Over the last four years the Gulf region has stayed on the forefront of this technological transformation. Today many consumers are enjoying 4G mobile services delivered up to 10 times faster than their earlier predecessors.
Slicker city
The road to Ajman Vision 2021 has already begun, the initiative demanding a happier, greener emirate driven by a ‘distinguished government’. A key partner of the project is city planner Ajman Municipality, whose increasingly mobile employees needed a sharper Wi-Fi solution to catalyse the mandate’s ambitious objectives.
Xiaomi leads China’s smartphone market
Xiaomi regained its position as China’s leading smartphone vendor in the second quarter, while Apple fell to third place despite increased sales of its iPhones.
Fast times
While it’s still relatively early days in the rollout of fibre to the cabinet broadband technology, a new technology is around the corner that promises significantly higher download and upload speeds. G.Fast cabinets aim to provide faster speeds and less crosstalk, but only time will tell if they will truly deliver.
Channel premiers
A round-up of the most influential executives in the regional IT channel.
Ooredoo Kuwait teams up with VMware
VMware has announced that Ooredoo Kuwait has successfully deployed both Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) and IT applications on a single, unified cloud based on the VMware vCloud for NFV platform.
Xiaomi faces challenge in reaching sales goal
Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi aims to sell 80 million smartphones this year, however that objective may be more challenging to achieve than originally thought.
Taking flight with M2M
With everything from luxury cars to home appliances expected to be connected through M2M applications in the coming years and to be linked to cellular networks, the ICT industry has come to grips with the fact that certain technology limitations will need to be overcome before M2M can truly take flight.
Transforming together
Technology giant Huawei recently hosted its Middle East Channel Partner Summit at Atlantis, The Palm Dubai, bringing together an esteemed selection of channel partners and industry players to hear about how the company is redefining its regional Enterprise Business group channel strategy.
Smartphone market sees boom in MEA region
According to the Q4 2014 Handsets Tracker report released by the International Data Corporation (IDC), smartphone shipments in the Middle East and Africa region saw a year-on-year growth of 83 per cent during the year 2014.
Partner progression
Big things lie ahead for Hany Hussein. Huawei’s newly appointed Regional Vice President, Enterprise Business Group, talked strategy, targets and …
Get smart
Regional governments have a mandate to smarten up their services. If managed correctly, these smart services can go far in breaking down barriers between government agencies and their citizenship.
DISTREE Middle East 2015 opens
The 11th annual DISTREE Middle East begins today with more than 500 delegates registered to attend the three-day event. DISTREE Middle East runs from May 12th to 14th at the Fairmont Bab al Bahr in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Bit and byte
Widely renowned as one of the top technology trade shows in the world, the 2015 edition of CeBIT played host to a range of internationally acclaimed companies and insider experts in Hannover, Germany. Among the highlights were SAP’s CEO Bill McDermott and a video link Q&A with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Samsung regains number one spot in smartphone market
Samsung Electronics regained the number one position in the smartphone market in the first quarter.
MEA smartphone shipments soar 83 percent
Smartphone shipments to the Middle East and Africa saw unprecedented year-on-year growth of 83 percent in Q4 2014, IDC.
Nokia to buy Alcatel-Lucent
Nokia has said it has entered into a memorandum of understanding to acquire Alcatel-Lucent in a deal that would value …
Network World ME Award winners announced
CNME’s prestigious Network World Middle East awards honoured the region’s top networking talent last night at the Safinah Ballroom in Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai.
Lighting up
Cellular networks in the Middle East will need fatter pipes to the wired Internet to keep delivering a satisfying mobile experience, and fibre is emerging as the best for mobile backhaul networks.
The dream: Seamless cloud
In a work environment where employees demand mobile solutions, and the C-suite is mandated to keep data secure and business processes grounded, CIOs are hard-pressed to create seamless cloud to on-premise solutions that are both user and business friendly.