Bahrain Telecommunications Company BSC (BAX:BATELCO) has abandoned its plans to sell Umniah Mobile Company PSC. In a statement to the Bahraini bourse, Batelco General Manager of corporate affairs Ahmad Hussein Al Janahi said, "'having explored received interest, the Batelco Board of Directors has decided that it is in the best interest of stakeholders to retain its full ownership of Umniah and not to progress any further with the sale process.