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Mobinil becomes Orange in Egypt
2016-03-09 09:06:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Orange has announced the launch of the Orange brand in Egypt, replacing the Mobinil brand. Egypt is the French operator's largest operation in terms of customer numbers (33.4 million at the end of 2015) and contributes over 27 percent of its revenues for the Middle East and Africa region. Orange Egypt CEO Yves Gauthier said in addition to benefiting from group-wide synergies and know-how, they are adopting the Orange strategy to place the customer experience at the heart of what they do so that they can deliver on their promise "to connect our customers to what is essential in their lives". Orange will leverage its extensive technical, marketing and business know-how to benefit its Egyptian operation and improve the quality of service for customers, he said. This includes the launch of the 'Orange Smart Store', at Nile City Towers where Orange Egypt has its headquarters.
Mobinil adopts Orange brand
2016-03-08 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
French incumbent opens flagship store in Cairo, offers customers range of affordable own-brand smartphones.
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Mobily gets new CEO from MTN, CFO from Mobinil
2015-07-13 11:16:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Saudi operator Mobily announced the appointment of Ahmad Farroukh and Kais Ben Hamida as the company's new CEO and CFO respectively. Farroukh most recently served as CEO of MTN South Africa and Nigeria. Prior to that he was MTN Group Chief Operating Executive. Farroukh began his career in 1983 as Finance Manager for Mediterranean Investor Group. By the early 1990s he focused on audit roles, first as an Audit Supervisor for KPMG, New York and then for Deloitte Touche, Saudi Arabia, before, in 1996, joining Investcom Holding Group as its Group Finance Controller. Hamida started his career at the World Bank where he was in charge of financing infrastructure projects and then moved to the structured finance division at Societe Generale. In 1997 he joined Orange as responsible for project finance at FTMI before moving to director of financial operations in charge of the Orange Group portfolio in Scandinavia and the Middle East. In 2003 he was appointed Director of the Group CFO Office and then took the position of Deputy Head of M&A. From 2009, he spent two years as a partner with a private equity fund before his appointment in 2011 as CFO of Mobinil.
Mobily names ex MTN chief as CEO, poaches Mobinil CFO
2015-07-13 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Saudi Arabian mobile operator puts experienced telecoms execs in two of its top jobs.
Mobinil to offer stake on bourse or to local partner in 2016
2015-06-04 11:10:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) French telecom operator Orange said Egyptian subsidiary Mobinil is planning to offer 10-15 percent of its stock on the Cairo bourse next year, or to sell the stake to a local partner. The group's CEO Stephane Richard also said at a news conference in the Egyptian capital Cairo that Orange will increase its stake in a Moroccan subsidiary to 49 percent from 40 percent, as part of plans to expand in North Africa, Reuters reported.
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