DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates' biggest telecommunications provider says its team has won a potentially lucrative deal to enter the Iranian mobile phone market. Emirates Telecommunications — or Etisalat — said Tuesday it won Iran's third mobile license as part of a consortium with Iran-based Taameen Telecom. Taameen is owned by the state's pension provider Iranian Social Security Organization. Etisalat has a 49 percent stake in the consortium. It says it beat other bidders because of its technical qualifications and the share of revenue it offered Tehran....
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