Zain Bahrain, a leading telecoms operator in the kingdom, is launching an innovative promotion campaign ‘Play & Win’, for its customers in Bahrain staring from tomorrow (April 18) which will run for the next four weeks.

The ‘Play & Win’ campaign offers all its customers in Bahrain an opportunity to win on the spot various prizes through a ‘Claw Machine’ installed across Zain’s stores in Bahrain.

All Zain Bahrain customers need to do, is complete a"...

Viva Bahrain recently partnered with FutureTec, leading IT solutions provider, to expand the portfolio of ICT services hosted locally at the Viva DataCenter in Bahrain to include cloud computing & cloud security services for businesses.

Government customers and enterprises of all sizes can remain competitive and relevant as Bahrain becomes increasingly digital through Viva’s latest affordable, reliable and scalable cloud-based services powered by FutureTec.

The new offerings are designed"...

Batelco, the leading digital solutions provider in Bahrain, said it has signed a strategic partnership deal with the British University of Bahrain (BUB), a move aimed at supporting education in general and higher education in the kingdom.

Batelco is the first organisation in Bahrain to enter into a MoU with the new British university.

The BUB is a partner of The University of Salford, Manchester, and will bring Salford’s globally recognised academic programmes to Bahrain.

For the"...

Bahrain’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) said it has handled 942 complaints during 2017.

95% of the total complaints were resolved with 71% of them resolved to the consumers’ satisfaction, according to the TRA.

The mobile market compromised 55% of these total complaints, the broadband market being the second highest at 30%, fixed services at 13%, and 2% for the remaining markets. The total complaints received were broken down into the following categories: Billing (33%),"...

(AETOS Wire)-- At the Mobile 360 – West Africa event, the GSMA announced the launch of the GSMA Mobile Money Certification, a global scheme for mobile money providers to offer safer, more transparent and more resilient financial services to millions of mobile money users around the world. The certification relies on an independent assessment of a mobile money provider's ability to deliver secure and reliable services, to protect the rights of consumers and to combat money"...

(AETOS Wire)-- The mobile industry in West Africa is forecast to contribute more than $50 billion annually to the region’s economy by 2022, according to a new GSMA study published today at the ‘Mobile 360 – West Africa’ event being held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The new report, The Mobile Economy: West Africa 2018, calculates that the region’s mobile ecosystem contributed $37 billion in value last year, equivalent to 6.5 per cent of GDP1,"...

Viva Bahrain, a top telecom provider, and Huawei, a global ICT solutions company, have signed a system and network transformation contract to upgrade Menatelecom’s network infrastructure.

This contract comes after Viva Bahrain completed its recent acquisition of Menatelecom in January, said a statement.

As per the agreement, Viva and Huawei aim to substantially enhance Menatelecom’s customer experience by upgrading all elements of its network.

The project is expected to be"...

The UAE's General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunications Sector (TRA) has held talks with a delegation from the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in Bahrain, headed by Mohammed bin Salman Al Khalifa, Director of Finance, Information Technology and Human Resources. The visit is aimed at reviewing the most prominent practices and strategies related to the management of regulatory and licensing affairs, finance, spectrum, human resources, and customer happiness.

The"...

Zain Bahrain, a leading telecom services operator in the kingdom, said it will be providing extra capabilities driven state-of-the-art 4G+ services at the Bahrain International Circuit during the Formula 1 Gulf Air Grand Prix.

The three-day event will take place from April 6 to 8, and is a time of high demand for mobile broadband services as visitors share the action from the races with friends and family, said the telecom major in a statement.

Zain has already increased the capacity and speed of"...

Bahrain's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority’s (TRA) Board of Directors held their first meeting this year, at TRA’s headquarters.

During the meeting, Board members discussed key issues related to the telecommunications sector; praising TRA’s significant efforts in working on both the Privacy and Data Protection Regulation which aims at protecting the confidentiality of communications and the privacy of individuals, and on the International Roaming Regulation which sets our rules aimed"...