Umniah is a Jordanian mobile network operator, established in August 2004. It was founded by Michael Dagher, a former executive of Fastlink (now Zain Jordan), and the Fouad Al Ghanem Group of Kuwait, with Huawei Technologies and HP as strategic partners. The company was granted the second GSM license in August 2004 by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission to operate, manage and own a public digital cellular mobile network in Jordan.
In June 2006, Umniah became a subsidiary of Batelco, a state-owned Bahraini telecommunications company, when it acquired 96 percent of Umniah's shares. The remaining shares are held by The Underprivileged Student Support Fund. Since its inception, Umniah has significantly contributed to increasing the Jordanian mobile market penetration rate and has secured a notable market share.