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Bahrain Telecommunication Company BSC, trading as Batelco (Arabic: بتلكو), is the principal telecommunications company in Bahrain. The company's headquarters are in Bahrain and the company is listed on the Bahrain Bourse. The Chairman of the Board is Abdulla Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa.
When Batelco was founded in 1981, Bahrain had 45,627 telephone lines in use. By 1982, the number reached 50,000. In 1985, the country's first fibre optic cable was installed. Batelco was a monopoly in the telecommunications sector until 2003. By 1999, the company had around 100,000 mobile contracts. [1]
There is no area code in Bahrain, however the two digit numbers after the land line prefixes represent different cities or regions in Bahrain. Batelco [3] is the main service provider for land lines. Mobile users commonly subscribe to Batelco, Zain [4] or STC. [5]
Ericsson's (ERIC) high-speed and low-latency 5G technology will help Batelco address the increasing demand for data traffic and provide superior mobile broadband and fixed wireless experience.
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Al Hasehmi joined Batelco as a trainee engineering graduate in 1994. Her tenure as CEO of Batelco from 2015 to 2017 coincided with the liberalisation of Bahrain's telecom industry against Batelco's monopoly. Under her leadership, Batelco became the first telecom company to launch 4G internet in Bahrain.
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Location of Bahrain. Bahrain is a small Arab monarchy with the first post-oil economy in the Persian Gulf region. [1] Since the late 20th century, Bahrain has invested in the banking and tourism sectors. [2] Many large financial institutions have a presence in Manama, the country's capital.