E& and Digicel Group have announced a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing international voice services across the Americas. Under this collaboration, E& will serve as Digicel’s partner in 24 markets for both inbound and outbound international traffic, focusing on optimizing operations and improving service quality. As challenges such as fraud threats within the telecommunications sector...
e& UAE has announced a significant advancement in its 5G network by testing the newly allocated 6 GHz and 600 MHz spectrum bands. This initiative, approved by the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA), aims to enhance the existing 5G infrastructure, enabling ultra-fast speeds of up to 10 Gbps and extending 5G coverage beyond...
Starlink, the satellite internet service provided by Starlink Services, LLC, has officially launched its fixed public telecommunications services in Oman. This service aims to cover the entire geographical area of the Sultanate of Oman with broadband internet and provide innovative solutions to connect telecommunications towers in challenging terrains. The service is particularly beneficial for sectors...
Emirates Telecommunications Group Company (e&) has successfully acquired a 100% stake in Serbia Broadband (SBB) for €825 million, equivalent to approximately $891 million. This acquisition was confirmed by e& on Wednesday and is viewed as a significant step in the company’s strategy to expand its presence in Central Eastern Europe. According to Zawya, the acquisition...
Maroc Telecom, which is controlled by the UAE, and its domestic competitor Inwi, owned by Morocco’s royal family, have reached an agreement to settle a long-standing dispute. This resolution includes plans for two joint ventures aimed at expanding and upgrading telecommunications networks across Morocco. This breakthrough is significant for Maroc Telecom, allowing it to reduce...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is preparing to allocate 600MHz and 6GHz bands soon, a decision aimed at accelerating the development of 6G services within the Arab world’s second largest economy. The announcement was made by the Telecommunications and Digital Regulatory Authority (TDRA) on Friday. Majed Al Mesmar, the director general of the TDRA, emphasized...
Mavenir, a provider of cloud-native network infrastructure, has announced a partnership with e& UAE, the telecommunications arm of the global technology group e&, to deploy an AI-powered 5G core. This collaboration was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and aims to advance e& UAE’s cloud-native converged packet core networks across both 4G and...
du, a prominent telecommunications and digital services provider in the UAE, has announced a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Nokia. This collaboration aims to innovate the cloudification of du’s Radio Access Network (RAN) in the UAE, significantly improving the flexibility and performance of its 5G network. The partnership was showcased during a...
UAE telecommunications company e&, formerly known as Etisalat, has announced the sale of its 40 percent stake in Khazna Data Center Holdings for AED8 billion ($2.2 billion) to the Abu Dhabi technology group G42. This significant transaction, reported in a statement to the Abu Dhabi bourse, is expected to generate a capital gain of AED5.1...
Nokia, a world leader in business-to-business technology, has teamed up with KATIM, an EDGE company known for its creative secure communication solutions, to make the UAE’s secure phone networks even better. The main goal of this partnership is to create important solutions, such as Military 5G, that will make military communications and national security infrastructure...