MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain) awarded prizes of a Mobile Broadband USB Internet Device during the recent product launch at a promotional stand within Seef Mall.
MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain) customers who use the device will now be able to connect to high speed internet anywhere in Bahrain as the plug and play device connects to both laptop and desktop. It offers a winning combination of true mobility and high speed connection.
The Mobile Broadband USB Internet Device can be used while roaming on the MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain) network, or on a partner network, and it is compatible with major PC operating systems.
About MTC-Vodafone (Bahrain)
MTC-Vodafone comes as a result of a Network Partner Agreement between the Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC), a GCC regional company, born in Kuwait, and Vodafone, a global company based in the UK. MTC-Vodafone, having been chosen by Bahrain’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority to develop the 2nd GSM service, launched its services on December 28, 2003.
Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) was founded in 1983 and is perhaps one of the oldest mobile service providers in the world. MTC has a reputation for pioneering new services in the Middle East and constantly seeks to forge partnerships with key global companies to bring the best products and services to the region. MTC is considered to be a very successful, customer focused and ambitious company and has aspirations that fit with the Vodafone strategy for global customer services.
About MTC Group
MTC is the pioneer of mobile telecommunications in the Middle East and is now a major player on the African continent. The company began life in 1983 in Kuwait as the region’s first mobile operator, and since the initiation of its “3x3x3” expansion strategy in 2003, the company has expanded rapidly.
Today MTC is a leading mobile operator in six Middle Eastern and 14 sub-Saharan African countries with over 12,700 employees, providing a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to over 27 million active individual and business customers (as of December 31, 2006).
The company operates in Kuwait and Bahrain as MTC-Vodafone, in Jordan as Fastlink, in Iraq as MTC Atheer, in Lebanon as MTC Touch, in Sudan as Mobitel and in 14 sub-Saharan African countries as Celtel: Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
Listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (Code: Tele), MTC’s market capitalization exceeded US$21 billion as of March 19, 2007.
