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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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.
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IBM and the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) have signed a strategic agreement to drive the adoption of artificial intelligence in the carbon capture and industrial domains across Saudi Arabia.
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Qatari telecoms firm Ooredoo is pondering a sale of its tower network, according to Reuters sources.
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Khazna Data Centers will team with BEEAH Digital, the digital transformation and future technology business to form a joint venture (JV) that will see the development of a Tier 3 data centre in Sharjah.
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Dubai-based DAMAC Group says it is exploring data centre investment opportunities in Germany with an estimated spend of up to €1 billion.
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Helios Towers’ revenue rose around 25% from US$212.4 million to US$265.4 million for the first half of 2022.
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Avelacom has announced new optimised routes on its network to Istanbul, Riyadh and Tel Aviv.
