Touch announced the availability of Vinli offers in all its service centers. The partnership with Vinli will bring in-car Wi-Fi, cloud-based connected car apps, and advanced safety services to vehicles in Lebanon today.

Read more: Touch launches Vinli, bringing the advanced connected car solution in Lebanon

Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding (OTMT) has executed an agreement with Network i2i, a unit of India-based Bharti Airtel, for the sale of its entire stake in its subsidiary Middle East and North Africa Submarine Cable (MENA). OTMT holds a 100 percent stake in MENA.

Read more: Airtel to purchase the MENA Submarine Cable System

du has successfully tested Nokia's Time and Wavelength Division Multiplexing Passive Optical Network (TWDM-PON) innovative fiber technology in its lab, reaching aggregate speeds of 40 Gbps.

Read more: du prepares for fastest fiber broadband in the UAE with successful test of Nokia's next-generation...

Saudi Telecom (STC) has agreed to purchase a 10% stake worth $100million in UAE-based ride-hailing service Careem. The acquisition comes just months after Saudia Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) invested a stake in Uber – which is the global rival to Careem.

Read more: Saudi Telecom purchases 10% stake worth $100million in UAE ride-hailing service

Through the Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon “Hands of Hope program, touch provided the treatment cost of a chemotherapy course for Mehdi, a patient at the CCCL. The project was launched in November 2016 and extends for a duration of a year. Caring for our children’s health and their wellbeing is at the heart of “Positive touch”, the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program.

Read more: touch and the Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon join hands to save a life

Zain Group, a leading mobile telecom innovator in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces that its brand has been identified as the ‘Best Brand for Telecom" in the Middle East for 2016 at the gala ceremony of the Telecom Review Summit Excellence Awards held in Dubai on 13 December, 2016. 
Read more: Zain wins 'Best Brand' title at Telecom Review Excellence Awards 2016

In a short amount of time, Mitel has put itself on the map, posting tremendous growth and even going head to head with established technology heavy weights in some markets. Telecom Review sat with Mehmet Balos, VP International Sales at Mitel Mobility, to talk about the company’s role in the VoLTE market, its most demanded solutions and the secret to its success.

Read more: Pioneering next generation voice solutions

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