Turkcell has selected Mavenir to test and deploy OpenRAN vRAN within its home market.
MTN has selected Tecnotree as its strategic partner for Digital Transformation across Africa and the Middle East.
Oman has cleared Huawei to supply equipment for 5G network deployments in the market.
Emerging markets are not typically early adopters when it comes to new generations of mobile technology, but this is not the case for the 5G era, according to ZTE.
Etisalat is set to trial Parallel Wireless 2G, 3G, 4G & 5G OpenRAN across its markets in Middle East, Asia and Africa.
Israel’s Cellcom has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Golan Telecom to acquire the latter operator for ILS590 million (US$172 million).
The Europe India Gateway(EIG) submarine cable system has been upgraded to accelerate and strengthen connectivity between businesses in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and India, says Ciena, a networking systems, services and software company.
Cellcom looks set to face competition to purchase Golan Telecom after fellow Israeli operator Bezeq declared its interest in an acquisition.
Orange Egypt has implemented Ericsson’s digital billing solutions as part of a push towards digitalisation in the market.
5G activity continues apace in the Middle East, with a new smart campus initiative announced in Saudi Arabia and a 26GHz 5G launch planned for the UAE – potentially this year.
In what it describes as a regional first, Zain Group, a mobile telecom company working in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, has announced a tower leaseback deal.
Ooredoo a communications company with a customer base of more than 100 million across the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia, has announced a new IoT initiative in Qatar: an industrial metering solution.
Are the 2019 results announced recently by Emirati operator du positive, negative or both? It rather depends on how they are interpreted, it seems.
Recent figures released by the Emirates News Agency confirm what many of us suspected: connectivity in the UAE has reached extraordinary levels.
Israel’s Cellcom has reportedly approached Golan Telecom over the possibility of a merger, posing a threat to the mooted tie-up between Altice Europe’s Hot Mobile and Partner Communications.
STC must make an offer on Telecom Egypt’s 44.94% stake of Vodafone Egypt if its acquisition of Vodafone Group’s 54.93% stake in the unit closes successfully.
Morocco’s regulator has issued a fine of $375 million to Maroc Telecom for contravening the country’s antitrust regulations on the implementation of local loop unbundling (LLU).
Israel’s Hot Mobile has submitted a bid to take over 100% of rival operator Partner Communications.
Qatar has launched its first Internet exchange point.
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) is acquiring Vodafone’s 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt.
Telecom Egypt has shut down speculation that it could sell its 45% holding in Vodafone Egypt.
To meet the needs of new access technologies and growing transport requirements, as well as growing data demand in its region, Ooredoo Algeria is modernizing its infrastructure by boosting capacity throughout the network, with the help of SIAE Microelettronica.
CMC Networks and Neutrona Networks are expanding their SD-WAN and cloud network services for customers doing business in Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.
Orange Jordan, a provider of telecommunications services in Jordan, officially launched its mobile e-wallet service, Orange Money, at a special event this week.
A certification award for a drone service offered by a Middle Eastern mobile telecommunications company could boost opportunities for drone-based communications and inspection services in the region.
Saudi Arabia’s Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) has announced plans to allow new mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) to compete to provide services in the kingdom.
Oman Future Telecoms (OFT) is leasing towers from Oman Tower Company in order to bring its wireless offering to the market.
UAE operator Etisalat has announced two firsts in recent days: the launch of a business unified communication service and the deployment of Open vRAN technology.
The deployment of fibre-based broadband infrastructure has attracted increased interest in many markets of the Middle East due to the rising demand for data from consumers and enterprises alike, reports Research & Markets.
Telecoms giant Orange and German development agency Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) have formed a strategic alliance to, as they put it “enhance digital employability of 20,000 young people in Africa and the Middle East”.
Google has claimed that it will be unable to sell new Android smartphones in Turkey after falling afoul of the country’s competition regulator.
Middle Eastern operator Etisalat has claimed that Dubai’s Etisalat Metro Station is the first 5G-enabled metro in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Payments solutions providers FSS (Financial Software and Systems and Arab Financial Services (AFS) have entered into an agreement to bring omni-channel payment acceptance solutions to banks in the region.
Algeria has completed a cross-border fibre-optic network link with Mauritania.
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