Middle East
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Grid Telecom and Dawiyat Integrated will collaborate to build a new high-capacity system that will connect Greece with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Telecom Egypt has signed an agreement with Hungarian telecoms firm 4iG group to modernise the country's digital infrastructure.
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The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and e& will build the energy industry’s biggest 5G wireless network, spanning 11,000 square kilometres.
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Nokia has deployed MantaRay Cognitive SON, its AI-powered self-organising networks solution in stc Group’s commercial network for the first time.
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Nvidia has reportedly signed a deal to provide AI technology to data centres owned by Ooredoo in five Middle Eastern countries.
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New node enables OrbusInfinity users in the region to connect to Qatar’s Azure data centre
Forthcoming events
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21 May 2024: In a significant step towards accelerating Egypt's digital transformation strategy, Telecom Egypt, a leading communications and information technology service provider, and Huawei Cloud have successfully joined forces to launch Huawei’s first locally based public cloud platform in Egypt and Northern Africa.
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Huawei Cloud has announced its Cairo region, making it the first company to launch a public cloud in Egypt.
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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has agreed to acquire a 51% stake in Saudi Telecom Company (stc’s) carve out towerco TAWAL.
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The Iraqi communications ministry’s Informatics and Telecommunications Public Company (ITPC) has signed an agreement with Kuwait’s Zajil Telecom to create an international transport corridor to Europe from Iraq that will pass through Turkey and offer an alternative route to those passing through the Red Sea.
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Dr Ahmed Saafan, head of the Curative Care Sector at the MOHP and Dr Amr Rashid, CEO of the Egyptian Ambulance Organization (EAO) discuss the digital transformation of Egypt’s healthcare sector with Capacity.
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Amazon will launch an AWS infrastructure region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2026, it revealed yesterday.
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Infonas and FastIraq, leading national players across Bahrain and Iraq, have merged to create a corridor between Europe and the Middle East, avoiding the Red Sea.
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Sparkle announces new point of presence (PoP) in Erbil – the first in the country at Capacity Middle East
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Alliance Networks confirms the acquisition of a transformative International Facilities License (IFL) from the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) in Bahrain.
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Dawiyat Integrated Telecommunications & Information Technology Company (Dawiyat) confirms that it has been awarded a licence to establish ‘cable landing stations (CLS) and international cable capacities’ from Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST).
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Telecom Egypt has initiated the experimental deployment of 5G services in five locations, its CEO Mohamed Nasr said on Friday.
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In the current digital age, where the value and significance of data hold as much value as the oil fields of old, the Middle East is navigating an impressive and transformative technological journey.