News from the Middle East & North Africa

Vendors

Huawei launches cloud data centre in Saudi Arabia

Huawei opened a cloud data centre in Saudi Arabia’s capital city Riyadh, a move to grow its cloud services in the Middle East, Central Asia and...

Consumer Ecosystems

Is Jais the best Arabic large language model?

Inception, the artificial intelligence (AI) applied research unit of UAE technology group G42, has announced the open-source release of Jais,...

Enterprise Ecosystems

GoDaddy and du team up to get businesses online in the UAE

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du) has announced that it is joining forces with services platform GoDaddy.

Enterprise Ecosystems

Bahrain announces smart factory initiative

Bahrain’s Minister of Industry and Commerce, Abdullah bin Adel Fakhro, has announced the launch of iFactories, described as a national initiative...

Devices & Platforms

Middle East sees smartphone growth

Analyst company Canalys reported smartphone shipments in the Middle East saw 2% year-on-year growth in Q2, against the backdrop of overall...

Energy & Sustainability

Turkcell outlines plans to go green

Turkcell Group, owner of the leading mobile operator in Turkey, has announced plans to invest around US$240 million in green energy projects.

Data Centres & Networks

Datamount plots third data centre in Oman

Omani data centre provider Datamount announced plans to launch a data centre in the Muscat Governorate.

Satellite Networks

Could satcoms data transform the Saudi real estate market?

In an unusual but potentially highly effective application of satellite technology, two companies,...

Wireless Networks

Saudi resort to host zero-carbon 5G network

Saudi Arabian service provider Zain and Red Sea Global (RSG), a multi-project developer, have unveiled what they call the world's first...

Salam collaborates with Oracle to accelerate digital transformation in Saudi Arabia

Cloud & Virtualisation

Salam and Oracle accelerate digital transformation in Saudi Arabia

Salam has selected Oracle to drive 5G innovation across the Middle East.

Wireless Networks

Orange Jordan selects Ericsson to bolster 5G Core Network

Orange Jordan has selected Ericsson to enhance its core network infrastructure by implementing Ericsson’s cloud-native dual-mode 5G Core and 5G...

Customer Management

MENA deal allows SVOD payments by mobile phone

Given the strength of both streaming services and mobile device usage in the region, it may come as little surprise that a deal in MENA has been...

Ercisson hit with US$170m compensation claim by shareholders

Vendors

Ericsson hit with US$170m compensation claim by shareholders

Ericsson is being sued by 37 of its shareholders for a combined US$170 million.

Optical & Fixed Networks

Helios Towers reports profit hike in H1

Telecoms infrastructure provider Helios Towers revealed a hike in revenue and profit in its H1 results and announced raises to its outlook...

Service Management

ZOI and du combine for enhanced roaming across nine countries

International wholesale telecom service provider Zain Omantel International (ZOI) has formed a strategic wholesale international agreement with...

Satellite Networks

Satcoms news highlights growth and innovation

Multiple recent announcements in the satcoms sector underline its continuing growth and relevance but also research and innovation that could...

Investment

OPay plans digital bank for Egypt

OPay, a rapidly growing provider of financial technology and electronic payments solutions, has announced its intention to apply for a...

Vodafone Egypt expected to sell stake to QIA by September

Operators

Telecom Egypt expected to sell Vodafone stake to QIA by September

We reported last month that

Optical & Fixed Networks

Telecom Egypt and Equiano connect St Helena to the world

The Equiano submarine cable system is in the news again. This time it’s thanks to Telecom Egypt, which has announced the activation of an...

Operators

Ooredoo, Zain, TASC enter talks to combine towers

Ooredoo, Zain and UAE-based tower firm TASC Tower Holding entered talks to combine their tower assets and create the largest tower company in the...

Satellite Networks

Saudi energy giant extends commitment to 5G satellite IoT

Saudi Arabia’s Aramco, one of the world's largest integrated energy and chemicals companies, and OQ Technology, described as the world’s first...

Data Centres & Networks

Digital communications facility opens in planned futuristic Saudi region

Tonomus, the first subsidiary of Neom, a region in Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea coast described as 'building a future fuelled by the power of...

Regulation

Pelephone shells out $1.1 million for 26GHz spectrum in Israel

Israel’s Pelephone – the mobile unit of Bezeq – has been awarded 800MHz of spectrum in the 26GHz band by the committee in charge of the tender...

Operators

Orange Jordan rolls out 5G

Orange Jordan claimed to be the first to launch commercial 5G services in the country and was the second Orange unit in the Middle East and North...

Optical & Fixed Networks

Medusa cable promises cross-Mediterranean connectivity boost

Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), Elettra, a specialist in marine works related to optical submarine cable systems, submarine infrastructure...

Optical & Fixed Networks

Partnership delivers broadband connectivity to Africa’s tallest building

DZS and Summit Technology Solutions have partnered to deliver hyper-fast fibre optic broadband connectivity to Africa’s tallest building.

