Middle East & Africa

Coronavirus

 Ooredoo Group supports communities and businesses in challenging times

Mobile

Vodacom and Safaricom joint venture to accelerate M-Pesa expansion

Coronavirus

Orange sets-up 8 million euro crisis fund in Europe, Africa and the Middle East

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Coronavirus

Altice gets cold feet over Hot/Partner deal

Cloud

IDC expects 2021 to be the year of multi-cloud as global COVID-19 pandemic reaffirms critical need for business agility

Broadband

Reform policy to boost Kenya’s mobile connectivity Says GSMA

5G

Zain and Huawei to build Middle East’s first SRv6-based IP network with slicing

Telco & CSP

STC: 3,000 employees are working remotely during the next two weeks

Mobile

Omantel expands Ericsson managed services partnership

Devices

Smart Home devices market continues to grow but localization remains a challenge

Mobile

Orange launches Orange Money in Morocco and confirms its position as a major player in mobile money in Africa and the Middle East

Security

Orange Digital Ventures leads $1.5m investment round in Youverify, digital identity and address verification startup based in Lagos

Mobile

Africa's smartphone market posts growth, but uncertainty around global COVID-19 outbreak casts shadow over short-term prospects

5G

Mobily boosts digital economy with Nokia's next-generation ICT and AI solutions

OSS/BSS

Ooredoo Qatar to use Nokia AI-powered customer engagement solution

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5G

Cellcom's Golan Telecom takeover could be extent of Israel consolidation, but 5G will do the rest

Finance & Banking

Joint cooperation agreement between stc pay and the Saudi Payments Company

Satellite

Inmarsat launches connectivity services in Saudi Arabia across land, sea and air

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5G

Orange Egypt goes horizontal with Red Hat

IoT

Orange Business Services and Abu Dhabi Municipality develop smart city IoT application with 3D visualisation

Mobile

Zain concludes sale and lease back of its telecom towers in Kuwait to IHS for US$130 million

5G

STC successfully deploys the first 5G “Smart Campus” in MENA

Data & Analytics

Gartner forecasts public cloud services in the Middle East and North Africa to grow 21% in 2020

Transformation

Orange Digital Ventures invests in Gebeya, the Pan African Ed Tech and online Marketplace