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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Russian low-latency network operator Avelacom has entered into a partnership with Dubai Gold & Commodity Exchange (DGCX).
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Indian state-owned operator BSNL has unveiled plans to increase its mobile broadband capacity twofold to 600Tb within the next month.
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AT&T has signed an agreement with Iranian operator RighTel to provide voice calls and data services to customers in the Islamic country.
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Reliance Jio splashed more than $2 billion on new spectrum, as the Indian spectrum auction close after raising almost $10 billion in bids.
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More than $8bn worth of bids have been made on the first day of India’s biggest spectrum auction, according to government officials.
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Mobile Telecommunication, a business unit of Zain, has been awarded Saudi Arabia's first unified telecoms licence.
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Qatar operator Ooredoo is in dispute with the country’s regulator over access to ducts by a carrier-neutral wholesale broadband company.
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Egypt’s three foreign-owned mobile operators have started a battle with the country’s telecoms regulator after they turned down the opportunity to buy 4G licences.
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Zain Group has announced that its fully owned global services subsidiary, Mada Communications, has been granted Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute Program status. This permits Zain to deliver innovative Microsoft software and cloud experiences to enterprises across its expansive IP/MPLS network in the middle-east and Africa.
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Sparkle and Interoute representatives have both agreed that clearer regulatory rules are needed to boost foreign direct investment (FDI) into Iran and grow the telecoms market.
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More than 700,000 refugees in Jordan will receive free high-speed internet for up to five years as part of collaboration between Zain, Facebook and the UNHCR.
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Cloud and managed services provider GBI has appointed Roland Sfeir as chief finance officer.
