MTN Syria is one of the two only mobile operators in

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, the other being

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. MTN Syria was previously known as "Areeba". It offers

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and 3.5G

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4G (LTE) services. In 2020,

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decided to sell the remaining of 75% of its share in MTN Syria to the Saudi-owned TeleInvest Ltd, which already owns 25% of the company.

Statistics (October 2012)

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