MTC Group started off the New Year with the launch of an informative, interactive and innovative website that will cater to MTC’s 13 million plus customers in 19 operations, shareholders, investors, businesses and media, as well as governmental and non-governmental bodies.
In addition to being user-friendly, www.mtctelecom.com contains extensive information for stakeholders such as the company’s strategic outlook, mission and values, management team, customer statistics, media and investor relations issues, corporate social responsibility and much more. There is also a state-of-the-art dedicated careers section that allows job-seekers to view vacancies and apply online.
Mr. Mijbil Al- Ayoub, Corporate Communications Manager of MTC Group, said, “Based on MTC’s values of excellence, diversity and benevolence, as well as our strong belief in the 3x3x3 profitable expansion strategy that will raise MTC to the global arena, we have started implementing projects such as this to create a new communication tool with our stakeholders wherever they are. The website will be an excellent venue for strengthening and creating new relationships with investors, governments and even future talent at MTC.”
One of the most innovative sections of the website is the Investor Relations section. A first of its kind in the regional telecom industry, the Investor Relation pages provide a live feed of MTC’s share price, along with charts showing its performance over the past three years.
Mr. Ibrahim Adel, Investor Relations Manager at MTC, explained, “In our efforts to cater to the needs of our present shareholders as well as to stir the interest of potential investors, we created a section that provides detailed real time information on our stock as well as a comparative analysis of its growth. This will definitely assist investors in their decision making process. In the future we hope to add additional services to make our shareholders’ dealings with the company easier and more efficient.”
The Media Relations section is also unique in providing a chronological list of media coverage of MTC from a wide variety of regional and international media outlets. Media from around the world can also search through the database to find all historical MTC press releases coupled with the option of high-resolution picture download. Most importantly, the media can also sign up online to receive regularly updated information on MTC as and when it is released.
The website was launched on January 15, 2006 in English. The Arabic version will follow in March 2006 with a French version available by the end of 2006. According to Mr. Antoine Abou Khalil, Project Manager, “By providing the website in three languages we are enabling all MTC’s customers and stakeholders to have access to information in the language of their choice. This is an essential service from MTC which currently operates in 19 countries from the Arabian Gulf to Sub Saharan Africa with over 13 million customers speaking languages ranging from Arabic to French, to English.”
Please visit www.mtctelecom.com and see it all! And to register!
About MTC
Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) is the pioneer of mobile services in the Middle East and now a major player in Africa. We began life in 1983 in Kuwait as the region’s first mobile operator, and since the initiation of our “3x3x3” expansion strategy in 2002, we have expanded rapidly.
As a leading mobile and data services operator in five Middle Eastern and 14 sub-Saharan African countries with 6500 employees, we provide a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to over 13 million individual and business customers.
We operate in Kuwait and Bahrain as mtc-vodafone, in Jordan as Fastlink, in Iraq as mtc atheer, in Lebanon as mtc touch, and in 14 sub-Saharan countries in Africa as Celtel: Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia and most recently Madagascar.
Listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (Code; Tele), MTC’s market capitalization exceeded US$13 billion as of December 31, 2005. Please visit: www.mtctelecom.com
