Middle East
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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. -
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.
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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.
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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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STC confirms that it has provided 450 locations with 5G network access across Saudi Arabia making it’s the largest 5G network in the MENA regions and one of the largest worldwide.
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With the imminent advent of 5G, networks will need wireless for backhaul as well as fibre. Nader Zein of ETSI tells Natalie Bannerman how wireless backhaul fits into the wider 5G picture
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Adel Hamed, Telecom Egypt’s chief international and wholesale officer, has been promoted to be CEO of the group, in succession to Ahmed El Beheiry.
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Saudi Arabia has launched its first communications satellite (SGS1) from the French Guiana Space Centre.
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Based on Q4 earnings data, Synergy Research Group estimates that quarterly cloud infrastructure revenue totalled close to $20 billion, resulting in almost $70 billion for the year.
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Carl Roberts has left Epsilon Telecommunications after just over two years as chief commercial officer.
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Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Zain have been awarded spectrum licences by the Saudi Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) in the 2,300MHz and 2,600MHz band.
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Driven by a number of high-growth hosted and cloud collaboration segments, new figures from Synergy Research Group show that the collaboration market will grow by 9% in 2019 reaching $45 billion.
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Telxius and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have signed an agreement for the cloud service provider’s use of a fibre pair on the MAREA subsea cable.
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Canada’s Telus is breaking ranks with most Western operators by speaking out in favour of working with Chinese vendor Huawei.
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Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) and Facebook announce the availability of aluminium conductor cable for fibre-optic subsea cable systems.
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HGC Global Communications has expanded its services into the Middle East and Africa via a link-up with Dubai-based Expresso.
