Middle East
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A recent joint cybersecurity advisory issued by the FBI, CISA, NSA, and other U.S. agencies highlights a growing threat posed by Iranian cyber actors targeting critical infrastructure sectors. -
Dutch telecom operator Veon is moving its group headquarters out of its native home of Amsterdam to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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In this exclusive interview, Thamer Alfadda, SVP Mobily Wholesale shares how Mobily Wholesale is leading the telecom wholesale market with innovative solutions for hyperscalers, carriers, and OTTs.
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RETN has issued a stark warning that the impact of the February 2024 cable cuts in the Red Sea, which were originally reported to have affected 25% of Europe-Asia data traffic, was severely underestimated.
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The merger is expected to drive Qatar's economic diversification
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Ooredoo Qatar has partnered with Schneider Electric to collaborate on digital transformation projects.
Forthcoming events
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Back live and in-person at this year's Capacity Middle East conference in Dubai, the keynote panel session had one message to share – its time for carriers to 'rise above the dumb pipe' and enter into the world of softwarisation.
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Edgnex is to build its next data centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Batelco-owned Beyon Connect has signed an MoU with Bahrain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to onboard digital identity technology ‘OneID’ and digital postbox solutions ‘OneBox’.
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Bankai Group is now routing all international voice traffic going into Oman for telecoms operator Connect Arabia International (CAI).
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Bahrain’s Arc Solutions and Israel’s Bezeq International are collaborating to deliver a new, low-latency route connecting regional hubs. Arc CEO Mahesh Jaishankar tells Saf Malik what the venture could mean for the region
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Ericsson has told its new chief legal officer, who joined the company yesterday, to start a “comprehensive review of the [company’s] conduct relating to Iraq”.
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From a game-changing cable to reinventing the carrier business model, Veer Arjun Passi, CEO of Kalaam Telecom Group, tells Melanie Mingas how an award-winning acquisition strategy is driving future growth
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Etisalat has offered to increase its stake in Saudi Arabia’s Etihad Etisalat Company (Mobily) in a deal that could be worth more than $2.2 billion.
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The Middle East is seeing growing demand for advanced services, a trend that is only set to continue. Manolo Ortiz, Nokia’s head for the EMEA region in the webscale business, writes on the need for dynamic interconnection fabrics to cater for these changes.
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TIP and Intel have joined forced with operators from across the Middle East to establish the region’s "first Open RAN centralised test lab".
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Ericsson has not commented so far about last night’s publication of allegations about its activities in Iraq
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