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Nokia appoints Turki Alzwaiml as Country Manager for Saudi Arabia

Nokia has appointed Turki Alzwaiml as its new Country Manager for Saudi Arabia. Alzwaiml brings years of industry experience, strong relationships with customers and a...

Orange Tunisia, Focus expand local cloud services

Orange Tunisia has partnered with digital services firm Focus to give businesses across the region access to locally hosted cloud and IT infrastructure. The partnership...

Arabsat taps CGWIC to build Arabsat-50 satellite

The Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) has signed an agreement with China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) to manufacture a new satellite. As the operator...

Medusa extends network into Jordan with NaiTel and ADH

Medusa Submarine Cable System, NaiTel and Aqaba Digital Hub (ADH) have signed an agreement to create a new route between Jordan and Europe. The agreement...

Zain KSA deploys Nokia Deepfield across more than 100 Saudi cities

Zain KSA has deployed Nokia Deepfield Cloud Intelligence across its network, covering more than 100 cities in Saudi Arabia. As a result, the technology will...

Jordan, Rwanda sign MoU to boost ICT cooperation

Jordan and Rwanda have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Duting the U.N General Assembly in...

Microsoft pumps $10bn in Middle East AI and cloud infrastructure

Microsoft has announced plans to invest over $10 billion into cloud and AI infrastructure across the Middle East by 2030. The technology giant revealed the...

Intel, Submer target AI infrastructure growth across MEA

Intel has partnered with Submer to develop AI, high-performance computing (HPC) and data centre infrastructure across the Middle East, Africa and Turkey. Under the agreement,...

Ciena to upgrade 17,000km subsea cable linking Africa & Europe

The Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable consortium has chosen Ciena to upgrade one of the main routes connecting Western Europe with West...

Intel, Egypt sign MoU to boost AI awareness and skills

Intel has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to help expand AI awareness and skills among...

Monty Mobile: Why Europe isn’t the telecom benchmark for every market 

Operators are under growing pressure to keep investing in their networks, find new ways to generate revenue and hold on to customers as more...

Digital Realty expands East Africa presence with new Nairobi data centre

Digital Realty has opened a new 6.4-megawatt (MW) data centre in Nairobi. In a bid to expand its digital services across East Africa, The Nairobi...

Telecom Egypt to build new Sharm El Sheikh-Taba subsea cable

Telecom Egypt has expanded its Red Sea network by signing an agreement to build a new subsea cable linking Sharm El Sheikh with Taba. As...

Nokia unveils AI-focused R&D centre in Saudi Arabia

Nokia has opened a new research and development centre in Riyadh focused on using AI to make communications networks more automated and reliable. The centre...

Ericsson recycles 5,000 tonnes of telecom e-waste in Saudi Arabia

Ericsson has helped collect and recycle nearly 5,000 metric tons of end-of-life telecom equipment in Saudi Arabia through its E-Waste Management Program. The scheme covers...