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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Ooredoo, Zain and VIVA have partnered to launch the first local voice over LTE (VoLTE) interconnection in the Middle East and Africa region.
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Israeli police arrested David Granot, acting chairman of telecoms operator Bezeq, yesterday as part of a wider investigation into an alleged mining fraud.
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Israeli communications operator Partner Communications has commenced the commercial phase and deployment of an independent fixed-line fibre-optic network, amid plans to become a “comprehensive telecommunications group”.
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Private investment group Abu Dhabi Investment Group (ABDIG) has acquired a 62.5% stake in Fiber Prime Telecommunications (FPT) and named the CEO tasked with heading the company.
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Analysts say network transformation is catching on, with growth hitting 71% a year and market leaping from $3.6bn to $54bn.
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Omantel is aiming to collaborate with Zain in the wholesale telecoms business, the state-owned operator said this morning after it announced it had bought a 9.8% stake in the Kuwait-based company.
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Megaport and Superloop founder, Bevan Slattery, has responded to market demands by establishing an independent online marketplace for the supply of colocation, IaaS, voice, cloud and internet services.
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Saudi Arabia’s Integrated Telecom Company (ITC) has started work on a project to build a high-speed fibre network across the country.
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Middle East operator Zain makes a quarter of all its revenues from data services – and in its Saudi Arabian operation 50% of revenues come from data.
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Vodafone Qatar has snapped up Brett Goschen as its new chief financial officer (CFO).
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Following the MEF, formerly known as the Metro Ethernet Forum, annual members meeting in Toronto last week, new leading industry executives have joined the MEF board of directors.
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Vodafone’s 4G network in Qatar is back in operation after an outage that lasted more than a week.
