Gulf telecommunication giants are mulling the union of digital infrastructure portfolios to create a giant towerco across the Middle East. Discussions between Ooredoo Q.P.S.C. (ORDS:UH:Abu Dhabi), Mobile Telecommunications Company K.S.C.P. (Zain Group) and UAE-based TASC Towers Holding are ongoing and could eventually combine approximately 30,000 telecommunication tower ass...

Saudi Arabia and Iraq have set up a data centre in a collaboration designed to promote business developments and trade between the two Middle Eastern nations. The project was announced by Mohammed Al-Khorayef, head of the Saudi-Iraqi Business Council at the Council of Saudi Chambers, during the Saudi-Iraqi Business Forum in Riyadh. The executive added the two nations are...

The 2Africa consortium has announced the addition of a new segment - the 2Africa PEARLS branch - extending to the Arabian Gulf, Pakistan and into India. The new branch will bring the total length of the 2Africa cable system to over 45,000 kilometres, making it the longest subsea cable system ever deployed. The 2Africa consortium is made of China Mobile International, Fac...