Gulf telecom firms Ooredoo, Zain, TASC in talks to combine tower assets

Qatari telecoms company Ooredoo (ORDS.QA), Kuwait’s Zain Group (ZAIN.KW) and Dubai-based TASC Towers Holding have entered into exclusive talks to create the Middle East and North Africa’s largest tower company, they said in a joint statement on Monday. The negotiations are “to combine their approximately 30,000 telecommunication tower assets in Qatar, Kuwait, Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq and Jordan into...

Zain plans to invest USD 800 million in its Sudan business over the next five years

Consumer needs for telecom services have changed a lot since the Covid-19 pandemic. Operators are stepping up investments to meet current and future challenges in the sector and remain competitive over the coming years. The Kuwaiti telecommunications group Zain announced on Wednesday, November 30, that it will invest 800 million USD in its activities in Sudan...

South Sudan: Zain launches 4G in South Sudan

The South Sudanese unit of Zain Group has launched a commercial 4G network in the capital Juba. ‘In collaboration with the National Communication Authority (NCA), Zain South Sudan has launched its 4G internet service in Juba on Friday 5 March 2021,’ the Ministry of ICT and Postal Services announced on its social media page. Kuwaiti-owned Zain is...

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