Kevin Maher appointed Regional Vice President as global networking leader continues to grow in MEA region Saudi Arabia node latest addition to AT&T's global network New AT&T office to open in Dubai's Internet City Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Further expanding its business and operations in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, AT&T Inc (T: NYSE) announced it is appointing a new sales leader...

[Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 26 November 2008] Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei"), a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today announced that it assisted Mobily, one of the major mobile operators in Saudi Arabia, to successfully deploy an IP/MPLS unified core network, providing the operator with total cost of ownership (TCO) savi...

Vantrix used the TelcoTV conference to launch it Media Controller and to announce deployments in Kuwait, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as well as the United States.

Cheikh Abd Al-Muhsin Al-’Obikan, a member of Saudi Arabia's Shura Council and advisor to the Ministry of Justice, has issued a fatwa forbidding a fiancé to look at pictures of his fiancée uploaded online by SMS, for fear that others could see her before their marriage.

Mobily, a GSM operator in Saudi Arabia, announced earlier this month, that their new WiMAX network will be free for new subscribers during the month of Ramadan. New subscribers will also receive free installation and CPE modems. The Mobily WiMAX service will be available in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, and Khobar. Mobily says that eventually its

Nokia Siemens Networks enables borderless network in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, and Iraq. Nokia Siemens Networks and Zain have won the Global Telecoms Business Wireless network infrastructure innovation award for ‘One Network’, the world’s first borderless mobile telecoms network service. The announcement was made at the Global Telecoms Business Awards in London. The ground breaking ‘O...

The Saudi cellular operator Mobily has launched a new WiMAX service for residential users in four major cities: Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, and Khobar (below). This is Mobily’s first WiMAX launch since taking over ISP and WiMAX licensee Bayanat al-Oula in September last year. Mobily says subscribers can expect download speeds of up to 2Mbps on

Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) is to supply, build, integrate operate and manage multiplay communications infrastructure for Saudi Arabia's high-tech flagship, King Abdullah Economic City. The five-year sole-supplier partnership agreement with Emaar, developer of the smart-city project, is the first for an end-to-end fixed network in Saudi Arabia. This turnkey agreement award breaks new ground in Saudi Ar...

Ericsson is to supply, build, integrate operate and manage multiplay communications infrastructure for Saudi Arabia's high-tech flagship, King Abdullah Economic City.

Kuwait based, Zain has announced that it will launch its mobile network in Saudi Arabia tomorrow (26th August), and connect it to the group's borderless roaming service, One Network.