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Yemen Mobile company

Mobile network operator in Yemen

Yemen Mobile is a CDMA2000 network provider founded in Yemen in 2004 and it is the first CDMA network operator in the Middle East. Yemen Mobile CDMA system is based on Huawei equipment. According to the 3GPP2 standard, CDMA2000 system is fully compatible with IS-95 cellular phones, so any IS-95 phone will work with Yemen mobile.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Yemen Mobile is a CDMA2000 network provider founded in Yemen in 2004 and it is the first CDMA network operator in the Middle East. Yemen Mobile CDMA system is based on Huawei equipment. According to the 3GPP2 standard, CDMA2000 system is fully compatible with IS-95 cellular phones, so any IS-95 phone will work with Yemen mobile. In 2012, Yemen mobile implemented ZTE equipment besides Huawei as well as using LG-Nortel network in some eastern parts of the country. Yemen Mobile is the first 3G company in Yemen that provides CDMA2000 1x and 1xEV-DO services. Yemen mobile was established in 2004 as a third wireless operator in Yemen and initially provided voice services alongside data services which enable their customers to use data and the Internet at a speed of 153 kbit/s by implementing the CDMA2000 1xRTT standard. By 2007, it had jumped to the top of mobile operators in the country in term of subscribers number and coverage.2

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