Source: AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAug.迷你倉價錢 19--ADMA-OPCO TO LINK OFFSHORE FACILITIES WITH FIBRE OPTIC WAN NETWORK: Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co (Adma-Opco), in conjunction with Zakum Development Co (Zadco), has said it's building a fibre optic wide area network (WAN) project to enhance communications between the company's offshore and onshore sites, Gulf News has reported. "The project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2015. It's designed to deploy a new fibre optic WAN to all the major offshore facilities in conjunction with Etisalat," Adma-Opco said.STC RECLASSIFIES INDONESIAN SUBSIDIARY AS 'ASSET HELD FOR SALE': Saudi Telecom Co (STC), which was reportedly negotiating the sale of its subsidiary PT Axis Telekom Indonesia, has said there was no new significant development to what has already been announced in a Tadawul statement in July, Arab News has reported. "In reference to the news reports that have recently been circulating in some local and foreign press, which mention that STC is seeking to restructure the loans of Axis Indonesia, where STC is the majority shareholder, STC would like to emphasise that there is no new significant development to be pointed out beyond what has already been announced earlier by STC on July 21, 2013 on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul)." The telecoms operator has reclassified its investment in the Axis as 'assets held for sale' effective June 30, 2013."OOREDOO PLEDGES 'AFFORDABLE' MOBILE ACCESS IN MYANMAR: Qatari telecoms group Ooredoo has said it plans to introduce "affordable" phone services to Myanmar next year, as it pumps $15bn into one of the world's few remaining frontier mobile markets, AFP has reported. The firm,迷你倉庫which in June won the bid to provide mobile coverage to a nation where less than 10 percent of the population has telephone access, should be formally awarded its 15-year 3G licence by the end of this year. It will then start to roll out its mobile services, including money transfers and weather data for farmers, within six months, an Ooredoo official said.TELECOM EGYPT'S Q2 EARNINGS UP 45.5 percent: Telecom Egypt has posted a 45.5 percent jump in its consolidated net profit in the second quarter, boosted by a 16.1 percent growth in revenues compared to the same period of last year, Reuters has reported. Net income stood at EGP896m ($128.2m) in the three months ending June 30, compared with EGP616m a year earlier. Consolidated revenue was EGP2.77bn, up 16 percent from a year earlier.FEATURE PHONES OUTPACED BY SMARTPHONES LAST QUARTER: Market research firm, Gartner has said global smartphone sales to end users accounted for nearly 52 percent of mobile phone sales in the second quarter, exceeding feature phones sales for the first time as a result of growth in Asian countries, PC World has reported. Smartphone sales grew by 46.5 percent to reach 225 million units, while feature phones sales dropped by 21 percent year-on-year to 210 million, said Gartner. Samsung maintained the top position in the global smartphone market, as its share climbed to 31.7 percent from 29.7 percent in the second quarter last year, while Apple came in second place with a 14.2 percent share, down from 18.8 percent a year ealier.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 AME Info (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) Visit AME Info (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) at .ameinfo.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存
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