private subsidiary of stc group industry telecommunications founded 2010 2010 headquarters seef district bahrain area served bahrain key people ulaiyan al wetaid ceo products mobile telephony wireless broadband services integrated communications parent stc group website viva.com.bh viva bahrain viva arabic is a telecommunications company based in bahrain . it is owned by the saudi telecom company group and started its commercial service in march 2010 . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit on the january 23 2009 the telecommunications regulatory authority of bahrain tra announced that stc won the third mobile network operating license in a bid worth bd 86.7 million usd 231 million . 1 2 stc established stc bahrain in 2009 but renamed it to viva in january 2010 . 3 see also edit batelco references edit stc wins bahrain s third mobile licence . wireless industry news . aikresearch . retrieved 12 april 2013 . macdonald arthur january 23 2009 . saudi telecom wins third mobile licence . gulf daily news . retrieved 12 april 2013 . key telecoms companies . telecommunications . bahrain development board . retrieved 12 april 2013 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title viva bahrain & oldid 700618404 categories 2010 establishments in bahraintelecommunications companies of bahraincompanies established in 2010hidden categories articles containing arabic language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 19 january 2016 at 16 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view