Middle East’s big players ink OpenRAN partnership
Some of the biggest telecoms operators in the Middle East have come together to form the industry’s latest OpenRAN alliance.
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Helios moves east with $575 million Omantel site acquisition
Africa-focused telecoms infrastructure specialist Helios Towers has expanded to the Middle East with the acquisition of 2,890 sites from Omantel.
Saudi Telecom opens up to Rakuten
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has inked a cooperation deal with Rakuten Mobile that will see it explore its options for OpenRAN and other forward-looking mobile technologies.
Ooredoo says it’s OK with Huawei
The Ooredoo Group is the latest telco to dismiss security concerns and announce Huawei as a supplier for its 5G deployments.
Saudi Arabia drives fibre penetration with open access network
Saudi Arabian regulator, Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), has managed to get all telcos on the same page to join an open access network initiative.
Etisalat goes big on OpenRAN with Parallel Wireless
Operator group Etisalat is trialing OpenRAN tech across its markets in Middle East, Asia and Africa in partnership with ORAN specialist Parallel Wireless.
Orange opens new Africa and Middle-East HQ in Casablanca
Orange has announced it has opened its new headquarters for the Africa and Middle-East region in Casablanca Finance City Tower in Morocco.
Etisalat launches Open vRAN network and promises more
Etisalat has said it has successfully launched what it describes as the first Open Virtual Radio Access Network (Open vRAN) in the Middle-East and Africa.
US Government says UAE is spying now as well – report
The US Government is now allegedly suggesting the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is using a popular messaging app to spy on individuals around the world.
Bahrain surges forward with 5G innovation hub ambitions
The Kingdom of Bahrain has announced itself onto the global 5G stage, claiming to be one of the first countries globally to provide commercial 5G services by June 2019.
Ericsson loses another senior exec
Ericsson lifer Rafiah Ibrahim, currently its Head of Market Area Middle East & Africa, is calling it a day after 23 years at the company.
BICS and Fastweb combine to link Europe and MEA
Connectivity vendor BICS has joined forces with Italian operator Fastweb to augment communications links between Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Ericsson and the Middle East are leading the 5G race
Network testing and measurement vendor Viavi has published a report on the state of global 5G trials to paint a picture of who and where is leading the charge.
Ericsson and TIM launch open 5G research initiative in Italy
A new initiative designed to create an open 5G R&D ecosystem has been launched in Italy by networking company Ericsson and operator TIM.
Sigfox headhunts Siminger to take IoT into Middle East and Africa
IoT specialist Sigfox has announced expansion into the Middle East and Africa (MEA) with a new office in Dubai and a rollout of more wireless network capacity to support its low-power devices.
Orange Group reshuffles senior management and reveals 5 year strategy
Mobile telco Orange has defined its plans for the next five years in a manifesto it has dubbed Essentials2020, with an emphasis on expansion in Africa, the Middle East and Spain and the mobile financial services vertical market.
Orange shares African ambitions
French telco Orange has announced it will be focusing on Africa and the Middle East for growth in the coming years and noted the connection of the Canary Islands to the ACE submarine cable.
Mobile money market to be worth $78 billion by 2019 – report
The global mobile money market will be worth $78 billion by 2019, according to research by MarketsandMarkets. The report, titled Mobile Money Market- Global Forecast to 2019, claimed the market will grow at an annual compound growth rate (CAGR) of 44.6% from last year’s total of $12.34 billion.
Huawei signs cloud/IoT partnerships with Deutsche Telekom, SAP
Deutsche Telekom (DT) and Huawei have announced an IT and cloud partnership at the computer expo CeBIT 2015. The two firms said the deal will see Huawei provide its hardware and solutions expertise to combine with DT’s systems integrator arm T-Systems’ cloud experience.
Tecnotree CTO says operators need more agility in BSS environments
The CTO of Finnish business support systems specialist Tecnotree has said the traditional approach to BSS can hold operators back and solutions that work now might be unworkable in five years’ time. Talking to Telecoms.com at the Mobile World Congress 2015, Timo Ahomäki said telcos need to focus their thinking on where their business is going and build a system around that vision.
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