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MTC Lebanon pioneers high-speed EDGE mobile services in Mideast |
BEIRUT: Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) will become the first
Middle Eastern company to provide advanced, high-speed mobile services such
as audio and video streaming, mobile web browsing and multimedia messaging
after it signed an Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE) contract with
Motorola. MTC will offer the services to its million wireless subscribers
across Kuwait. "This EDGE contract is especially important for operators in the Middle
East to differentiate themselves in an increasingly competitive market, and
EDGE allows them to capitalize on the growth opportunities enhanced data
rates will provide," said Jeff Cherif, Motorola's vice-president and general
manager for the Middle East and Africa. The agreement covers the immediate delivery of hardware, software and
services required for the increasing GSM traffic. Phase one of the EDGE
network deployment in Kuwait is already operational.