Middle East
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Ooredoo Qatar has teamed up with Doha Bank to bring banking and telecommunications products to customers. -
Nokia has completed the UAE’s first live transport slicing deployment with du, enabling the operator to manage its network infrastructure more efficiently.
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The relentless pace of AI shows no signs of slowing down going into 2025. However, the increased demand for intense workloads has created new challenges such as increased power consumption in high-density data centres.
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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.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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Ericsson broke rules in Iraq for an eight-year period in the last decade – just when the US was saying Huawei and ZTE was selling equipment to Iran, against US sanctions.
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Intel Corporation (Intel) is to acquire Tower Semiconductor (Tower), an Israeli manufacturer of analogue semiconductor solutions, for approximately $5.4 billion.
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Capacity is now accepting entries for its annual 20 Women to Watch power list!
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Both Millicom and du have reported strong performance growth for fourth quarter of 2021.
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Maritime VSAT operator Marlink has confirmed its third satellite partnership of the last seven days.
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400Gbps technologies are expected to drive service provider router market growth, according to a report by Dell’Oro Group.
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Global management consulting firm Bain & Company has published its 2022 Global M&A report which found that telecoms M&A experienced a dramatic rebound during 2021.
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A very British approach to regulation; altimeter checks in Norway and the cold side of quantum computing
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Etisalat Group has received approval to launch a digital banking platform, Wio, in the UAE.
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STC subsidiary Tawal has acquired Pakistani towerco Awal Telecom for an undisclosed sum.
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Quantum Switch Tamasuk (QST) has inked an agreement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to build new data centres with a total capacity of 300MW by 2026.
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Activist investors; shareholding U-turns; and STL's Ankit Agarwal
