MENA
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Iraq is set to boost its international connectivity with the landing of the Fibre in Gulf (FIG) subsea cable, following a new agreement between the country’s Ministry of Communications and Qatar’s Ooredoo Group. -
A new player has entered the Middle East and North Africa's digital infrastructure landscape with the launch of Syntys, a data centre company spun off from telecom giant Ooredoo.
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Orange Africa and Middle East (OMEA) and Eutelsat have partnered to expand satellite broadband access across Africa and the Middle East.
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Ooredoo Qatar has selected Nokia to upgrade its core network, enabling the operator to enhance its service offerings with network slicing and AI capabilities.
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Salam has teamed up with CDNetworks to deliver enhanced internet services across Saudi Arabia.
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Salam has penned a strategic partnership with telecom solutions provider Mada to revolutionise messaging services across the Middle East.
Forthcoming events
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e&, better known as Etisalat, has completed its first trial of the 6GHz spectrum in the MENA region in collaboration with Huawei.
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Capacity caught up with Veer Arjun Passi, CEO of Kalaam Telecom Group, to understand what the acquisition will mean for international customers and how it ties into the company's future plans.
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Burkina Faso and Morocco have become the latest markets to be added to the list of countries Orange France customers can send direct financial transfers to.
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Zain is to offer dedicated and private access to Oracle Cloud through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnect.
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du has today announced a new video contribution partnership with Telstra to deliver secure MBC video content worldwide.
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Adel Hamed, Telecom Egypt’s chief international and wholesale officer, has been promoted to be CEO of the group, in succession to Ahmed El Beheiry.
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Zain Bahrain has joined the Middle East – Europe Terrestrial System (MEETS), an international cable system that provides state-of-the-art high bandwidth regional connectivity solutions.
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Telecom Egypt has completed its $90 million acquisition of Orascom’s subsea cable linking Italy with the Middle East and India.
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Bharti Airtel has entered into a strategic partnership with Telecom Egypt which will give Airtel indefeasible right of use (IRU) on a number of Telecom Egypt cables.
