Middle East
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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. -
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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RETN has issued a stark warning that the impact of the February 2024 cable cuts in the Red Sea, which were originally reported to have affected 25% of Europe-Asia data traffic, was severely underestimated.
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The merger is expected to drive Qatar's economic diversification
Forthcoming events
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Télécoms sans Frontières (TSF), the industry’s aid charity, sent its team to Lebanon this morning to provide comms assistance to rescue teams after Tuesday’s explosion.
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Featuring host editor-in-chief Joao Marques Lima, editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray and senior reporter Abigail Opiah.
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Colt Technology Services upgraded its universal customer premises equipment (uCPE) solution, in a bid to speed up Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) across the enterprise layer.
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Two Israeli satellite companies are planning to introduce a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) service covering Africa.
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Jerzy Szlosarek, the former CEO of Epsilon, has joined an Irish-backed start-up that plans to deliver software-defined infrastructure to enterprises and service providers.
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The chairman and CEO of Orange Group has praised the firm for demonstrating a “remarkable level of resistance” as the Middle East and Africa outperformed Europe in firm’s latest financial results.
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The 2020 nominations for Capacity's 20 Women to Watch are open to Monday 03 August 2020
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The board of Egypt-based Orascom Investment Holding (OIH) has approved splitting the company into two separate entities.
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Saudi Telecom Company (stc) has been appointed to deliver an “advanced 5G and IoT network” to support the development of NEOM, a new mega-city being developed in Saudi Arabia.
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An international development agency run by the Aga Khan has applied for regulatory permission to buy 100% of Seacom, the subsea cable that links the east coast of Africa to India and Egypt.
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Episode 13 of the weekly data and telco podcast
