Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the two mobile network operators in palestine”. Today it says “one of the two mobile network operators in the west bank”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Ooredoo Palestine (formerly Wataniya Mobile Palestine Telecommunication Company or Wataniya Mobile for short) is one of the two mobile network operators in the West Bank (the other being Jawwal ), founded in November 2009. It describes itself as a member of the Ooredoo Group, and it is 48.45% owned by Ooredoo , 34.03% by the Palestine Investment Fund , and 17.52% by others (freely traded). The chairman is Mohammed Abu Ramadan, who was formerly Palestinian Minister of State for Planning, and the CEO is Durgham Maraee. Ooredoo had 610,000 subscribers by the end of 2012, a 28% market share, and was the third largest company on the Palestine Exchange by market capitalization, representing 13.8% of the Al-Quds Index . In 2017, Ooredoo began services in the Gaza Strip. Wataniya Palestine began as a mobile network, of which the majority owner was Qtel (now Ooredoo).
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Ooredoo Palestine (formerly Wataniya Mobile Palestine Telecommunication Company or Wataniya Mobile for short), is one of the two mobile network operators in Palestine (the other being Jawwal ), founded in November 2009. It describes itself as a member of the Ooredoo Group, and it is 48.45% owned by Ooredoo , 34.03% by the Palestine Investment Fund , and 17.52% by others (freely traded). The chairman is Mohammed Abu Ramadan, who was formerly Palestinian Minister of State for Planning, and the CEO is Durgham Maraee . Ooredoo had 610,000 subscribers by the end of 2012, a 28% market share, and was the third largest company on the Palestine Exchange by market capitalization, representing 13.8% of the Al-Quds Index .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Ooredoo Palestine (formerly Wataniya Mobile Palestine Telecommunication Company or Wataniya Mobile for short) is one of the two mobile network operators in the West Bank (the other being Jawwal ), founded in November 2009. It describes itself as a member of the Ooredoo Group, and it is 48.45% owned by Ooredoo , 34.03% by the Palestine Investment Fund , and 17.52% by others (freely traded). The chairman is Mohammed Abu Ramadan, who was formerly Palestinian Minister of State for Planning, and the CEO is Durgham Maraee. Ooredoo had 610,000 subscribers by the end of 2012, a 28% market share, and was the third largest company on the Palestine Exchange by market capitalization, representing 13.8% of the Al-Quds Index . Wataniya Palestine was started life as the mobile network, of which the majority owner was being Qtel (now Ooredoo).
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the two mobile network operators in palestine”. Today it says “one of the two mobile network operators in the west bank”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
one of the two mobile network operators in palestine
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one of the two mobile network operators in the west bank
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