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• Etisalat planning to buy 49 percent stake in Swan for $1.3 billion.(MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS)

  - 2008-10-01

  According to the Business Standard, UAE-based Emirates Telecommunications Corp. is keen to buy a 49 percent holding in Swan Telecom--which had recently acquired concessions to launch telecom services in the country--by paying around $1.3 billion. The newspaper added that Emirates Telecommunications is likely to increase its...

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• Huawei to sign an agreement with Etisalat.(CHINA)

  - 2008-05-01

  Huawei Technologies, the largest telecom equipment vendor in China, has expressed its willingness to share current industry trends with the United Arab Emirates-based Emirates Telecommunications Corp Etisalat. Ahmad Abdulkarim Julfar, chief operating officer at Etisalat, said that this deal would enable Etisalat to...

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• Emirates Telecommunications agrees to buy a 16% stake in PT Excelcomindo

  - 2008-01-01

  Emirates Telecommunications Etisalat agrees to buy a 16% stake in PT Excelcomindo from diversified Indonesian group Rajawali for $438m.

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• Etisalat selects Huawei for UTMS/HSPA network provision.(CONTRACTS)(Emirates Telecommunications Corporation Ltd.)(Huawei Technologies Company Ltd.)(Brief article)

  - 2006-12-01

  Emirates Telecommunications Etisalat has chosen Huawei as its national UMTS/HSPA network supplier. Huawei would provide above 1,000 Node-B base stations for constructing this UTMS/HSPA network. It would be the first HSPA network based on lub/IP transmission in North Africa and the Middle East. Huawei's association with...

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• Dubai company aims at Algerie telecom

  - 2006-07-01

  Dubai-based Emirates Telecommunications Corp Etisalat is to take part in the partial privatization of the Algerie Telecom. This would be to expand its presence in North Africa, Algerian state news agency APS noted. Algeria's minister for postal services, IT, and communication, Boudjemma Haichour, received a team from the UAE company....

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• Dubai company aims at Algerie telecom

  - 2006-07-01

  ALGERIADubai-based Emirates Telecommunications Corp Etisalat is to take part in the partial privatization of the Algerie Telecom. This would be to expand its presence in North Africa, Algerian state news agency APS noted. Algeria's minister for postal services, IT, and communication, Boudjemma Haichour, received a team from the UAE company....

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• Dubai company aims at Algerie telecom

  - 2006-07-01

  Dubai-based Emirates Telecommunications Corp Etisalat is to take part in the partial privatization of the Algerie Telecom.This would be to expand its presence in North Africa, Algerian state news agency APS noted. Algeria's minister for postal services, IT, and communication, Boudjemma Haichour, received a team from the UAE company.The ministry...

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• Etisalat prequalifies for Tunisia Telecom bid

  - 2005-11-01

  Emirates Telecommunications Corporation Etisalat has announced its prequalification for the bid that will soon be underway in Tunisia. The Corporation has been selected along with 12 other international companies, who will all participate in a bid to purchase a 35 percent stake in the Tunisian government-owned Tunisia Telecom.The Tunisian government...

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• ETISALAT POSTS 22% NET PROFIT RISE

  - 2005-07-05

  According to Al-Bayan newspaper (July 5, 2005), the Emirates Telecommunications Corporation Etisalat posted Dh 1.7 billion net profits in the first five months of the current year, a 22% growth compared with the same period last year, in which Etisalat registered Dh 1.4 billion net profits. The board approved a...

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• SingTel and Emirates Telecommunications sign an agreement

  - 2005-06-01

  SingTel and Emirates Telecommunications sign an agreement to provide a leased-line link to the two carriers' customers in Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.

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