Thanks to sweeping digital transformation enablement efforts, the Kingdom’s ICT market is now the largest and fastest growing in MENA, with a total market size of SAR154 billion in 2022.
Yet another a business division of pan-African technology group Liquid Intelligent Technologies is in the news. This time it’s Liquid C2, with a cloud contact centre deal.
Moro Hub, a subsidiary of Digital DEWA, the digital arm of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has signed a collaboration with Red Hat, a major provider of enterprise open source solutions.
Zain has acquired the UAE-based cloud and data analytics firm Adfolks via its enterprise unit ZainTech.
China Telecom do Brasil (CTB), the largest subsidiary of China Telecom Americas in Latin America and a leading provider of internet and cloud computing services in Brazil, has announced the launch of eSurfing cloud services in the country.
Claro Colombia has deployed solutions from Casa Systems as it seeks to expand its broadband capacity and build a converged, cloud-native network.
MTN announced it will migrate BSS and OSS applications to Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform, a move to tap into machine learning and AI to deliver operational efficiency across the operator’s footprint, starting with Nigeria and South Africa.
As 5G networks are deployed one of the most important growth opportunities for carrier will be in the enablement of digital transformation for enterprises and the public sector.
MTN conducted a proof of concept (PoC) for what it claimed to be Africa's first 5G standalone core, deployed with the cloud computing platform Microsoft Azure.
The next decade will see continuing challenges in the area of core network evolution with significant changes coming down the line as core networks evolve towards next-generation architectures and platforms, says Richard Liu, President of Huawei’s Cloud Core Network Product Line.
Vivo, the Brazilian branch of service provider Telefónica, is migrating essential data and processes from its data centre in Campinas, São Paulo, to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in order to reduce IT costs and accelerate new service offerings.
As digital transformation becomes ever more essential, cloud-based transformation has become a common choice for global telecom carriers.
At MWC 2023, VMware announced that Vodafone Qatar has selected its solutions to deliver new service offerings via the cloud.
Technology giant Oracle has announced plans to invest US$1.5 billion to meet cloud computing demand in Saudi Arabia.
Global analytics software provider FICO has partnered with FPG Technologies & Solutions to bring advanced decision management and analytics tools to companies across West Africa.
JioGames part of Jio Platforms Limited, described as India's leading gaming service, has partnered with French white label cloud gaming solutions provider Gamestream to launch a 10-year strategic partnership that, the partners say, will provide 1.4 billion Indians with unlimited access to cloud gaming anywhere, anytime.
Cropin, which describes itself as the global agritech pioneer that has built the world's first industry cloud for agriculture, says it has secured 1.130 billion rupees (about US$13.8 million) in funding from new investors Google and JSR Corporation, as well as existing investors ABC Impact and Chiratae Ventures.
Google Cloud has announced a strategic alliance with the government of Kuwait to roll out a comprehensive digital transformation roadmap across government entities and key state-owned enterprises.
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has launched operations in Nigeria, delivering high-speed connectivity, cloud and cyber security services to the market.
This week has seen major announcements relating to its Mexican and Indonesian markets from Amdocs, a provider of software and services to communications and media companies.
Cloud services company Amazon Web Services (AWS) has this week announced the opening of its first office in Lagos, Nigeria.
In yet another deal underlining the importance of cloud service provision, ZainTech, the one-stop digital and ICT solutions division of Zain Group has agreed to acquire managed cloud provider BIOS Middle East.
Treten Networks, an ICT solutions and enterprise security services business, has partnered with Africa Data Centres. This partnership will, it says, allow Treten's customers access to the cloud and infrastructure they need to realise their digital transformation goals.
Autumn seems to have suddenly arrived, reminding us that it is time to reap what we sow and make plans for the future. Over the past couple of years, we have gradually adapted to virtual meetings and connections, so it was very exciting for us to finally meet peers in the industry face-to-face at TM Forum Digital Transformation World (DTW) in Copenhagen from September 20 to 22, 2022.
Google has announced the launch of a cloud region in South Africa, its first in the African continent. South Africa now joins Google’s network of 35 cloud regions and 106 zones worldwide.
Amazon has announced plans for its Mexico cloud unit to open a local zone early next year in what is, by many accounts, a fast-growing cloud services market in that country.
The traditional approach for operators to run their business forever changing, now the telecoms industry needs to be more open to collaboration to truly thrive.
Two of the biggest players in the cloud space, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google, are planning to enhance their presence in South Africa.
MTN Sudan has deployed LigaData’s data analytics and AI platform to accelerate its digital transformation strategy.
To meet what it describes as growing demand for cloud services in Asia-Pacific, Google has announced plans to bring new Google Cloud regions to Malaysia, Thailand and New Zealand. This is addition to similar plans for Berlin, Dammam, Doha, Mexico, Tel Aviv and Turin announced in July.
At the Huawei Carrier Cloud Transformation Summit, Huawei’s Peng Song (pictured) – President, Carrier BG Marketing & Solution Sales – discussed the telecom industry’s cloud transformation and provided updates from Huawei in this area.
At Huawei’s Win-Win Innovation Week held recently, Chen Xuejun from Huawei's Carrier IT Marketing & Solution Sales Department delivered a keynote speech demonstrating how Huawei Cloud helps carriers accelerate cloud transformation to drive new growth.
This week, Huawei held the Carrier Cloud Transformation Summit as a highlight of its Win-Win Innovation Week.
Cable & Wireless Seychelles (CWS) has selected Cerillion to implement a complete digital BSS/OSS solution.
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