Al Awadi. If you look at the demography of Kuwait it is unique and this affects the telecom and mobile market in Kuwait. There are locals and expats and this allows us to diversify our services as Kuwait new mobile operator. Our data services, for example, are unique because VIVA have come up with different data packages that VIVA, Kuwait new Mobile Operator offers. n the end this will benefit both the telecom market in Kuwait and the telecom customer in Kuwait.
Interview with Tawfiq Ahmed Bin Sultan. Towell International Holding recently celebrated the 145th anniversary and had a big celebration. Towell International Holding and METCO, we are always announcing to our consumers that we strive to be the best performers and depicting our loyalty to our customers. At METCO, we like to think of our relationships with our consumers/clients as partnerships. Additionally, to anybody who wants to come into the Kuwait area, it is essential to choose the right partner who wants to be with you for the long term.
“ICT is crucial to the development of a country like Bahrain Telecom especially where it is moving to offer advanced services, financial services, and tourism, ICT is critical because these kinds of services rely on a sharing of, and access to, information. And the financial services require advanced broadband communications.” Dr. Laith Sadiq – CEO of MENA Telecom
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.
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.
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.
