27 results
- 13 Oct 2015
Ooredoo, Nokia Seal Deal for Advanced Mobile Broadband Network
Ooredoo Group and Nokia have signed a major framework agreement in Doha to support Ooredoo's long-term development strategy across its footprint in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia.…
- 21 Dec 2016
Nokia, Ooredoo Achieve Transmission Rate of 1Terabit/Sec in Africa
Working in partnership with Nokia, Ooredoo Algeria, successfully achieved a groundbreaking transmission speed of 1.2 terabits per second over optical fiber in Africa's first field trial of innovative…
- 27 Feb 2019
Ooredoo selects Ericsson for 5G
Ericsson has been selected by Ooredoo Qatar to make its ‘Supernet’ fully 5G-enabled and enhance the digital lives of people, enterprises and industries across Qatar. The 5G deal will see…
- 9 Apr 2014
ITU Partners Ooredoo for Development of Local Digital Content
ITU has launched the fourth edition of its popular ‘Young Innovators’ competition, seeking out talented young thinkers and social technopreneurs across the globe, and encouraging them to showcase…
- 24 Jul 2013
Nigerians, Others Jostle for ITU Telecom World 2013 Young Innovators’
A panel of “Challenge Partners” from industry, international organizations, NGOs and academia, including major names such as Carrefour Enterprise Foundation, Ooredoo, Dupont Sustainable Solutions,…
- 30 Apr 2014
Mobile Operators Collaborate on Interoperability of Mobile Money across Africa
Nine mobile network operators, including Bharti Airtel, Etisalat Group, Millicom, MTN Group, Ooredoo Group, Orange, STC Group, Vodafone Group and Zain Group, have committed to work together to…
- 29 Jun 2016
GSMA Launches Initiative for Rich, Interoperable Messaging Experiences
GSMA hasannounced that AIS, Axiata Group, Beeline, Bell Mobility, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Claro Brazil, Claro Colombia, Indosat Ooredoo, M1, Megafon, MTS, Optus, Personal…
- 10 Dec 2014
Telecom World 2014 Highlights Innovations, Technologies to Shape Future of ICTs
ITU Telecom World 2014 closed its doors yesterday following four busy days of high-level debate, networking, knowledge sharing and showcasing. A dynamic and truly diverse line-up of participants from…
- 1 Dec 2016
Mahindra Comviva, Oredoo Kuwait wins CommsMEA Business Services Award
Mahindra Comviva, the global leader in providing mobility solutions, and Oredoo Kuwait have jointly won the CommsMEA Business Services Award for Digital Services Management. The awards were presented…
- 3 Apr 2024
Google Taps Noor Al-Sulaiti to Lead Cybersecurity Business Development and Government Relations for Middle East, Turkey, and Africa
Google Cloud has announced the appointment of Noor Al-Sulaiti as Head of Security Business Development and Government Relations for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa region (META). Noor, an…
- 8 Dec 2014
FG Woos Broadband Investors with Incentives, Opts for Open Access Model
Federal government has said there is much to do to achieve an all inclusive penetration of telecommunications to every part of the country, despite attaining active telephone line connectivity…
- 5 Mar 2020
Ericsson Spectrum Sharing now Commercially Available
Ericsson has announced that its unique dynamic spectrum sharing solution has become commercially available for the first time. It has the capacity to allow communications service providers to quickly…
- 9 Dec 2014
FG Dangles Tax Holidays, Others on Infracos
Infrastructure Companies (Infracos) soon to be licensed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will, among other incentives, get tax holidays of between five and seven years to cushion their…
- 24 Sept 2014
GSMA to Undertake Research to Accelerate Female Digital Economy
The GSMA and its partners are working together in the Connected Women Programme to accelerate growth of the female digital economy, having already reached 10 million women through existing…
- 24 Aug 2015
GSMA Launches Low Power WAN Initiative to Accelerate Growth of IoT
The GSMA has announced that it has established the ‘Mobile IoT Initiative’, a new project backed by 26 of the world’s leading mobile operators, OEMs, chipset, module and infrastructure companies,…
- 27 May 2014
Telcos to Reduce Roaming Charges across Africa, Middle East
The GSMA has announced that senior leaders from nine major mobile operator groups, accounting for over half a billion mobile connections across 48 countries in Africa and the Middle East, are…
- 4 May 2014
Nigeria to Miss MM Cross Border Remittance Deal
Nigeria will not be a beneficiary of the landmark deal struck by major telecom operators in Africa for the implementation of interoperable mobile money services across Africa and the Middle East…
- 20 Nov 2014
GSMA Partners Child Helpline International to Promote Child Protection
GSMA has marked the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)1 by forming a partnership with Child Helpline International (CHI) to protect young people and…
- 18 Mar 2014
GSMA, Operators Thinker on Improving MEA Mobile Access & Affordability
GSMA and telecom operators have commenced moves with the initiative aimed at enhancing use of network infrastructure to connect underserved communities across Middle East and Africa. The move is in…
- 14 Jul 2017
GSMA Unveils New ‘Mobile for Development’ Initiatives
At the 2017 Mobile 360 – Africa, the GSMA announced several developments in its Mobile for Development programme, all of which support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The…
- 20 Apr 2018
Mobile Voice Usage Steady in Africa - Report
Mobile voice telephony usage in Africa has remained stable and the situation is likely to persist at least until the end of this year – despite increasing adoption of Over the Top (OTT) applications…
- 27 Apr 2018
GSMA Marks International Girls in ICT Day with Events Around the World
The GSMA will celebrate the annual ITU International Girls in ICT Day this week with a series of events across its global footprint aimed at encouraging and empowering young women to explore career…
- 18 Mar 2014
GSMA, Telcos Partner to Improve Mobile Access across Africa
Senior leaders from eight major mobile operator groups, covering 551 million mobile connections across Africa and the Middle East, plan to cooperate on network infrastructure sharing initiatives that…
- 28 Jan 2020
Ericsson Predicts Increased 5G Uptake in Africa
Ericsson says more service providers in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region will this year adopt 5G technology in their operations. Chafic Traboulsi, head of networks at Ericsson Middle East and…
- 30 Sept 2014
ITU Telecom World 2014 Holds in Doha in December
ITU Telecom World 2014 which holds in Doha, Qatar, from December 7-10 will begin with an exclusive one-day Leadership Summit on the Future for leaders from governments, regulatory bodies and across…
- 26 Nov 2014
Eight Start-ups Win ITU Telecom 2014 Young Innovators Competition
ITU Telecom has announced the emergence of eight start-ups as winners of its fourth annual Young Innovators’ Competition. Open to young social entrepreneurs between ages 18 and 30 from around the…
- 1 Jun 2020
9mobile Announces Alan Sinfield as New CEO
Telecoms company, 9mobile, has announced the appointment of seasoned telecoms expert, Alan Sinfield as the substantive Chief Executive Officer of the company. He brings a wealth of global operational…