Bahrain watchdog eases Batelco broadband price restrictions
 

* Telecoms firm ** longer needs approval to change consumer broadband prices * Move comes after Batelco's market share plunges * Restrictions remain for its business broadband customers By Matt Smith DUBAI, March 30 (Reuters) - Bahrain's Batelco will ** longer need regulatory approval to change its consumer broadband prices, the island's industry watchdog said on Sunday, in a move that could help the former mo**poly arrest a sustained drop in market share. Bahrain has arguably the Gulf's most liberalized telecom sector, with three operators - Batelco, Zain Bahrain, a subsidiary of Kuwait's Zain, and Saudi Telecom Co affiliate Viva Bahrain - and about 10 internet service providers vying for customers among the island's 1.3 million residents.

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