The event gathered together ministers and 700 participants to promote Oman as an enabling business environment for international Blockchain firms.
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Oman’s Ooredoo connects 77,000 homes with ‘super fast’ fibre broadband
Oman-based telecom provider Ooredoo has provided 77,000 homes across the Muscat region with super fast fibre home broadband from the existing fast home broadband. 0 5632
Bahrain to host Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2019
The Global Entrepreneurship Congress brings together thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, and policymakers from more than 170 countries.
Bloomberg: Amazon’s cashierless store nearing launch date
Amazon’s “just walk out” technology to enable a cashierless store has “improved markedly,” according to a Bloomberg source.
Queen Rania spotlights role of technology in alleviating Arab suffering
She highlighted the role technology can have on closing the “hope gap” impacting the dispriviliged, both within the Arab region and the world at large.
Bahrain’s Zain inks connectivity partnership with K Hotel
Zain Bahrain and K Hotel, operated by the Gulf Hotels Group, have signed an enterprise partnership for full connectivity solutions …
Dubai’s DEWA hosts workshop to review future of AI, robotics
The event was held with a view to DEWA becoming one of the most prominent digital utilities in the world, in line with the Fourth Industrial Revolution that the world is experiencing.
Emirates to boost inflight WiFi connectivity by 2020
Emirates has signed a new agreement with Thales to equip its 777X fleet with the “next generation broadband inflight connectivity” using Inmarsat GX global network.
Bahrain to host first RegTech MENA summit next week
As an expanding segment of the broader fintech universe, RegTech intersects regulation with innovation to revolutionise the financial services industry.
Technology is ‘key’ in Oman’s OMR4.4 billion oil and gas investment
Madhu G.N., Al Siraj Holding, believes investing this money in technology and cost efficient practices can give rise to new verticals in Oman.
Blockchain branded ‘overhyped’ by 47% of DIFC forum audience
According to the speakers, blockchain has many years before going mainstream, but it is a very promising technology across industries.