Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 41

11-October-2004

TELECOMS

.As It Awards Contracts To Set Up Saudi GSM Network

Ettihad Etisalat has awarded four international firms $400mn worth of contracts to set up its GSM network in Saudi Arabia. The contracts were given to Ericsson, Motorola, Alcatel and Chinas Huawei. The first phase of the project is to be fully operational in March 2005, according to a company official. Ericsson and Huawei have been identified as the vendors providing...