With Saudia Arabia’s telecoms regulator, the CITC, set to award the country’s first three mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) licences in the coming quarter, Ben Rossi examines why — contrary to other regions — they are yet to play a major part in the Middle East’s telecoms industry.
Saudi Arabia’s Al Khobar becomes first Middle East city to get 5G network
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AMD previews ‘world’s first’ 5 GHz CPU processor
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Brocade appoints new country manager for Saudi
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