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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UAE-IX has announced it has now topped 100Gbps of internet peering traffic for the first time, with over 64 regional and global customers now connected to the platform.
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Capital expenditure on hyperscale cloud and data centre operations in 2018 is up more than 50%, according to figures from Synergy Research Group (SRG).
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In the not-too-distant past, network operators had the insight to understand what was traversing their networks. This not only helped them better engineer and plan for capacity, but it also gave them a plethora of data which helped them create service packages to encourage upgrades and ultimately reduce churn.
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The number of monthly users of Rich Communication Services is set to top one billion in 2019, rising to more than 3.2 billion by 2023, according to a report.
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Gulf Bridge International (GBI) has named former Linxa and TTI executive Cengiz Oztelcan as its new chief executive officer, assuming responsibilities for the role immediately.
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Gulf Bridge International (GBI) has signed a new long-term agreement with Vodafone Qatar that will provide the telco with IP transit service, International SDH and Global Ethernet from Qatar to Europe and Asia.
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ThousandEyes, a network intelligence company, has revealed the results of its 2018 Public Cloud Performance Benchmark Report, an industry report to the global network performance of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure.
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By connecting to PCCW Global’s worldwide network and points of presence, PLDT Enterprise has rolled out its global business voice services and is able to serve 21 countries across four continents.
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NTT Communications has announced today that it will establish the NTT Global Data Centers Preparatory Corporation to further strengthen data centre-related business within the group.
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Virtually all member countries of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have voted for Houlin Zhao of China to continue as secretary-general for a second – and final – four-year term.
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Megaport and Orixcom have partnered together to enable enterprises and carriers in the Middle East with direct access to Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Cloud Service Providers (CSPs).
