VOL. XLII

No. 39

27-September-1999

TELECOMS

1999 Sees Mixed Signals For MENA Telecoms Prospects

To date, 1999 has been a year of mixed signals fromgovernments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regarding futureprospects for the telecoms sector. Increased oil prices have raised doubtsabout the speed of privatization plans in a number of Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC) countries, and despite expectations that Qatars sale of Q-Tel inDecember 1998 (MEES, 4 January) would act as a catalyst for...