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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AALTO HAPS has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with stc Group on the introduction of HAPS-based solutions to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ericsson lied to US authorities when it tried to settle a corruption case in 2019 and has paid a further fine of more than US$206 million.
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Ooredoo Qatar has selected TEOCO’s ASSET 5G planning solution to optimise its 5G network.
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center3 and stc Bahrain have completed the marine survey for 2Africa Pearls in Bahrain.
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AST SpaceMobile has signed a memorandum of understanding with a branch of Zain to expand satellite service to mobile phones.
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Dubai-based Damac group is to spend US$600 million on expanding its data centres in Riyadh and Dammam, Saudi Arabia, before the end of 2023.
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The industry’s aid charity, Télécoms Sans Frontières, is despatching a team to Turkey today to provide assistance following yesterday’s earthquake.
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Etisalat Egypt has signed a 4 billion Egyptian pound (US$132.4 million) funding agreement with Commercial International Bank of Egypt so that it can offer new services.
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SecurityHQ has expanded its Middle Eastern operations to the Dubai Digital Park.
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Ericsson has said it is hoping the penalties it has to pay the US because of illegal operations can be kept to US$220 million.
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Goldacre, a major shareholder in UK data centre company Kao Data, is to build a new 16MW data centre in Netanya, north of Tel Aviv.
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The 2Africa subsea cable has successfully landed in Ras Ghareb, Egypt.