Mobile Finance

TerraPay brings cross-border payments to Morocco with Attijariwafa Bank

TerraPay has partnered with Morocco’s Attijariwafa Bank to facilitate real-time and seamless global money transfers directly to bank accounts in...

Consumer Ecosystems

MoU aims to boost electronic payment services in Libya

Digital payment solutions provider and fintech enabler Arab Financial Services (AFS), and Moamalat Financial Services, which specialises in...

Operators

Ooredoo Qatar signs agreements with Dell and Ericsson

Ooredoo Qatar has announced two high-profile agreements this week, one with Dell Technologies and one with Ericsson.

Data Centres & Networks

Cisco promises security-focused data centre for Saudi Arabia

Digital communications technology corporation Cisco has announced plans to establish a data centre in Saudi Arabia dedicated to cloud-delivered...

Optical & Fixed Networks

Israel’s EAPC linking Gulf to Med with fibre route

Israeli state-owned energy firm EAPC (Europe Asia Pipeline Company) is set to build a fibre optic cable creating a continuous link from Europe to...

Satellite Networks

Turkish company launches world’s smallest satellite

Startup Hello Space, described as Turkey's first commercial ‘pocketqube’ satellite venture, has launched what it describes as the world’s tiniest...

Wireless Networks

Nokia signs 4G and 5G FWA deal with du

UAE-based du has selected Nokia’s Multi-Access Gateway (MAG) to deliver enterprise and residential broadband via 4G and 5G wireless access (FWA)...

Operators

Qatar reportedly eyes Vodafone Egypt

Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund is reportedly still in the mix to acquire Vodafone Egypt shares from Telecom Egypt Egypt, with a deal potentially...

Wireless Networks

Omantel-Hytera MoU could bring MCPTT services to Omani industries

Omani service provider Omantel has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with global two-way radio manufacturing company Hytera to launch...

Devices & Platforms

Samsung to establish new mobile phone factory in Egypt

Samsung Electronics Egypt, a local division of the multinational company, has indicated that it has plans to establish a new mobile phone factory...

Operators

Africa smartphone shipments decline

Smartphone sales in Africa mirrored other emerging markets as macroeconomic factors hit consumer pockets, leading to a decline in vendor...

Cloud & Virtualisation

ICT Indicators Forum showcases the remarkable growth and evolution of the Saudi digital economy

Thanks to sweeping digital transformation enablement efforts, the Kingdom’s ICT market is now the largest and fastest growing in MENA, with a...

Wireless Networks

CTG-STC MoU aims to strengthen IoT business in Saudi Arabia

China Telecom Global, a provider of integrated telecommunication services, and telecoms services provider and enabler STC Group of Saudi Arabia...

Data Centres & Networks

New Equinix data centre in Dubai will be region’s largest

Data centre expansion continues in the Gulf region – with a strong renewable energy angle. Digital infrastructure company Equinix has announced...

Cloud & Virtualisation

Dubai’s Moro Hub and Red Hat link up for enterprise support

Moro Hub, a subsidiary of Digital DEWA, the digital arm of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has signed a collaboration with Red Hat,...

Optical & Fixed Networks

Supplier’s contract announced for Saudi-Europe cable project

STC Group-owned company center3 and Alcatel Submarine Networks are planning to connect Saudi Arabia with Europe by building the EMC West subsea...

Data Centres & Networks

Saudi’s PIF backs regional data centre development plan

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is to be an investor in a new partnership managed by DigitalBridge Group, a global asset...

Cloud & Virtualisation

ZainTech acquires Adfolks to boost enterprise cloud offering in Middle East

Zain has acquired the UAE-based cloud and data analytics firm Adfolks via its enterprise unit ZainTech.

Regulation

TRA aims to boost mobile and fixed coverage in Oman by 2025

Oman’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has unveiled a number of coverage and service provision targets during a recent meeting...

Optical & Fixed Networks

Bahrain tech group Beyon announces digital infrastructure initiatives

Bahrain-headquartered technology group Beyon has made a number of significant announcements relating to digital infrastructure that will, it...

Devices & Platforms

IoT comes to Middle East elevators

Further evidence of the innovation the Internet of Things (IoT) can enable comes from elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation and...

Enterprise Ecosystems

iot squared and OQ Technology deploying satellite IoT services in Saudi Arabia

iot squared and OQ Technology have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will help expand satellite IoT connectivity in Saudi...

Operators

Egypt offloads 9.5% stake in Telecom Egypt

The Egyptian government has sold a 9.5% holding in fixed-line provider Telecom Egypt for EGP3.747 billion (US$121 million).

Operators

Zain and Omantel announce wholesale joint venture

Kuwait’s Zain Group and Oman’s Omantel have launched a new joint venture.

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