On Monday Samsung will unveil its second-generation Galaxy Gear smartwatch, this one running the open source Tizen operating system, not the Android software that runs the first-generation model, according to reports.
Remote Working and Social Media Habits Putting Middle East Businesses at Risk
One of the world’s leading online security and privacy experts has warned that unprotected remote working and social media use can pose significant risks to both individuals and businesses across the Middle East.
Dell's Project Ophelia could be more bad news for PCs
Dell is shipping Project Ophelia devices to early beta testers. PC sales are already suffering at the hands of mobile devices, and now Dell’s Android PC-on-a-stick threatens the relevance of traditional PCs from a different angle.
Everything and all
Cisco is in the hefty transition between networking giant and total IT company. At Cisco Live! 2013 in Florida, it claimed the vehicle to get it there will be a new business group and partner ecosystem revolved around the ‘Internet of Everything’. Ben Rossi reports.
Telecom get us!
Ericsson’s Middle East President, Anders Lindblad, is adamant the telecoms giant will hold off the rising force of Huawei to …
Stepping up to the China plate
Ericsson’s telecoms dominance just about withstood the rising force of China-based Huawei at Mobile World Congress, but the Koreans took …
Whitman dismisses HP break-up claims
In an effort to assure concerned users and investors that it is working to put past distractions aside, struggling Hewlett-Packard …
Next-gen apps powered by Intel
New ways in which people can use their voices, hand gestures and head-and-eye movements to operate computers are being developed …
ZTE launches Grand Memo 5.7-inch ‘phablet’
ZTE yesterday launched the ZTE Grand Memo 5.7-inch smartphone running on Qualcomm®Snapdragon 800 processors, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. …
Alcatel-Lucent kits out Iraq’s first 4G LTE network
Alcatel-Lucent and Regional Telecom, a communications service provider in Northern Iraq, are to launch the nation’s first 4G LTE network, …
Etisalat to extend LTE coverage with Alcatel-Lucent
Etisalat and Alcatel-Lucent today signed a joint agreement to extend Etisalat’s long-term evolution (LTE) coverage across its footprint, including a …
Zain Kuwait and Huawei to launch joint innovation centre
Zain Kuwait and Huawei today announced plans to launch a first-of-its-kind joint innovation centre, which will serve as a research hub …
Qtel rebrands as Ooredoo
Qtel Group has announced that all of its operating companies in emerging markets across MENA and South-East Asia will now …
Nokia unveils new smartphones
Nokia today unveiled a new range of smartphones at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and announced plans to extend the …
Qualcomm demonstrates LTE carrier aggregation and Category 4 data rates
Qualcomm today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Qualcomm Technologies, in conjunction with Sierra Wireless and Ericsson, has successfully demonstrated LTE …
Mozilla announces global expansion for Firefox OS, Etisalat and Qtel sign up
Mozilla has used Mobile World Congress, which kicked off today in Barcelona, as the platform to preview the first commercial …
Vestberg kicks off Ericsson’s MWC activity with customary predictions
Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg took centre stage as Mobile World Congress got underway this morning by serving the tradition of giving his telecoms …
Ericsson and SAP collaborate on cloud-based M2M solutions
Ericsson and SAP have signed an agreement to jointly market and sell cloud-based M2M solutions and services to enterprises via …
Qtel to announce new initiatives at MWC
Qtel Group, which delivers services to over 89 million customers in MENA and Southeast Asia, will be representing the Middle …
Ericsson, Mozilla and AT&T demonstrate WebRTC at MWC
Ericsson, Mozilla and AT&T will demonstrate a Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC) proof of concept at Mobile World Congress 2013 this …