Arab telecom operators served 85 million cellular subscribers and 30 million mainlines in 2005 (page 2 of 2)

These operators include Algérie Telecom (Algeria); Batelco (Bahrain); Etisalat (UAE); Jordan Telecom Group (Jordan); Maroc Telecom (Morocco); Paltel (Palestine); Qtel (Qatar); Saudi Telecommunications Company (Saudi Arabia); Tunisie Telecom (Tunisia); and Omantel (Oman). The report also covers the operators that offer only fixed line services. These are: Telecom Egypt; Lebanon's Ogero; Syrian Telecommunication Establishment (Syrian Telecom); Kuwait's Ministry of Communications (MOC); Libya's General Directorate of Posts and Telecom (GPTC); Iraqi Telecommunication and Post Company (ITPC); Sudan's Sudatel; and Yemen's Public Telecommunication Company (PTC). The report further covers operators that provide cellular services only. These are: Areeba (previously Spacetel Syria); Areeba Sudan; Asiacell (Iraq); Alfa (Lebanon); Al Madar (Libya); Bravo (Saudi Arabia); Fastlink (Jordan); Iraqna (Iraq); Libyana (Libya); MobiNil (Egypt); MTC Atheer (Iraq); MTC Vodafone Kuwait; MTC Vodafone Bahrain; MTC Touch (Lebanon); Nawras Telecom (Oman); Medi Telecom (Morocco); Mobily (Saudi Arabia); Mobitel (Sudan); Orascom Telecom Tunisie; Orascom Telecom Algérie; Sabafon (Yemen); Spacetel Yemen; Syriatel; Umniah Mobile Company (Jordan); Vodafone Egypt; Wataniya Telecom (Kuwait); Wataniya Telecom Algérie; XPress (Jordan) and Yemen Mobile.

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