As we embrace the annual International Girls in ICT Day celebration, ITU Secretary-General, Doreen Bogdan-Martin, emphasized that “Our future is digital and we need women to lead it.”
During GISEC 2024, Telecom Review conducted an exclusive interview with du’s Chief ICT Officer, Jasim Al Awadi, who discussed the significance of digital trust, collaboration and artificial intelligence within the cybersecurity landscape, along with the digital telco’s impact and commitment to enhancing the UAE’s cyber defense.
The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) has unveiled an extensive strategy to spearhead research and studies concerning the advancement of ‘International Mobile Telecommunications’ (IMT-2030) technology, also called the sixth generation of mobile networks (6G).
e& has announced that its shareholders have endorsed the Board of Directors' proposal for a new progressive dividend policy. This policy will see a yearly incremental increase of AED 0.03 for the fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026, culminating in a dividend per share (DPS) of AED 0.89 by fiscal year 2026, as announced during the group's Annual General Meeting (AGM).
The Board of Directors of stc Bahrain has announced the appointment of Eng. Khalid bin Baijan Al Osaimi as the new CEO of stc Bahrain, succeeding Eng. Nezar Banabeela.
du, commercially rebranded from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has announced the launch of du Pay, marking a significant milestone in the UAE's transition toward a cashless economy and aligning seamlessly with the national agenda for digitalization.
e& UAE has announced its membership in MEF, a global industry association of network, cloud, security, and technology providers. This move underscores the digital telco’s commitment to delivering world-class network solutions and enabling seamless connectivity for its customers across the region.
Cloud transformation in the telecom industry requires a collective shift, and Dell Technologies has deep experience in guiding telcos as they embark on this journey. Over the last few years, Dell’s Telecom Systems Business (TSB) has led multi-year cloud transformation shifts across leading UAE customers, bringing significant reductions in costs while dramatically fueling business agility.
The Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Saudi Telecommunications Company (stc Group) has announced the signing of definitive agreements whereby PIF will acquire a 51% stake in Telecommunication Towers Company Limited (TAWAL) from stc Group.
In 2024, the International Girls in ICT Day, supported by the ITU, will be celebrated on April 25. For this year’s theme, the discourse will focus on ‘Leadership,’ underscoring the critical need for strong female role models in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers.
During GISEC 2024, Telecom Review conducted an exclusive interview with du’s Chief ICT Officer, Jasim Al Awadi, who discussed the significance of digital trust, collaboration and artificial intelligence within the cybersecurity landscape, along with the digital telco’s impact and commitment to enhancing the UAE’s cyber defense.
Cloud transformation in the telecom industry requires a collective shift, and Dell Technologies has deep experience in guiding telcos as they embark on this journey. Over the last few years, Dell’s Telecom Systems Business (TSB) has led multi-year cloud transformation shifts across leading UAE customers, bringing significant reductions in costs while dramatically fueling business agility.
In 2024, the International Girls in ICT Day, supported by the ITU, will be celebrated on April 25. For this year’s theme, the discourse will focus on ‘Leadership,’ underscoring the critical need for strong female role models in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers.
Attending Mobile World Congress 2016, Lebanese Telecom Minister, H.E. Boutros Harb was present at the annual International Conference on Telecommunication in Barcelona, where he spoke about the Lebanese government's policy for the development of the mobile telecom sector in Lebanon in the future.
Dubai set a goal to become the world's smartest city by 2017. As the leading Middle Eastern business and tourist hub, Dubai is among many cities around the world embracing ambitious smart city goals. We spoke to Ghazi Atallah, managing director at NexGen, the only consultant for the Smart Dubai project, who shared his thoughts on the ambitious strategy.
Every time we fill out raffle coupons and provided our name, address, email address and telephone numbers, we have given our unwritten consent and provided sensitive information to merchandisers to contact us - whether we win or not.
After realizing the disambiguation of the fine prints on this small piece of paper, at the end of the paragraph, a small statement clearly states that "'we may contact you for promotions available or related to this product." Then, giving us a blank space to sign away and complete the form.
How often we have done this unconsciously? Do we even care about where the piece of paper ends up after the raffle draw? In short, where did our personal details end up?
These are questions we rarely ask ourselves as we excitedly fill out forms, but are questions too important to not ask, particularly in this day in age where we are used to clicking and agreeing to terms and conditions. Installing software on our devices and downloading an app that we find useful are typical examples. These actions involve giving out our personal information, and as we connect those devices to one another, this information can be emitted and transmitted to the internet. We must be wary and have regard for what we share or give over to the connected world. It starts now.
Middle East telecoms' adoption of 5G will support the global USD 164 billion Internet of Things market by 2018, announced one of the world's leading technology companies at Mobile World Congress.
Market research firm Gartner noted that smartphone sales soared in the third quarter of 2015 as compared to the same period last year. The research firm added that this growth stemmed from continued demand for affordable smartphones in emerging markets. The top five device makers are namely: Samsung, Apple, Huawei, Lenovo and Xiaomi.
