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.
3G Network
The company has provided a 2G GSM network over 1800 MHz and 3G HSPA+ services over B1 (2100 MHz) since June 2012.
3G Frequency Bands
| Network Frequency Band | Status |
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Active
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3G Network Events
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Launch of 3G Network
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Launch
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4G Network
Umniah launched 4G LTE services over B3 (1800 MHz), and refarmed its WiMAX fixed wireless services to LTE B42 (3500 MHz) in March 2016.
4G Frequency Bands
| Network Frequency Band | Max. Channel Bandwidth | Status | Known EARFCNs |
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10
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Active
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1500
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4G Network Events
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Launch of 4G Network
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Launch
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