Batelco has made a contribution of BD 3.5 million ($8.2 million) to the ‘There is Good in Us’ campaign launched by the Royal Humanitarian Foundation in Bahrain.
Batelco pledges $8.2 million to Covid-19 campaign
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Bahrain Network (BNET), the national company responsible for providing fiber-based broadband in the Kingdom of Bahrain, has proudly announced the appointment of Dr. Mohamed Tayeb Mahmood as its Chief Technical Officer (CTO).
During GISEC 2024, Telecom Review conducted an exclusive interview with Rodrigo Brito, Head of Cybersecurity Portfolio at Nokia, to discuss the company’s AI-powered security innovation and commitment to ensuring GenAI integration is implemented efficiently and securely.
Vodafone Qatar has announced its financial results for the first quarter of the year, showing positive improvements across all key indicators.
By Elvi Correos, Senior Journalist, Telecom Review Group
Huawei Cloud showcased its industry-leading intelligent and simplified cloud native security solutions, which protect entities across the Middle East and Central Asia against sophisticated cyberattacks, during GISEC Global 2024 in Dubai.
e& UAE has released a new whitepaper, outlining a blueprint for navigating the future of telecommunications with artificial intelligence (AI). Titled “Unleashing the Power of AI: How e& UAE is Shaping the Future of AI in Telecommunications and Beyond” the whitepaper offers an in-depth exploration of e& UAE’s journey towards becoming an AI-driven organization, significantly contributing to the nation’s digital future. The whitepaper explores e& UAE’s strategic integration of more than 400 AI use cases and 160 machine learning (ML) models across its operations.
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).
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.
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During GISEC 2024, Telecom Review conducted an exclusive interview with Rodrigo Brito, Head of Cybersecurity Portfolio at Nokia, to discuss the company’s AI-powered security innovation and commitment to ensuring GenAI integration is implemented efficiently and securely.
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.
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WhatsApp to enable new feature amid fierce competition with Zoom
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic which has struck the entire world, forcing it into a great global lockdown, social distancing has become key to our survival.
Arabsat holds virtually its General Assembly meetings
Arab Satellite Communications Organization - Arabsat had planned to have the 43rd session of its General Assembly meetings in the Kingdom of Jordan under the kind patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, but due to the global circumstances of coronavirus pandemic and the inability to travel, it was decided to hold the Board and the General assembly meetings virtually in coordination with the Jordanian administration.
China announces approved COVID-19 vaccines
Two COVID-19 inactivated vaccines have just been approved to go into clinical trial by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) of China.
NXN activates COVID-19 remote care program
To help preserve hospital bed capacity only for high risk patients and to support, monitor and advise patients suffering from COVID-19 symptoms wherever they may be, NXN has aligned with smart health solution provider, Canadian-based Tactio Health Group and deployed the COVID-19 care program for remote patient monitoring using NXN’s DNX platform.
