Du posts bumper Q2 profits: Mobile data revenue increased 44.81% YoY to $156mn itp.net/594277-uaes-du…

Telcos losing battle of boards to OTT players: Web-based service providers steered by better marketers totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&…

'Mobile imports drop from $10m per week to $1m after tax hike': Jordan mobile exports expected to drop by 60-65% zawya.com/story/Mobile_i…

3G set to arrive in Algeria in ‘late November’: Regulator scheduled to launch an auction of 3G licences on 1 August telegeography.com/products/comms…

Ooredoo reports 44% rise in Q2 net profit: Q2 2013 revenue totalled QR8.7bn, compared with QR8.3bn a year ago arabianbusiness.com/qatar-s-ooredo…

Social Media growth: The speed of growth and rate of penetration of social media in the Arab world arabianbusiness.com/the-truth-abou…

Zain hires eServGlobal: Will deploy an end-to-end mobile money solution across Zain group operations commsmea.com/13586-zain-hir…

Are GCC telco operators misunderstanding digital services? Premium digital content held back on mobile devices ameinfo.com/gcc-telco-oper…

Ooredoo launches Business Fibre, free for existing DSL customers: telegeography.com/products/comms…

Zain KSA: Interview with CEO Fraser Curley zawya.com/story/Zain_KSA…

WiFi ‘future of internet of everything’: Mobile operators across Middle East building WiFi networks to offload data zawya.com/story/WiFi_wil…

Etisalat to show English Premier League matches on eLife TV: Can subscribe to the package for AED 58 per month bi-me.com/main.php?id=62…

Half of emerging market mobile users will have smartphones by 2017 totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=4…

Mobily fosters innovation and creativity among employees: Have made "Innovation" the company's core identity ameinfo.com/mobily-fosters…

Mobily arm signs MoU for acquisition of Go: commsmea.com/13654-mobily-a…

Saudi data segment still offers growth opportunities: Market highly saturated with penetration inching toward 200% ameinfo.com/saudi-data-seg…

Etisalat plans to deploy network monitoring system: Also CE management solution for LTE, 3G and 2G nertworks commsmea.com/13657-etisalat…

Du unveils Executive Plan Plus: Created for executives and SME owners, in partnership with Air Miles zawya.com/story/Du_forms…

Zain KSA hires new CEO: Hassan Kabbani appointed CEO of Zain KSA, replacing Fraser Curley who was CEO for 18 months commsmea.com/13678-zain-gro…

Etisalat unveils student data & iPad packages: Bundles provide 1GB, 5GB & 20GB monthly data usage to UAE students ameinfo.com/etisalat-unvei…