In a month marked by the listing of Syriatel, almost all stocks that were traded in relatively important volumes in the Damascus Securities Exchange fell.

MTN-Syria has received a preliminary approval to list its shares on the Damascus Securities Exchange, potentially opening the way for the sale of the stakes of some of the company’s main shareholders.

Syriatel has received the initial approval to list its shares on the Damascus Securities Exchange.

The half year results posted by Syria’s two mobile phone companies confirm the growing gap between them as Rami Makhlouf’s Syriatel now holds more than two thirds of the market.

The table below lists all the Syrian companies contracted by UN agencies in 2017. The data include the name of the companies, the subject of the contracts and their value.

While the Syrian government continues to boast of its success in covering basic expenses, including civil servants’ salaries, in practice it is mortgaging the country’s long-term economic prospects.

A German company is to restart the operations of a plant it operates in Syria after years of stoppage.

Syriatel and MTN-Syria have announced a new increase in their revenues last year as they continue to be important contributors to the government’s finances.

The financial results of some of Syria’s largest companies show an increase in revenues across the board, albeit from very low levels.

The Syrian Government’s drive to collect more revenues from its real estate properties has started to generate some results, government officials have said, as another source of revenues being considered is an increase in taxation on properties.

The revenues of Syriatel, one of the country’s two mobile phone operators, surged in the first half of this year to more than twice those of its sole competitor, while the launch of a third Iranian-led operator appears to have been postponed.

The table below lists all the Syrian companies contracted by UN agencies in 2016. The data include the name of the companies, the subject of the contracts and their value.

The revenues of Syria’s two mobile phone companies surged last year helped by a hike in communication rates imposed by the government.

Syriatel has appointed two new directors to its board as it prepares to list in the Damascus Securities Exchange.

The signing today of several economic agreements in Tehran has confirmed the heavy price Syria is paying for the support of Iran to the Syrian regime, including the transfer of phosphate mines and a maritime port to Iranian companies in addition to the control by the Revolutionary Guards of a Syrian mobile phone license.

An Iranian company, in partnership with a leading regime crony, is expected to win the license to operate a mobile phone network in Syria.

MTN-Syria has announced an increase in its quarterly revenues and a decrease of the licence fees it pays to the government.

Despite the massive destruction of the economy, Syriatel and MTN, the country’s two mobile phone operators, continue to generate significant revenues and profits.

The table below lists all the Syrian companies contracted by UN agencies in 2015. The data include the name of the companies, the subject of the contracts and their value.

The month of August saw a slight increase in the Syrian stock market index and in the value of shares traded.

Mobile phone rates have been increased significantly by the Ministry of Telecommunications, a measure that will help increase profits at Syriatel and MTN-Syria.

The after tax profits of MTN-Syria surged in the first quarter of this year on the back of the discounted fee the mobile phone operators now pay to the Government.

The table below lists all the Syrian companies contracted by UN agencies in 2014. The data include the name of the companies, the subject of the contracts and their value.

Syriatel’s share of Syria’s mobile phone market increased in 2015, according to the latest data available.

The first half of this year has seen an increase in the share of the mobile telecommunications market of Syriatel at the expense of its sole competitor, MTN Syria.

Syriatel has reported an increase in its revenues in the first quarter of this year.

The new licenses governing the operations of Syria’s two mobile phone companies will generate huge losses for the Syrian State in the coming years, while increasing the profits of the two companies, Syriatel and South Africa’s MTN, official records show.

The financial statements of Syria’s two mobile phone companies are providing details on the terms of the long-term licenses granted to them at the beginning of this year.

The government has increased the price of mobile phones communication in the hope of generating revenues of several billion pounds for the Government.

Syrian officials are holding an increasing number of meetings with investors and officials from countries deemed friendly in an apparent bid to develop economic and trade ties.

Profits measured in Syrian pound terms were unchanged last year at MTN-Syria, although in dollar terms they were sharply down, preliminary financial data from the company show.

The Syrian Telecommunications Establishment, the state monopoly operating the landline network, lost dozens of billions of pounds since the beginning of the conflict.

The Syrian government announced last week that it had agreed to award long-term licenses for the two companies operating the country's mobile phone network.

The Large Taxpayers Unit of the Ministry of Finance is reportedly generating billions of Syrian pounds to the treasury.

MTN-Syria is close to concluding a deal with the Syrian government to gain a 20-year mobile phone licence.

MTN Syria posted minor changes in its revenues and profits last year, according to its preliminary filings, although in real terms the decline is steep.

Syriatel Telecom posted stable revenues in the first nine months of this year as profits, excluding unrealized foreign exchange gains, fell 40 percent.

A relatively good third quarter has enabled MTN-Syria to limit the decline in its revenues for the first nine months of this year.

The revenues of Syria’s two mobile phone operators, Syriatel and MTN-Syria, declined in the first half of this year.

The number of mobile phone subscribers fell last year for the first time since the introduction of mobile phones in Syria, according to recent data.

Revenues and profits rose marginally last year at Syriatel, one of Syria’s two mobile phone operators.

Profits halved last year at MTN-Syria, one of Syria’s two mobile phone operators, over rising expenses.

Revenues and profits continued to increase at Syriatel in the first nine months of this year.

MTN-Syria managed to maintain a solid level of activity with revenues rising on an annual basis in the first three quarters of the year.

Syriatel remained Syria’s largest mobile phone operator in the first half of this year as the company posted an increase in revenues and profits in spite of adverse business and security environments.

Revenues continued to rise as profits fell at MTN-Syria, the Syrian subsidiary of the South African telecommunications group.

MTN-Syria, one of Syria’s two mobile phone operators, has reported a slight rise in revenues to SYP 10.8 billion and a decline in net profits to SYP 0.9 billion in the first quarter of this year.

Syriatel, one of Syria’s two mobile operators, announced an 11 percent decline in its 2011 profits, while its competitor, MTN-Syria, saw its profits increase by the same rate.

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