UAE based Emirates Telecommunications Corp (Etisalat) has confirmed that it is still in talks to take a stake in an Iraqi mobile operator, and that the company is looking forward to "very positive" financial results for the third quarter.

Emirates Telecommunications Corp (Etisalat) is reported to be in talks to acquire an Iraqi mobile operator by the end of this year.

[CN+] Emirates Telecommunications Corp., the UAE's largest telco operator, said Monday its first-half net profit rose 37.2% year-on-year to 4.79 billion U.A.E. dirhams ($1.30 billion) on higher revenues and rising mobile user numbers.

[CN+] U.A.E.-based Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, or Etisalat, said in a statement Monday it acquired an additional 12% share of Atlantic Telecom, thereby increasing its shareholding to 82%.

Etisalat eying South Africa's MTN The saga surrounding the MTN acquisition continues with today's report that the UAE's Emirates Telecommunications (Etisalat) is the latest operator to be linked to activity surrounding the future of South Africa's MTN. 3 Suitors within...

The UAE's Emirates Telecommunications Corp. (Etisalat) has confirmed that it is interested in a possible spoiler bid for South Africa's MTN - but did not seem to confirm that any concrete plans were being carried out.

Emirates Telecommunications Corp, or Etisalat said on Wednesday that it has held meetings with India's Spice Communications and others about possibly making investments to enter the Indian market.

[CN+] Emirates Telecommunications Corp., or Etisalat, will start its Nigeria operations in March and the company will bid for new licenses and look at acquisitions to tap markets away from its home base in the UAE, an official said Monday.

[CN+] Emirates Telecommunications Corp., the UAE's largest telecom operator by market value, posted a 19.8% rise in fourth-quarter net profit on an increase in the number of its subscribers.

[CN+] Emirates Telecommunications Corp., the UAE's largest telecom operator, Monday raised its stake in Sudan's Canar Telecommunications to 82%.