{"id":14455,"date":"2012-09-10T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/war-torn-yemeni-firm-sabafon-says-winning-back-some-customers\/"},"modified":"2012-09-10T16:08:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T14:08:00","slug":"war-torn-yemeni-firm-sabafon-says-winning-back-some-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/war-torn-yemeni-firm-sabafon-says-winning-back-some-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"War-torn Yemeni firm Sabafon says winning back some customers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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* Says lost 1 mln subscribers, now has 3.65 mln<\/span><\/p>\n

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* Says many sites repaired, but cannot reach some areas<\/p>\n

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By Matt Smith<\/p>\n

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DUBAI, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Yemeni mobile phone operator
\nSabafon, which last year blamed the government for attacks on
\nits network infrastructure and reduced services for customers,
\nsaid on Monday it has since won back a fifth of the 1 million
\nsubscribers it lost due to service disruptions.<\/p>\n

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In December, the firm, which is 27-percent owned by Bahrain
\nTelecommunications Co (Batelco), said it had come
\nunder repeated attack from state forces due to its chairman’s
\nsupport for protests aiming to end the 33-year rule of Ali
\nAbdullah Saleh. A government spokesman denied that Sabafon was
\ndeliberately targeted.<\/p>\n

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“We lost almost 1 million subscribers and managed to get
\nback around 200,000,” a spokesman for Sabafon said on Monday in
\nan emailed response to questions from Reuters, adding it now had
\n3.65 million subscribers.<\/p>\n

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“Landlines, international and GPRS (mobile) services were
\nrestored but the negative effect of the disconnection is still
\nthere as many international operators after the long period of
\ndisconnection decided to route their traffic to other
\noperators.”<\/p>\n

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Sabafon competes against MTN Yemen, a unit of South Africa’s
\nMTN, and state-run Yemen Mobile.<\/p>\n

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Sabafon described the situation in Yemen as “improving
\nslowly” following Saleh’s exit in February, with the company’s
\nrelationship with Yemen’s government also on the mend.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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