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| Mobily | |
Native name | موبايلي |
| Company type | Public |
| Tadawul:7020 | |
| ISIN | SA000A0DM9P2 |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 14 December 2004; 20 years ago (2004-12-14) |
| Headquarters | , Saudi Arabia |
Area served | Saudi Arabia |
Key people | Sulaiman Abdulrahman Algwaiz (chairman) Salman Abdulaziz Albadran (CEO) Mohammed Kalil Ibrahim (CHRO) Khalid Abanami (CFO) Mohammad Shahid.(CBO) |
| Services | Fixed line,Mobile phone, andInternet service provider |
| Revenue | SAR 6.7 billion (30 June 2016) |
| SAR 284 million (30 June 2016) | |
| SAR 35.4 million (30 June 2016) | |
| Total assets | $SAR 39.77 million[1] (2022) |
| Owners |
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| Website | mobily |
Mobily (Arabic:موبايلي) is a Saudi Arabian telecommunications services company that offersfixed line,mobile telephony, andInternet services.
The company was established in 2004, and, in the summer of that year, won the bid for Saudi Arabia's second GSM licence. Mobily launched mobile services in Saudi Arabia on 5 May 2005, breakingSaudi Telecom'smonopoly in the wireless business.
Etihad Etisalat Co. was incorporated as ajoint stock company underroyal decree no. M/40 dated 18 August 2004.[2] The company won the bid for Saudi Arabia's second GSM licence in the summer of 2004.[3] The licence is valid for 25 years.[4] Etihad Etisalat began its constituent activities on 14 December 2004 upon the publication of its incorporation.[2]
United Arab Emirates firmEtisalat holds a 27.45% stake in the company, theGeneral Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) holds 11.85%[3] and the rest is held by other investors and by public shares. Etisalat Etihad held anIPO in October 2004 that was massively oversubscribed (30 times). Police had to be called in to respond to unrest among investors fighting over application forms.[4]
In December 2004,GSM described Mobily as the fastest growing mobile operator in the Middle East & North Africa. In 2006, Mobily reached more than 4,800,000 subscribers. As of 20 January 2007, Mobily had 6 million subscribers and 0.5 million 3G users.[5]
Etihad Etisalat launched GSM mobile services under the brand name Mobily on 5 May 2005, breaking theSaudi Telecom Company's monopoly in the wireless business. The company had spent 6 months preparing for the launch, and acquired 1 million subscribers within the first 90 days of launch.[3][6]
The company launched3.5G services on 27 June 2006 and4G services on 13 September 2011.[7][8]
After 10 years of managing Mobily's services, in February 2021,Nokia extended its partnership with Mobily and signed a 3-year agreement that allows it to manage and maintain the radio and transport networks in Riyadh and other regions.[9]
In May 2013, it was reported that Mobily is working on a way to intercept encrypted data sent over the Internet byTwitter,Viber,WhatsApp, and other mobile apps, and to bypass the protections built into theSSL andTransport Layer Security protocols.[10][11]
| Frequency range | Band number | Protocol | Class | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 MHz E-GSM | 8 | GSM/GPRS/EDGE | 2G | Active | |
| 2100 MHz IMT | 1 | UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSPA+ | 3G | ||
| 900 MHz E-GSM | 8 | ||||
| 2100 MHz IMT | 1 | LTE/LTE-A | 4G | Active/Building out | |
| 1800 MHz DCS | 3 | ||||
| 800 MHz DD | 20 | ||||
| 2500 MHz BRS | 41 | Band 38 available via MFBI. | |||
| 3500 MHz C-Band | n78 | NR | 5G |