National Mobile Telecommunications Co. (Wataniya Telecom)

Description: Sector: Telecoms - Wataniya Telecom was launched in December 1999. Born into a monopoly telecom market, Wataniya Telecom is Kuwait’s first privately owned operator and has been a driving force in increasing the mobile communications market penetration in Kuwait to over 93 percent of the population; one of the highest penetration rates in the region.