News from the Middle East & North Africa

The United Arab Emirates regulator, The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA), has announced the launch of what

BENEFIT, a leading Bahrain company in fintech and electronic financial transactions, licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) as an

Morocco’s three main telcos – Maroc Telecom, Orange Maroc and Inwi – officially launched 5G services in the country on Friday, mainly in urban

Umniah by Beyon has signed a five-year agreement naming Ericsson as its exclusive radio access network (RAN) supplier for 3G, 4G and 5G

UAE-based Space42 announced on Wednesday that its next-gen Thuraya-4 satellite is now globally available for customers in Europe, Africa, Central

Ericsson announced on Tuesday that it has renewed its partnership with Bahrainian telco Batelco by Beyon, which will deploy Ericsson’s latest RAN

Bahrain-headquartered technology group Beyon has announced the establishment of its second fully green solar-powered data centre with the

Orange submarine cable subsidiary Orange Marine announced the construction of two new cable ships to boost the resilience of digital

Two submarine cables – one linking the UAE and Kenya and the other linking Tunisia with France – have made news recently, the former thanks to a

Smart utilities are again in the news after InfraX, a subsidiary of Digital DEWA, the digital arm of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, and

Qatar-based Ooredoo Group announced it is collaborating with Ericsson-led open network API joint venture Aduna to make its open network APIs

Saudi Arabian telco stc Group announced on Wednesday it has signed a strategic agreement with LEO satellite operator AST SpaceMobile to develop

Safaricom has officially confirmed it is partnering with Meta subsidiary Edge Network Services to establish the Daraja subsea cable system that

Humain, a global artificial intelligence company based in Saudi Arabia building end-to-end AI capabilities, and AirTrunk, a data centre platform

As 5G applications continue to extend well beyond outdoor use, Ericsson and Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) are the latest companies to discuss

Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has inaugurated Oppo’s new smartphone factory, marking another milestone in the country’s expanding

Syria has signed an agreement with Barcelona-based Medusa Submarine Cable System for the country’s first international subsea cable landing,

Education and healthcare are the two sectors where artificial intelligence (AI) holds the greatest potential to deliver meaningful benefits for

Technology giant Nokia has announced that Gulf Bridge International (GBI) a Qatar-headquartered global cloud, connectivity and content enabler,

Huawei has launched a new framework designed to help governments in the Middle East and Central Asia advance their digital transformation

Saudi Arabia-based telecoms and digital infrastructure company Etihad Salam said on Tuesday it has entered into a strategic partnership with

UAE-based digital solutions firm Yango Group and China Mobile International (CMI) have reportedly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to

It’s already proving a busy week for Bahrain-headquartered technology group Beyon, with a cybersecurity-related deal and a new brand identity

UAE telco du announced on Friday it has partnered with NextGenAI to launch an Nvidia-powered AI supercluster that more than doubles the capacity

UAE-based satellite firm Space42 says it has signed separate MoUs with e& UAE and South Korean autonomous driving company Autonomous A2Z to

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Technology giant Ericsson and operator e& Egypt say they have extended their long-standing partnership through a four-year agreement focused

Hyperscale digital infrastructure specialist Khazna Data Centres (Khazna) has announced plans to expand its operational capacity by more than 1GW

UAE-based satellite firm Space42 announced at GITEX Global 2025 in Dubai on Tuesday it has signed an MoU with e& UAE to explore collaboration

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of Bahrain late last week announced the launch of a public consultation on what

UAE-based telco du launched two new sovereign AI offerings at GITEX Global 2025 on Monday – an AI Park in Dubai, and a National Hybrid AI

Ericsson announced on Monday it has signed a multi-year agreement with global technology group e& to upgrade e& UAE’s 5G core network to

Wireless solutions company Comba Telecom Limited, and Nedaa Professional Communication Corporation, a provider of mission-critical communications

Omani operator Omantel has partnered with Decoil, an Omani AI startup described as a graduate of Omantel Innovation Labs – the company’s

Medusa, the submarine fibre optic cable system owned by AFR-IX Telecom, an infrastructure and licensed telecommunication operator that delivers

Nokia and UAE telco du announced on Wednesday that they have successfully completed a trial of Nokia’s AI and GPT-powered automation assistant

e& UAE announced on Tueday it has signed a performance partner program agreement with Honeywell to deploy pre-configured, mobile-first 5G and

Operator e& UAE says it has enabled a technology called Reduced Capability (RedCap) on its 5G standalone (5GSA) network,

IT infrastructure and data centre solutions company ByteBridge, has signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in the past week, one

Telecom Egypt has appointed Tamer El Mahdi (pictured) as its new CEO and managing director, succeeding Mohamed Nasr.

Ooredoo Group, the international communications company operating across the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia, has announced the

Finland-based business support systems (BSS) provider Qvantel announced it is acquiring rival Optiva, in a move aimed at expanding its scale and

Orange Egypt has partnered with Egyptian online gold trading platform mnGm to launch what they say is the country’s first digital platform for

In a busy week for the payments giant, Mastercard has announced an extended digital identity partnership in Africa and a memorandum of

Subsea cable provider Seacom revealed on Thursday it will build a new subsea cable system, Seacom 2.0, that will provide AI-level capacity across

Telecom Egypt says it has established a new point of presence (PoP) in Jordanian Tier III carrier-neutral data centre Aqaba Digital Hub that it

The Iraqi government has announced plans to construct the country’s first data centres in partnership with Nokia.

The Tunisian government has reportedly announced plans for a staggering 138 projects to accelerate the digital modernisation of government

The latest government attack on internet connectivity – and one of the most drastic so far – comes from Afghanistan, where ruling group the