IEC Telecom UAE wins CSR award for offshore crew welfare connectivity platform
IEC Telecom UAE has been named CSR Initiative of the Year at the Oil and Gas Middle East Awards 2026,…
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Vodafone Idea deploys Ciena’s 1.6Tb/s optical technology as India’s third operator bets on infrastructure to close competitive gap
Vodafone Idea has deployed Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme coherent optical technology across its transport network in India, achieving 1.6 terabits…
Wingu Africa brings local cloud platform to Ethiopia with Birr billing as data sovereignty pressure grows
East African data centre operator Wingu Africa has launched its Wingu Cloud Exchange private cloud platform in Ethiopia, offering compute,…
Paratus launches Starlink-powered priority connectivity for essential services across seven African markets
Pan-African telecommunications provider Paratus Group has launched Paratus Essential Access, a satellite connectivity service built on Starlink’s LEO network and…
Mastercard advances African digital payments on two fronts with Sierra Leone launch and five-market infrastructure deal
Mastercard has announced two separate expansions of its African digital payments footprint, launching a virtual card product in Sierra Leone…
Türkiye goes live with 5G as all three operators launch simultaneously across 81 provincial centres
Turkcell, Türk Telekom and Vodafone Türkiye launched commercial 5G services simultaneously on 1 April 2026, bringing fifth-generation mobile connectivity to…
Saudi POS startup TabSense launches AI fraud detection tool targeting restaurant revenue leakage
Riyadh-based point-of-sale startup TabSense has launched an AI Fraud Detection Agent for the food and beverage sector, designed to monitor…
AWS Bahrain facility struck for second time as Iran targets Gulf cloud infrastructure
Amazon Web Services’ cloud region in Bahrain has sustained damage in a second Iranian strike, the Financial Times reported on…
Egypt’s mylo integrates InstaPay for installment repayments as digital payments infrastructure deepens
Egyptian consumer finance company mylo has enabled customers to repay installments through the InstaPay financial services app, using their mobile…
COMMENT | When the digital becomes a battlefield, sovereignty stops being a slogan
By MEA Tech Watch Editorial On the same day that industry leaders gathered at Atlantis, The Palm to discuss the…