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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The AB Handshake community is dramatically changing the way communications providers validate telephone calls and prevent fraud.
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GBI (Gulf Bridge International), a global cloud, connectivity and content enabler, is to attend International Telecoms Week (ITW), 29th August – 1st September, so it can connect with key decision-makers within the ICT infrastructure industry and champion Middle Eastern connectivity.
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Ooredoo Group is to begin trialling changes to its working practices to support an "agile, modern digital working culture".
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White box solutions extend the cloud to the enterprise edge where technologies such as SD-WAN enable a converged edge architecture securely connecting people and things. This paper provides valuable insights into SD-WAN, SASE and uCPE market opportunities, benefits and ecosystem solutions to help service providers build an open and agile platform that accelerates time to revenue and innovation.
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Helios Towers saw revenue growth of 4% over the first half of the year, as the number of sites owned increased by 21%.
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UAE-based Etisalat has increased its stake in Maroc Telecom from 48.4% to 53%, according to a regulatory filing it posted on Tuesday.
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There was much excitement a couple of years ago when the first 5G service was launched. 5G delivers a real step change in connectivity, capacity and latency that promises both faster download speeds and a host of new low-latency and machine-to-machine applications.
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Arc Solutions has expanded its network to Bahrain via the digital business platform Global Zone.
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EdgeConneX has agreed to acquire Israel-based Global Data Center (GDC), in a deal that includes underground facilities in Herzliya and Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv.
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Data centre build-to-suit firm Global Technical Realty (GTR) is building a new 10.5MW data centre in Petah Tikva, Israel.
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Eloise Walker and Catherine Robins from Pinsent Masons, explain how changes to the international tax system will affect telecoms and tech multinationals.
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Expereo has opened the doors to its Customer Support Excellence Center in Dubai, UAE.
