SAP holds key event in KuwaitGermany-based SAP, a leading business software company, recently hosted a major event for chief information officers (CIOs) in Kuwait. The event was also attended by Frank Marcus Mann, the German Ambassador to Kuwait. “SAP’s investment in Kuwait is huge More… |
Mobily partners with PCCW GlobalMobily, the second largest telecoms company in Saudi Arabia, said its subsidiary Bayanat Al Oula has signed a co-operation agreement with PCCW Global to enhance its business opportunities. More… |
Thuraya forms new innovation departmentThuraya Telecommunications has announced the formation of a new division focused on spearheading strategic initiatives for the development and implementation of innovation in products, services, and business models. This organisational enhancement comes at the back of the success More… |
Mobily denies asking help for spyingSaudi Arabia's No 2 telecom operator Mobily denied claims by a software engineer that the company had asked him to build surveillance tools to intercept customers' messages on Twitter and other services. Matthew Rosenfield, who uses the pseudonym Moxie Marlinspike, publis More… |
UAE firm patents new mobile technologyUAE-based ViaFone Technologies said it has patented a new mobile technology that is set to transform the way consumers collect and redeem loyalty points across the emirates. A leading mobile application development company, ViaFone said Wafi Mall has become the Middle East launch More… |
Mobily picks Ericsson smart services routerEtihad Etisalat (Mobily), the leading telecom services provider in Saudi Arabia, has selected Ericsson to provide Evolved Packet Core networks in the western region of the kingdom. As a result of the new solution, Mobily subscribers will have the ability to access and consume fou More… |
Orascom Telecom suffers $204m loss in Q1Egyptian mobile phone operator Orascom Telecom Holding said on Wednesday it swung to a net loss in the first quarter of 2013, blaming foreign exchange losses and impairment of some assets. The firm, control More… |
Orascom Telecom rejects Altimo buyout offerEgyptian group Orascom Telecom Holding's management has recommended shareholders reject an offer by a subsidiary of Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman's Altimo to buy the company for $0.70 a share. More… |
Windows 8 update coming this yearMicrosoft Corp executive Tami Reller said on Tuesday the company's forthcoming update to its Windows operating system will be called Windows 8.1 and will be available later this year free to existing Windows 8 customers. & More… |
Virgin among bidders for Saudi telecom licenceFive companies have submitted applications for virtual telecom licences in Saudi Arabia including Virgin Mobile Middle East & Africa (VMMEA). VMMEA - part-owned by Richard Branson's Virgin Group - i More… |








