Middle East
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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. -
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
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Ooredoo Qatar has partnered with Schneider Electric to collaborate on digital transformation projects.
Forthcoming events
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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.
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Data centre company Vertiv has helped Qatar-based Meeza to expand its capacity in the Gulf state by 4.9MW in 14 months from design to installation.
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Gulf Bridge International (GBI) has updated the North Route of its subsea cable through Iraq, improving route diversification and enhancing the resilience of internet connectivity to and from the region.
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Kuwait-based telco Zain is expanding into enterprise cloud services by buying a managed provider, Bios Middle East, based in Dubai.
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The PEACE Cable from Pakistan and Kenya to Egypt and France is to add another landing point, in Tunisia, after a deal signed at Capacity Europe on Wednesday.
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The government of Zanzibar has signed an MoU with Oman Data Park to establish, manage and operate a data centre in Zanzibar.
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Nokia confirms that it is providing optical upgrades to Gulf Bridge International's (GBI) network between the Middle East and Europe.
