MTC Kuwait scoops Best Operator of the Year award for the ...



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March 12, 2007, Kuwait City

MTC Kuwait scoops Best Operator of the Year award for the Kuwaiti business sector in 2007

MTC won the ITP 2007 Arabian Business Magazine award for Best Operator in the Kuwaiti business sector category during a ceremony held at the Sheraton Hotel, Kuwait on Monday evening, March 12, 2007. The Arabian Business Magazine Awards are a major regional event, honoring over 300 recipients from all business and economic sectors.

In his acceptance speech, MTC Kuwait’s General Manager, Barrak Al Sabeeh said that the award was, “recognition of MTC Kuwait’s achievements, especially its contribution to the development of the wireless telecom sector.”

Al Sabeeh added that, since the company’s establishment in 1983, MTC Kuwait has provided customers with the latest telecom technology backed up by international service standards. It has maintained its position as market leader in terms of services and products, with a market share of over 60% where market penetration exceeds 100%.

He further added that MTC Kuwait had strengthened its position in a fiercely competitive Kuwaiti market by entering into partnership agreements with leading global telecom names such as Motorola, Siemens, Nokia, and Logica CMG. In doing this, MTC Kuwait has succeeded in providing 3G services throughout Kuwait and now wants to offer HSDPA, currently the fastest data transmission service and one that is the focus of international attention in the telecom sector.

Al Sabeeh also reminded those present that MTC Kuwait, despite its achievements, was still committed to its successful corporate social responsibility program, one that has supported education, culture, health and sports in an effort to strengthen its ties with the community.

Finally, Al Sabeeh thanked all the MTC Kuwait staff for their efforts in making the company the success story it has become, pledging that MTC Kuwait would never lose sight of its commitment to customer service.

About MTC Kuwait

Notably distinct as the first mobile operator in the Middle East (1983), in September 2002, MTC entered into a Partner Network Branding Agreement with Vodafone creating MTC-Vodafone Kuwait. The agreement allows MTC Kuwait customers privileges when roaming abroad on any of Vodafone’s networks. The Kuwait operation has a reputation for pioneering new services and is reinforcing its leadership position in Kuwait by adopting customer driven marketing strategies. As at December 31, the operation served 1.461 million active customers.

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About MTC Group of Companies

MTC, the pioneer of mobile telecommunications in the Middle East and 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 our “3x3x3” expansion strategy in 2003, we have expanded rapidly.

As a leading mobile operator in 6 Middle Eastern and 14 sub-Saharan African countries with over12,700 employees, we provide 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 countries in Africa 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$19.7 billion as of March 12,, 2007.

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For media enquiries related to this release, please contact:

Ibrahim Adel

Communications & Investor Relations Director

MTC Group

i.adel@.kw

or

Hania Daher

h.daher@.kw

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