Kuwait – Kuwait’s state security has asked mobile operators to block the accounts of people who have left or been deported from the country.The move is to help tackle the high number of hoax bomb threats made trough mobile phones whose owners could not be traced, Kuwaiti daily Al Jareeda reported on Thursday, quoting sources it did not name.
Kuwait – Ministry of Interior Undersecretary Lieutenant General Ahmad Al-Rujaib has forwarded a letter to the Ministry of Communications, including a list of around 700 telephone numbers used by callers who have been harassing citizens, reports Al-Rai daily quoting sources.
Kuwait – Commercial state carrier, Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC), is set to offer internet booking next month for its holiday packages for the summer, a senior member of staff said here Saturday. Head of the Holidays Department at the airline, Khalaf Al-Manea, told KUNA that the booking for the package tours will be open to travel agencies in June and customers in August.
Kuwait – Personnel from the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Communication raided 39 Internet cafes in Salmiya and Hawalli and arrested 22 persons due to their violation of residency laws and involvement in call trading (Arab Times May 5, 2010). The call trading gang installed around 216 landlines telephone instruments, PCs for their customers! What is “remarkable” in this recent crime update is not the arrest of such culprits, but the continuation of illegal call trading.
Kuwait – Director of Projects Management Directorate at the General Directorate for Civil Aviation (GDCA Mahdi Saleh Al-Dekhail has confirmed that the movement of passengers at Kuwait International Airport exceeds 8 million passengers a year, which is over and above the capacity of Kuwait International Airport’s (KIA) facilities, adding that an expansion of the airport must be carried out as soon as possible.
Kuwait – Viva Kuwait will be offering an exclusive student package featuring BlackBerry Onyx or Gemini devices, at value packed rates to complement a student’s lifestyle. Viva Kuwait is arranging a road show offering special postpaid voice lines and BlackBerry packages.
Kuwait – Now your exclusive mobile number speaks volumes about your millionaire status. An easy to remember mobile phone number — 90000000 — was sold for KD. 116,500 at an auction in prestige-conscious Kuwait City.The number was among 27 numbers sold by mobile operator Zain on Wednesday evening. Other numbers that reached high bids were 90000009 and 90009000.
Kuwait – Undersecretary of the Ministry of Communications Abdulmohsen Al-Mazidi opened on Thursday the seventh Zain City exhibition at Kuwait International Fair Ground.Al-Mazidi said in a speech marking the opening of the exhibition, that the event will last till the first of May, and Zain City should be called “Zain Empire” since it is a leading company in the region.
Kuwait City – “Significant redundancies” anticipated as Kuwaiti telco Zain prepares for life without majority of its African assets.The telecom operator is set to reshuffle its management team, according to the firm’s CEO, with redundancies likely and staff expected to be moved out of the firm’s group headquarters in Bahrain.
Kuwait – Wataniya Telecom recently launched a new life-saver service entitled “Recharge Me”. With this latest addition to Wataniya’s umbrella of emergency services, prepaid customers should not get worried anymore about running out of credit.
Kuwait – Kuwait’s Zain Telecommunications Company organizes an exhibition dubbed “Zain City” on April 22 with the participation of 36 of its partners and distributors.Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Khaled Al-Hajeri said in a statement that the exhibition’s title was aimed to convey a message to the public and making it feel the latest revolution in communications world. More info on Zain’s Exhibition here
Kuwait – Visa, the global payments technology company, announced yesterday the launch of the financial literacy initiative in Kuwait. Ihab Ayoub, the General Manager of Visa at Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman began by explaining that the Web site www.mymoneyskills.me “helps provide fundamental personal finance information in both Arabic and English.”
Kuwait – One would be mistaken to think that Zain”s headquarter is a quiet place, which is bubbling with action to conclude arrangements related to selling the majority share of assets in Africa in a deal valued at 10.7 billion US dollars. According to close sources the executive department continues prolonged meetings around the clock to patch up the deal that should be finalized within ten days.
Hyderabad,India – Facebook, popular social networking site, Monday said it will open an office at Hyderabad, its first in Asia.The office in Hyderabad will support users, advertisers and developers in India and around the world, according to a statement issued by the company.
Kuwait – VIVA today announced that it has extended its popular “Best Friend” Service to our customers – both prepaid and postpaid. VIVA’s customers can change their Best Friend as many times as they want for a minimum cost, which means that, they can have as many Best Friends over the course of a day, week or even month.
Kuwait – Public Relations Department Director at the Ministry of Communications (MoC) Ahmed Ramadan has advised the landline telephone subscribers with overdue bill payments to settle their debts before March 28 to avoid automatic disconnection of the service, reports Al-Seyassah daily.
Kuwait – The State of Kuwait is planning to install “eyeـprint” technology cameras at all of the country”s points of entry with the aim of apprehending all dual citizenship holders as well as wanted individuals through the machines, security sources revealed to Al Watan Saturday.
For sale: a vintage American car; a Persian pregnant cat; a used Jet Ski; a brand new video game CD. Wanted: A three-bedroom apartment for rent; a 1990′s navy blue 4×4; and a video game console. With the help of the Internet, buying and selling has become easier than it ever was. In Kuwait, a number of online forums have become very popular for announcing property, items, gadgets, vehicles and job vacancies.
Kuwait – Viva will extend its roaming coverage to a total of 176 countries, and more than 420 operators including, but not limited to the USA, Canada, England, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, GCC, Egypt and Lebanon, allowing all our customers to make and receive calls and send and receive SMS’ on the move.
Kuwait – In order to celebrate the launch of Viva in Bahrain, Viva Kuwait is offering an exclusive one-month promotion for customers travelling to Bahrain. Local charges for customers who roam on Viva Bahrain’s network will apply. Viva Kuwait customers calling internationally to Bahrain can also enjoy local, and significantly reduced rates.
Kuwait – The marine cable, FiberـOptic Gulf cable (FOG), extending outside Kuwait toward the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been severed suddenly. The causes of the incident remain unknown and investigation is underway.FOG is highly important because it is the Kuwait”s cable for connection to the outside community. International lines and Internet connections flow through this cable. Sources revealed to Al Watan that to fix such a malfunction, it would take a minimum of 10 days.
Kuwait – Kuwaiti telecoms firm Zain and India’s Bharti Airtel are expected to sign a letter of intent for the $9 billion African assets deal this week, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Sunday.The letter will include the official offer and the schedule of payment, al-Rai newspaper said in an unsourced report.
Kuwait – Kuwait Finance House (KFH) is now offering its clients protected online credit and prepaid card transactions, after becoming the first bank in the Middle East to use the ‘Verified by Visa’ service.In a statement on Saturday, KFH said that ‘Verified by Visa’ adds an extra level of security for all transactions where the card is not present at the point of sale.
Capitals – Kuwaiti telecom group Zain’s decision to sell its African assets is a strategic move and not due to financial pressures, a newspaper report said on Friday, citing one of the firm’s main shareholders.We sold because we wanted to concentrate on the Middle East and Bharti wanted to get into Africa, said Nasser AlـKharafi, head of the Kharafi Group, told the Financial Times. “It”s a fair price and opportunity for both of us.”
Kuwait – Zain telecom today said it has bagged an award from the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona for its contribution in mobile banking services.Zain is currently in exclusive talks with Bharti Airtel till March 25 for selling its African assets.It has won the inaugural GSMA’s 2010 “mobile money for the unbanked service” award for its mobile commerce service.
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