Middle East
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Veon has taken a step closer to relocating its group headquarters from Amsterdam to the United Arab Emirates after it received a commercial licence for its new office. -
stc inaugurated two digital infrastructure projects in Bahrain to expand connectivity in the region.
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Mobily and Telecom Egypt have partnered to launch a submarine cable linking Saudi Arabia and Egypt via the Red Sea to expand connectivity in the region.
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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.
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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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Yahsat, the Middle Eastern satellite company, will soon enter the mobility and internet of things (IoT) market driving increased growth for the business.
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Telcos in Qatar are accelerating their 5G deployments in the country, following the success Ooredoo has been having with its trials.
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Martin Springer has resigned as CEO of CMC Networks after only 18 months in the role, with former AT&T exec Marisa Trisolino named as his successor.
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Alibaba Cloud has launched its EMEA ecosystem partner program to encourage collaboration between Alibaba’s Cloud customers and partners in the region.
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Bulgarian carrier Sofia Connect is building a new dark fibre network to connect data centres in the city plus a connection from the Black Sea cable to Frankfurt.
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Ooredoo Global Services has selected BICS’s crowdsourced fraud prevention platform, FraudGuard, in a bid to target fraudulent activity on its international network.
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The Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF), the global trade body for the messaging industry, has launched a new global code for best practice aimed at tackling SMS fraud.
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The biggest questions about blockchain for the telecoms market are: “Where is the bang for the buck?” and “Where and how do we get started?”. If only we had the blockchain Rosetta Stone for telcos.
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MEF has announced the availability of the first operator-grade SDN/NFV professional certification.
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Internet exchange operator DE-CIX has deployed Infinera Cloud Xpress 2 to address soaring demand for internet exchange services in rapidly growing markets, including: New York City, Frankfurt and Dallas.
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International Telecoms Week (ITW), the leading annual meeting for the global wholesale telecoms industry, has confirmed the event taking place in Atlanta next year will be held on 23-26 June.
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Reliance Communications (RCom) has sought to distance itself from the troubles in India’s mobile market by pointing out that it is no longer in the market.
