Saudi Downtown Company & Eastern Province Municipality sign MoU for strategic collaboration
Saudi Downtown Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund, signed an MoU with the Municipality of the Eastern Province, a move which could accelerate development of smart cities in the region. This MoU will evaluate and explore collaboration opportunities to serve residents of the region and meet their expectations through Saudi Downtown […]
Saudi Arabia’s Aramco announces partnership with Zoom to build 1st Data Center in the Kingdom
Saudi Aramco has announced a strategic partnership with Zoom and an increase in funding for Wa’ed Ventures, a development which is expected to accelerate digital transformation in the Kingdom. As a part of this initiative, a data center is expected to connect to the Zoom global data center network. This will serve Saudi Arabia and […]
Paymob partners with Khazenly to fortify its digital enablement of merchants in Egypt
Paymob, one of the leading financial services providers in the MENA-P region and Khazenly have signed a partnership agreement that will enable merchants to fully digitize business operations. Khazenly is Egypt’s on-demand digital warehousing and fulfilment management platform. The partnership creates an end-to-end ecosystem that combines Paymob’s multiple digital payment acceptance and payout solutions with […]
Cloud Security Startup Wiz Launches Data Center in Sydney
Wiz, an Israeli-United States cloud security startup vendor, has launched its first Australian data center in Sydney, using a highly scalable architecture and adhering to government security guidelines as well as industry standards. The Sydney data center, according to the company, was established to assist client data sovereignty initiatives. From its new data center, it […]
NTT WE Marine to Complete the Final Phase of the $150 Million Subsea Cable Project
Globe Telecom, Philippine’s major telecom services provider, and InfiniVAN, Eastern Communications and Japan-affiliated telco, have hired NTT World Engineering Marine Corp. (NTT WE Marine), for the final phase of the $150 million Philippine Domestic Submarine Cable Network (PDSCN) project. By using the cable ship Subaru, NTT WE Marine will land and install cables in the […]
Globe, Skytowers Infra kick off tower leasing partnership
Globe Telecom Inc. and Skytowers Infra Inc., a Philippine subsidiary of Thai firm Sky Tower Plc., on Monday announced that they had initiated a tower leasing partnership, covering several towers in Southern Luzon. The statement said that the partnership is a testament to the strong relationship between the Philippines and Thailand, and their commitment to […]
Vietnam Needs 2-3 Additional Submarine Fiber Cable Routes
Vietnam needs at least two or three more submarine fiber cable routes in the next five years to serve mounting demand, according to Vietnam Internet Association (VIA) Secretary General Vu The Binh. AAG, APG, AAE-1, and IA are the four out of five undersea fiber cable routes that Vietnamese mobile network carriers use. Their interruptions […]