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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Sprint has named the former CEO of Vodafone Global Enterprise, Jan Geldmacher, as president of its enterprise business, effective August 22, 2016.
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MTN has recorded no overall increase in subscribers in the past six months, according to the company’s half-year results. The group, which operates in 22 countries in Africa and the Middle East, had 233 million customers at the start and end of the period.
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Verizon has partnered with Bharti Airtel to expand its footprint by launching four new points of presence (PoPs) in India, including: Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and New Delhi.
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Lebanese mobile operator Alfa has teamed up with Nokia to launch the country’s first 4G LTE-Advanced network, with speeds of up to 262.5Mbps.
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Mobily and STC announce deal to explore options for sale of their network towers.
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Mobile giant EE has been hit by an outage that has prevented international roaming for all of its customers.
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Vodafone has appointed Vivek Badrinath as chief executive for the Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Africa (APMEA) region after he stepped down from Nokia’s board of directors.
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Global telecoms carrier CMC Networks has boosted its network-to-network (NNI) programme by finalising an interconnect deal with Ethio Telecom to include Ethiopian services into its Africa and Middle East operations.
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Global Ethernet network, cloud and hosting provider BSO has today launched three new premium ultra-low latency trading routes enhancing connectivity between Chicago and key financial hubs in Moscow, Dubai and Mumbai.
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BICS said today that annual data roaming traffic is tripling in volume across its global network.
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Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has deployed Juniper Networks Contrail Networking to create automated cloud services for its customers.
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AT&T has rolled out the third service on its Network on Demand platform, which uses a single universal piece of equipment at a customer’s premise to deliver virtualised functions and enables businesses to flexibly manage their network services.
