The Tech Capital partners with Touchdown Middle East on region-wide data centre conference
Bahrain/London, UK, September 06, 2023 - The Tech Capital, a renowned digital media platform, has announced its collaboration with Touchdown Middle East, the GCC’s first region-wide data centre conference taking place on 21st-22nd November 2023 in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The conference is...
September 06
MENA telcos to unite over launch of Gulf’s 30,000 tower assets group
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...
July 28
8,700km Portugal-Egypt subsea cable deployment works kick-off
The Medusa Submarine Cable System, which will connect several ports across South Europe and North Africa, has begun construction works. When completed, the 8,700 kilometres route will link Morocco, Portugal, Spain, France, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Egypt. The cable is being developed by Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), Elettra Tlc, Medusa and Orange. ...
July 04
European Investment Bank to fund $374m Portugal-Egypt subsea cable
AFR-IX Telecom said it is closer to getting approval from the Portuguese State to moor its new subsea cable Medusa Submarine Cable System in Sines and the Greater Lisbon region. The cable is designed to be 8,700Km long and will land at the multi-billion Dollar hyperscale data centre campus Start Campus in Sines with a second location in Carcavelos in the outskirts of the Po...
January 13
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