GO Telecom (Etihad Atheeb Telecom)
GO جو Telecom (Etihad Atheeb Telecom) got approval for its license from the Communications and Information Technology Commission (Saudi Arabia) (CITC) on 2/5/1428 to provide advanced fixed line services in the Kingdom. GO is an alliance comprising of Atheeb Trading Company, Al-Nahla Trading Company, Batelco of Bahrain, and Traco Company with a capital of 1 billion Saudi Riyals.
Etihad Atheeb Telecom also acquired a 3.5GHz frequency spectrum across 13 regional divisions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia valued at 520 million Saudi Riyals in addition to a license for advanced fixed telephone lines amounting up to 5 million Saudi Riyals.
The license acquired by the Company permits the company to provide various fixed and wireless services such as voice telephone communications, data services, Internet services, Internet telephony services, and Broadband internet services via WiMax technology, fixed telephone lines, and optical fibers to homes and businesses; in addition to video services, all of which will be available as the company launches operations in the field of telecommunications in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2009.