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Link: Malaysia: Saudi telco to invest $4.7b in Malaysian tycoon’s stable

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• Malaysia: Saudi telco, Maxis in RM11b (USD 3 billion) deal
• Saudi telco, Maxis in RM11b deal
• Saudi Telecom acquires 25% stake in Maxis

Saudi Telecom is set to take a strategic stake in Malaysian tycoon Ananda Krishnan’s rapidly expanding telecommunications empire.

The tie-up will give the Arab world’s largest telco exposure to two of the region’s most dynamic Muslim markets.

Saudi Telecom will inject about US$3.05 billion (S$4.7 billion) into the partnership, in a multi-tiered transaction that will give the Arab group a 25 per cent interest in Mr Ananda’s Maxis Communications, Malaysia’s main mobile phone operator.

Link: Qatar: IBQ; the first bank in Qatar to offer SMS fund transfers

AMEInfo: IBQ; the first bank in Qatar to offer SMS fund transfers

Gulf Times: IBQ offers SMS facility for fund transfer

The International Bank of Qatar (IBQ) today announced further features to its already popular SMS mobile phone banking service. The newly added features include transferring funds both locally and internationally through IBQ’s SMS mobile phone banking service, marking another first for IBQ in Qatar.

IBQ’s SMS mobile phone banking service continues to keep customers constantly updated on all their account information, allowing customers to know when there are movements in their accounts or credit cards. It also serves as a further reminder when payments are due on both loans and cards.

Link: Malaysia: Greed and gullibility: Many still fall for SMS scams

IPOH: Despite warning notices being posted at every ATM throughout Perak to beware SMS scams, scores of people are still falling prey to conmen.

State commercial crime chief Superintendent Ooi Kee Lin said that as of June this year, 46 people had already lost RM188,153 to the conmen.

This was six times more than the RM31,277 swindled last year from 24 people, he said.

“SMS scams are becoming especially rampant and even professionals have fallen victim to them,” he told a press conference at the state police contingent headquarters here on Friday.

Link: Qatar: Tired of Qtel SMS Advertising

Ever get tired of receiving those Advertising SMS messages on your phone from Qtel? Apparently, a lot have been complaining and so QTEL gives us a way to unsubscribe from those nasty SMS ads: Several comments were recently received pertaining to SMS messages regarding products, services and commercial advertising by Qtel customers. “Watani Al Habib Sabah Al Kair” program hosted Mr. Mustafa Jameel Al Qatami, Public and Community Relations Manager, Qtel, to respond to the queries.

Link: MobileCom offers customers smart SMS services

In a bid to keep pace with new and advanced technologies on the international telecom market, MobileCom, a member of the Jordan Telecom Group, has launched with Kastana a bundle of innovative SMS services; Friend’s SMS, Flash SMS and Auto Delete SMS, in the local market.

MyAdhan.com is to pilot a new FreeText service that allows UK mobile phone owners to sent a text message for free. The 8-0800 shortcode will be used in a TV charity appeal tonight (27th June 2007) on Channel S at 8pm to collect donation pledges and then send a response with bank account details and a hotline number to call for a follow up. MyAdhan will be named as a sponsor for this fundraiser.

The charity that is on the appeal tongiht will be the Bangladesh Islamic Centre, to make a pledge text the word DONATE, your donation pledge and your full name to 80800. e.g. “DONATE £300 Javed Gulzar”. All sent and received text messages are FREE. You can also call the donation hotline on +44 208 523 1666.

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Link: Beware yet another SMS scam

KUALA LUMPUR: If you receive an SMS saying you have just won RM15,000 in cash and RM250 in reload credit, beware - it is a scam.

The text message reads “Tahniah, simcard anda memenangi hadiah cek tunai RM15,000 plus reload kredit RM250 dari peraduan DiGi. Sila hubungi 006281343842239, terima kasih” (Congratulations, your simcard has won RM15,000 in cash plus reload credit of RM250 from a DiGi contest, please contact 006281343842239, thank you).

According to DiGi head of corporate communications Saffura Chinniah, it is one of the common SMS hoaxes that get circulated around and people should not fall prey to these scams.

Link: Iran: Anam Mobile and TR2 Communications Launch Global SMS Money Transfer Service

Communications have launched a new service that will allow global money transfers via SMS. Anam has partnered with TR2 Communications who are providing the cash transfer application to add to Anam’s portfolio of value-added SMS services.

Link: Iran to reward denouncing of ‘immoral’ messages

TEHRAN — Iran is encouraging people who receive “immoral” messages on their mobile phones to report them to the judiciary and receive a reward, a press report said Sunday.

“There are rewards for those who report senders of immoral MMSs [multimedia messages] to the judiciary,” the head of Iran’s telecommunications company, Vafa Ghaffarian was quoting as saying by the Etemad daily.

Link: Malaysia: RTD Mulls Road Tax Payment Via SMS

KUALA TERENGGANU, June 24 (Bernama) — The Road Transport Department (RTD) plans to introduce road tax payment via SMS (short messaging service) aimed at cutting down on bureaucratic red tape, said its director-general, Datuk Ahmad Mustapha Abdul Rashid.