Saturday 27 March 2021

Zain KSA, Mobily get #Saudi nod for telecom towers merger | ZAWYA MENA Edition

Zain KSA, Mobily get Saudi nod for telecom towers merger | ZAWYA MENA Edition

Leading Saudi telecom services operators - Mobile Telecommunications Company Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA) and Etihad Etisalat Company (Mobily) - have announced plans to set up a consortium to acquire the telecom towers owned by the two entities and merge them under a registered commercial entity, Towers Company, in Saudi Arabia.

The duo said that they have received in-principle approval from the board of Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) on the application submitted by them along with Raidah Investment Company (Al Raidah) and IHS KSA.

The companies plan to establish a consortium to acquire the telecom towers owned by Mobily and Zain KSA to merge them under a registered commercial entity in Saudi Arabia, named "Towers Company", according to a bourse filing on Wednesday.

The approval allows for unifying these towers under the registered entity to obtain a license for providing infrastructure wholesale services, stated the companies in a filing to the Saudi bourse Tadawul.

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