ABU DHABI, 22 August 2007 — The venture capital arm of the Abu Dhabi Group has acquired a 50 percent stake in Arvato Middle East Sales (AMES), the regional affiliate of Germany’s Bertelsmann Arvato Mobile Middle East Group. Arvato Middle East Sales has positioned itself to bring to the regional market a full range of digital media services, designed to dominate the areas of Mobile and PC Entertainment in the Middle East, Africa, the Subcontinent and selected Pacific Rim countries. The group’s present mobile businesses operate under the umbrella of Warid Telecom International, while its WiMax business in Pakistan is being launched by its subsidiary, Wateen Telecom.