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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Level 3 Communications has enhanced security on its network by becoming, it claims, the first carrier to deploy Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Flowspec on its global backbone.
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Mena Telecom (Menatelecom), the Bahraini wireless broadband and VoIP provider has upgraded its network with LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) technology.
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Thuraya Telecommunications is expanding and launching new devices including an enhanced product portfolio and new L- band satellites.
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Telecom Italia’s Sparkle is working with the Telecommunication Infrastructure Company (TIC) of Iran to expand its Seabone global backbone to Iran, the company has announced.
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Italian equipment vendor Italtel has made a pitch for Iran’s plans to build a nationwide ultra-fast broadband network that would focus on health and education services.
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Orange is looking to buy a stake in Iranian mobile operator MCI, the company has admitted following a number of reports.
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Gulf-based carrier-neutral operator GBI has hired two new vice presidents of sales, one to be based in Dubai and the other in the Netherlands.
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Reliance Communications (RCom) is planning to launch voice over LTE (VoLTE) by the end of the year, and has opened talks with network providers to support the services, reports claim.
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Zain Iraq and Ericsson have extended a managed services deal which will see the vendor further optimise network and IT operations for Zain’s nationwide 3G network for another three years.
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France-IX has today announced a strategic partnership with BICS to accelerate remote internet peering adoption on its Marseille and Paris internet exchanges (IXs).
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Mobily has partnered with Ericsson to introduce 4x4 MIMO technology to its 4G network in the Western region of Saudi Arabia.
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Intelsat has launched a broadband satellite that is due to provide digital data services to mobile and fixed operators in Africa by November.
