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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The telecom equipment market recorded its second consecutive year of growth in 2019, with revenue up 2% over the course of the year.
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BNET, the newly created independent service provider in Bahrain, will use BearingPoint//Beyond’s Infonova BSS solution as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) built on AWS.
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Capacity speaks with Iñigo García del Cerro Prieto, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), UFINET, about some of their recent challenges and opportunities, and his forecast for the industry going forward.
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OpenRoaming is set to become an “open standard” according to WBA CEO Tiago Rodrigues, following a deal that will see its ownership and management transferred to the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA).
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As with other sectors, the telecoms, data and tech industries have faced huge disruptions over recent weeks, from Nokia’s cancelled AGM to the postponement of France’s 5G network auction and Samsung’s Foundry Forum.
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Nokia (HEL: NOKIA) is to extend its Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING) managed services with 5G capabilities and offer the service on a subscription basis for enterprise customers.
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Telecom Egypt successfully and promptly recovered the service on a number of subsea cable systems in the aftermath of the “dragon” storm.
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MEF has announced that Comcast Business, PCCW Global, Spectrum Enterprise and Telia Company are the first service providers certified for MEF 3.0 SD-WAN services.
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Trials of 4G and 5G Open RAN will commence in the UK, Germany, Spain and Brazil this year after Telefónica confirmed a “strategic ecosystem collaboration” with Altiostar, Gigatera Communications, Intel, Supermicro and Xilinx, Inc.
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Submissions for the 2020 Global Wholesale Directory are now open. List your company today!
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Demand for high throughput satellite (HTS) capacity is expected to grow at an annual rate of 26% to 2024, achieving revenues of $15 billion by 2028.
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More than 50% of mobile operators have no strategy for edge deployment, while 32% are planning to proceed with “limited, specific use cases”, such as smart factories and smart cities.
