Fibre optic specialist Hevek Company has partnered with fibre cable manufacturer m2fx to launch the latter’s Miniflex products in Iraq.
Middle Eastern 4G service provider Tishknet has extended its Alepo policy, charging and CRM solution to provide support for its existing WiMAX services in addition to its future LTE network.
STC has selected DragonWave to support its enterprise network expansion.
Turkish conglomerate Cukurova Holding has begun an attempt to acquire a further stake in the country’s leading mobile operator, Turkcell.
In order to accommodate increasing international bandwidth demand, the Middle East-Europe Terrestrial System (MEETS) is implementing a solution from Ciena.
Orange has acquired all of Orascom’s shares and voting rights in the Egyptian operator Mobinil for €209.6 million ($237.3m).
Zain Jordan has become the country’s first operator to launch 4G/LTE services in the Kingdom.
Vodafone Egypt has lined up EGP9.5 billion ($1.25 billion) to invest in its network across the next 3 years, despite its shareholder Telecom Egypt’s planned sale of its 45% stake.
VimpelCom has sold its majority stake in Omnium Telecom Algeria – previously known as Djezzy – to the Algerian National Investment Fund (FNI) for US$2.6 billion.
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) have five renewable energy projects in developing countries.
MENA Cable System has deployed Infinera’s DTN-X platform across its trans-Egypt terrestrial network.
Six firms have won 4G airwaves in Israel following the country’s first LTE spectrum auctions.
Omantel is upgrading to the latest version of Redknee’s converged charging platform, Redknee Unified, to support its 4G/LTE network.
VIVA Bahrain has signed an agreement with Syniverse to bring its customers a selection of new, highly-customisable data roaming packages.
Ooredoo Qatar has launched its nationwide LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) services, allowing its customers to enjoy downlink data speeds of up to 225 Mbps.
Alcatel-Lucent and Ooredoo Algeria have built a high-capacity optical transport network to connect Algeria’s main cities of Algiers, Constantine and Oran - as well as smaller cities - with high-speed ultra broadband mobile access.
Vodafone Qatar has reneged on its non-binding agreement to buy the country’s fixed broadband operator, Qatar National Broadband Network (QNBN).
Mobinil has chosen Ericsson to enhance its network, providing improved data services to its subscribers.
Microsoft has signed a new strategic alliance with Tunisian startup Saphon Energy, a company that specialises in the research and development of wind energy.
SLA Mobile is providing its Direct Operator Billing solution to Zain Jordan as part of the next step in the Zain Group’s Direct Operator Billing rollout.
Telecom Egypt CEO Mohamed Elnawawy has stated that the fixed-line operator may not sell its 45% stake in Vodafone’s local unit even after it receives its unified licence.
The Iraqi unit of Zain Group has signed an agreement with Iraq’s Communications and Media Commission to secure authorization to utilize 2100MHz spectrum for 3G services across Iraq.
Zain has chosen Ericsson to launch HD voice services over Zain's existing Ericsson 3G radio and core network in Bahrain.
Etisalat’s Saudi affiliate Mobily has commissioned Nokia Networks to manage its network operations for the next five years.
Telecom Egypt has invited proposals for financial advisors to help it divest its 45% stake in the local unit of Vodafone.
Algeria Telecom has chosen Ericsson for the transformation of their broadband aggregation network.
Etisalat Egypt has deployed JDSU’s ariesoGEO solution to enhance service quality and optimisation for postpaid customers.
Vodafone Qatar has announced a non-binding agreement to acquire the Qatar National Broadband Network (QNBN).
Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa (VMMEA) is now operating an MVNO service in Saudi Arabia.
Moroccan operator INWI is implementing convergent policy control across its operations using a Policy Manager solution from Openet.
Indonesian state-owned provider PT Telekom is planning the launch of several MVNOs in the Middle East aimed at Indonesians based in the region.
The Algerian government’s acquisition of a majority stake in mobile operator Djezzy looks set to go ahead after an independent financial adviser deemed the agreed price for the stake to be ‘fair’.
Israeli operator Hot Mobile is implementing the SIM OTA platform from VAS provider Callup for remote management of files and applets on SIM cards.
Zain Sudan has launched the country’s first ever mobile Mobile Financial Service called ‘Hassa’, in partnership with the Bank of Khartoum.
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