CIOs in the Middle East still struggle to give green ICT investments a business language, and this is hampering the …
Smartphones boom while mobile phone sales drops: Gartner
Mobile phone sales floundered during the second quarter, in the wake of the earthquake in Japan. But smartphone sales continued …
African development hubs focus on mobile apps
Increased support of innovation hubs, availability of Web-based public data and increasing adoption of mobile phones have focused the attention …
du completes first phase of optical network
du has announced the completion of the first phase of its Optical Transport Network (OTN) expansion along with its own …
Android phones help poor farmers in Uganda
Mobile-phone companies and aid agencies have talked for years about deploying feature phones, coupled with basic text information services about …
Itqan’s second wave
Growing competition and increasing regional demand for its services are making it bullish to cross over When Feras Al-Jabi, General …
Nokia Siemens talks more QoS in mobile networks
“Nokia Siemens Networks is hoping more operators will start using QoS to offer differentiated mobile broadband services. But the technology …
STC’s Indonesian arm gets funding
AXIS, the Indonesian subsidiary of Saudi Telecom Company, has signed $1.2 billion financing deal with a tenor of 7.5 years …
Mobile network spend to rebound: Dell’Oro
Global spending on mobile infrastructure has been falling for the past two years despite rising demand for network capacity, but …
Android sales leap to second place: Gartner
Android in 2010 became the second best selling smartphone operating system after Symbian from Nokia, Gartner reported yesterday. Android sales …
Qtel Begins Roll Out for Fibre to the Home
Mr. Yi Xiang, President of Middle East, Huawei Qtel has begun the implementation of its programme for “Fibre to the …
Fibre to the home
Dr Nasser Marafih, CEO, Qtel Qtel has begun to implement FTTH (Fibre to the Home), to connect homes in Qatar …
Motorola deal may end mobile-gear consolidation
Nokia Siemens Networks’ acquisition of most of Motorola’s cellular networks business may be the last move in a long game …
Springboard to success
NWME: What brings you to town? Lebeck: Middle East is a key region for us. I wanted to meet the …
Getting ready for LTE
What kind of potential do you see for LTE in the Middle East market? LTE is the future and ultimate …
Cisco quits WiMax radio business
However, despite hitting the market first, WiMax has taken a back seat to LTE (Long-Term Evolution) as a 4G (fourth-generation) …
Cisco quits WiMax radio business
Cisco acquired Navini Networks, which made WiMax RAN (radio access network) equipment, in 2007. The dominant IP networking company said …
Mobile traffic helps push up optical demand
Demand for high-speed links to cell sites and homes will rejuvenate sales of optical network equipment this year and help …
EU approves HP’s 3Com acquisition
The European Commission has approved Hewlett-Packard’s $2.7 billion takeover of 3Com without attaching conditions, the Commission announced. HP and 3Com …
The state of FMC
The idea behind FMC is to create a super-voice service that lets customers mingle calls between fixed-line and mobile handsets. …