ASIA Telecommunications Sdn Bhd has been awarded a the first Network Service Provider (1) licence in Malaysia to operate as a mobile virtual network provider (MVNO).
The license – issued by the by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission – enables it to lease mobile services and ”airtime” from established cellular carriers that ran their own networks without the need of owning a spectrum license or maitaning infrastructure, the company said in a press statement.
“The concept of an MVNO will alter cellular product offerings for Malaysian cellphone users,” said P. Danesh, Asia Telecom’s chief operating officer.
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South Africa's second national fixed-line phone operator will get its licence by the end of November, ending state-controlled Telkom's monopoly, the head of telecoms at the country's regulator said on Tuesday.
"The licence will be issued by the end of November at the outside. We are hoping to get it done before then," Peter Hlapolosa, head of telecoms at communications regulator ICASA told Reuters on the sidelines of an African telecoms conference.
Hlapolosa said the regulator was negotiating the licence terms with shareholders and needed to make sure the so-called SNO, whose launch has been delayed due to wrangling between investors,
Stolt Offshore S.A. has been awarded a contract valued at $36 million by Vietnamese state oil company Petro Vietnam Exploration and Production for the Dai Hung Field Extension, offshore Vietnam.
The contract is for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation work associated with block 05-1a offshore Vietnam. The field extension, in water depths of 120 m, comprises 18 km of NKT flexible flowlines and risers, 9 km of combined service umbilicals and two mid-depth buoys and ties back five new wells to the existing Dai Hung floating production unit. Offshore installation is scheduled to take place during summer 2006.
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Etisalat is Platinum Sponsor of Telecoms World Middle East
Abu Dhabi, 3 Dec., 2005 (WAM): The Emirates Telecommunications Corporation-Etisalat- has announced that it is the platinum sponsor of Telecoms World Middle East, a key regional conference bringing together prominent representatives and experts of the telecom industry. The event will be held in Dubai between 4th and 7th December 2005.
Ahmed Bin Ali, Etisalat's Corporate Communications Manager, said: "We are happy to play a key role in welcoming and hosting our industry peers and regional counterparts to the UAE for this conference. We look forward to sharing experiences and gaining insights from our
A purchasing officer for a state travel contract that could reach $20 million a year has been hired by the winning firm to be the account manager responsible for the contract's implementation.
Adtrav Travel Management, a Birmingham, Ala.-based travel management company, recently was awarded the contract to manage travel for the state of Arizona. Thirteen companies bid for the work, and nine of them have an Arizona presence, irking some executives in the local travel industry who competed for the contract.
Although she was not part of the group that voted on the bid proposals, Louise Kendall was the "buyer of
Amman and the Status of Middle East Terrorism
Wednesday, November 10, virtually simultaneous suicide attacks on three prominent American-owned chain hotels killed more than 67 people and left more than 300 wounded. The Amman attacks mark the first time al-Qaeda terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi has pulled off a major attack in Jordan.
The attacks provide sobering insight into the status of terrorist operations in the Middle East. Evidence suggests that Islamic jihadists are seeking to expand their sphere of operations beyond the borders of Iraq. If this trend persists, deadly attacks by Islamic extremists will likely increase across the entire region.
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