MTC Atheer, Iraqna renamed Zain after merger
Published January 7th, 2008
(TP) The Iraqi mobile networks MTC Atheer and Iraqna have changed their names to Zain from 6 January, following MTC’s takeover of Iraqna. The re-branding follows MTC Atheer’s recent attainment of a fifteen-year nationwide licence in August 2007 for USD 1.25 billion and its parent company Zain acquiring Iraqna on 1 December 2007 for USD 1.2 billion. Zain in Iraq becomes the fifth group operation to be re-branded and joins the group’s other operations in Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain and Sudan that were successfully renamed Zain in September 2007. The implementation of the new brand will have no impact on the functionality of MTC Atheer’s or Iraqna’s current pre- and postpaid products, and services and customers are not required to re-set their mobile devices or change sim cards. The complete integration of MTC Atheer’s and Iraqna’s network to Zain in all branding, technical and logistic areas such as shops, distribution outlets, sim cards and recharge cards will be rolled out over the coming months. It is expected that Zain’s One Network service will be extended to Iraq and neighbouring Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in the first half of 2008.
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