Du
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Omantel & du have confirmed plans to build a new subsea cable, the Oman Emirates Gateway (OEG), connecting Oman and UAE. -
SES and du from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC) have successfully demonstrated the first satellite-enabled 5G backhaul in the Middle East.
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du is exploring the potential of the metaverse to enhance its network capabilities, its chief technology officer Saleem AlBlooshi has said.
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du, part of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), is deploying Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE) end-to-end service orchestration software.
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du says it has pushed the download speed of 5G to more than 4.5Gbps, in a project with Nokia and MediaTek.
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With ambitions to capture the growing potential of enterprise transformation, Abou Mustafa, VP enterprise business and Datamena at EITC, is rolling out a new strategy to target verticals in addition to individual customers. Melanie Mingas reports
Forthcoming events
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Capacity Middle East 2024
Capacity Middle East is the largest carrier meeting for the Middle Eastern region, uniting the region’s key ICT players.
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Six big-name players from across the Middle East have made a public pledge to reduce carbon footprints through their operations.
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TIP and Intel have joined forced with operators from across the Middle East to establish the region’s "first Open RAN centralised test lab".
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Both Millicom and du have reported strong performance growth for fourth quarter of 2021.
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Five Middle East mobile operators have announced they are working together to push forward their work towards open RAN technology in their networks.
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Key Q1 financial reports from the region's major players
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Emirati telco du has secured long-term financing worth more than US$1 billion (AED 3.769 billion).
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Troubled African operator Smile Telecoms Holdings, which has moved to a London mews, is seeking injection of US$51 million in a bid for survival.
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du, the UAE-based integrated telco owned by Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC) is to launch two new data centres in the early months of 2021.
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Dubai-based telco du has agreed to sell its 26% stake in Khazna Data Centre to Abu Dhabi’s Technology Holding Company.
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Software AG has collaborated with UAE telco du to develop the “largest IoT partnership” for business solutions in the emirates.
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Batelco and du have launched Arc, a new joint venture that aims to simplify intra-regional connectivity in the Middle East by providing interconnected data centre solutions.
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Johan Dennelind, who resigned as CEO of the Telia group in August, will be the new CEO of Dubai-based Du.
