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.
GCC smartphone sales could continue to fall this year: report
The GCC mobile phone market has experienced mild seasonal growth during the last quarter of 2017, according to the latest data revealed by IDC.0 3915AT&T Cabling Systems signs Westcon as Middle East distributor
Westcon Group has signed a distribution agreement with AT&T Cabling Systems that will see it distribute the vendor’s complete product portfolio in the Middle East.
OKI holds annual distributor conference in Prague
OKI Middle East, India and Africa recently held its annual distributor conference in Prague, Czech Republic. The conference was attended …
Comguard, HP hold training workshop in Riyadh
Comguard recently teamed with HP to conduct a special training workshop for channel partners in Saudi Arabia. The workshop was …
Aspire Zone: Managing for the future
Qatar is looking to build its future around being a world-class sporting destination, with technology a vital enabler in the …
CommVault partners with Qatar Datamation Systems
IT solutions provider Qatar Datamation Systems (QDS) this week announced a partnership agreement with CommVault to promote the data management …
Shifra completes roadshow with Proofpoint, Centrify and Stonesoft
Value-added distributor Shifra has completed a Middle Eastern roadshow with partner-vendors Proofpoint, Centrify and Stonesoft, the firm announced on Saturday. …
Logicom signs partnership agreement with NetApp
ICT distributor Logicom on Sunday announced that it had signed a partnership agreement with data management and storage vendor NetApp. …
MEA external storage market in decline – IDC
According to the latest figures from IDC, the MEA region’s external storage market suffered a year-on-year decline in the last …
Tightening the ship
Topaz is a Dubai-based oil field services company that provides marine and engineering solutions to the global energy industry. After …