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2Connect bids for third mobile licence.


Byline: ARTHUR MACDONALD

MANAMA: Bahrain-based 2Connect has teamed up with Saudi Arabia's fastest growing mobile network operator, Etihad Etisalat (Mobility), to bid for the third mobile licence for Bahrain.

But 2Connect founder and managing director Fahad Al Shirawi has admitted they will be burning the midnight oil to meet the Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week.  deadline to complete the massive amount of paperwork demanded by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Bahrain (TRA) was established by Legislative Decree No. 48 promulgating the Telecommunications Law. The TRA is an independent body and its duties and powers include, among other things, protecting the interests of subscribers and users  (TRA TRA Training
TRA Transfer
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). He lambasted the TRA saying that the timescale timescale
Noun

the period of time within which events occur or are due to occur

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 may mean that his consortium may be the only bidder for the third licence.

"I am exhausted and my team are exhausted working on getting this in on time, but we will not sleep until it is done," he said. "It is going to be incredibly tight."

But TRA general director Alan Horne William Alan Horne (born January 5, 1983 in Marianna, Florida) is a minor league pitcher in the New York Yankees organization. He is listed at 6 feet 4 inches, 195 lbs, and throws right handed.  said operators had received adequate time and that the deadline had been extended three times by three months in total.

"We have already received confirmation that two operators will be bidding and I have to question what operators have been doing if they have not been able to complete the process in the extended time."

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Date:Jan 8, 2009
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