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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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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Etisalat, Singtel, SoftBank and Telefónica have partnered to create a global cyber security alliance which will see members share cyber risk intelligence and security capabilities in order to protect clients.
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Palo Alto Networks, the US-based information security firm, is said to have acquired Israeli cyber-security startup Secdo for $100 million.
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Figures from the International Data Corporation (IDC) show that revenue from infrastructure products has increased by 27.3% year-on-year (YoY) totalling $12.8 billion in Q4 of 2017.
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Mist, the AI-driven wireless enterprise, talks to Capacity about its next-gen wifi and disruptive location-based services.
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Moroccan companies backed by Etisalat and Zain are fighting a regulatory battle in Morocco over wholesale access to infrastructure.
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Orange Business has come in at first place in the 2017 global provider Ethernet leaderboard by Vertical Systems Group.
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CenturyLink has promoted former Level 3 Communications country director Bart Van Aanholt to the newly-created role of vice president of sales for continental Europe.
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Zain Jordan, part of the Zain Group, has partnered with Equiis Technologies, a provider of mobile communications for enterprises.
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NTT Data, the systems integration division of NTT and Sister Company to NTT Communications, has announced a number of structural leadership changes.
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Share flotations and mergers in telecoms and technology are set to surge this year, according to an annual deals forecast.
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Etisalat has deployed Netcracker’s network-as-a-service (NaaS) solution as part of its residential virtual customer premises equipment (vCPE) rollout – the first in the Middle East and Africa.
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Microsoft is looking to launch its first data centres in the Middle East region by early 2019.
