Shaikh Fawaz Welcomed by Batelco Bahrain CEO Rashid Abdulla
Manama, Bahrain: Batelco Bahrain CEO Rashid Abdulla was delighted to welcome HE Minister of State for Telecommunications Affairs Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa who visited Batelco's Salmaniya Operations Complex on Tuesday 21st May as part of his scheduled visits to telecommunications companies in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Mr. Abdulla was accompanied by a number of Batelco's general managers and senior managers.
Shaikh Fawaz toured the different departments and sections at Batelco's Salmaniya Complex where he was briefed on the various activities of each department. The visit included Batelco's Network Operations Centre (NOC) where Batelco Bahrain CEO Mr. Abdulla and other managers briefed him on the different activities of the centre.
Shaikh Fawaz also toured Batelco's Customer Care Centre and Datacentre to explore the activities of both centres. Batelco officials introduced HE to the various services offered to customers and efforts aimed at providing the best and latest telecommunications and IT services.
HE Shaikh Fawaz praised the role played by Batelco since inception in supporting and enhancing the telecommunications sector in Bahrain, its continuous efforts to improve its business, expand its activities and enhance its services.
He particularly hailed the company's pivotal role for many years in developing the telecommunications infrastructure in the Kingdom and the provision of state-of-the-art telecommunications and IT services to residential and business sectors in the Kingdom, which makes the company now one of the main telecommunications hubs in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the region.
Batelco CEO Bahrain Rashid Abdulla extended his appreciation on behalf of Batelco to HE Shaikh Fawaz for honouring Batelco with a visit and also thanked him for his kind words of praise for Batelco's efforts in delivering first class communications services for the Kingdom of Bahrain.
"Batelco is fully committed to investing millions of dinars on an annual basis to provide enhanced communications infrastructure and services to ensure that Bahrain retains its position as a leading business hub within the region," Mr. Abdulla said.
About Batelco
Batelco Group, is headquartered in the Kingdom of Bahrain and listed on the Bahrain Bourse. Batelco has played a pivotal role in the country's development as a major communications hub and today is the leading integrated communications' provider, continuing to lead and shape the local consumer market and the enterprise ICT market. Batelco has been growing overseas via investing in other market-leading fixed and wireless operators.
Batelco Group has evolved from being a regional Middle Eastern operation to become a major communications company with direct and indirect investments across 16 geographies, namely Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Maldives, Diego Garcia, St. Helena, Ascension Islands, Falklands, Monaco and Afghanistan.
This press release has been issued by Batelco Corporate Affairs department.
For further information, please contact Batelco Public Relations Office
Public.Relations@btc.com.bh / Fax +973 17611898
© Press Release 2013
