Communications is a vital sector in the Saudi market, which has grown in recent years to become the biggest communication market in the Middle East. Major investment companies therefore, have approached this important sector and invested heavily in it in alliances with huge economic entities
The Company is a founding partner of Etihad Itisalat (Mobily) in 2004. It is one of the biggest mobile phone operators in Saudi Arabia, which has attracted millions of users. After several years of commencing operations, Mobily, by all standards, is a successful company now. Mobily’s Board of Directors is chaired by Engineer Abdulaziz Alsaghyir, Founder and Chairman of Abdulaziz Alsaghyir Holding Company. Mobily is the trade name of Etihad Itisalat Company whose name is associated with the first pickax of the communications sector monopoly in Saudi Arabia, when Mobily won the second mobile communications license over five consortium competitors in summer 2004. By the end of 2006, the International Mobile Phone Organization ranked Mobily the fastest growing operator in MENA. Mobily has a strong infrastructure that helps it provide services with high credibility and reliability.
