SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
October 29, 2017 |
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Middle East |
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Saudi Arabia leads Arab countries in online transactions
Online transactions increased in Arab countries by 22 per cent in 2016, a growth that was led by Saudi Arabia with 27 percent, followed by Egypt with 22 percent and UAE with 21 percent...
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Facebook boosts presence in Middle East and North Africa
Over the past five years Facebook has grown its MENA user base by 264%, and now looks to galvanize the digital transformation in the Arab World, collaborating with users and partners to create products and solutions relevant...
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Turkcell launches new search engine Yaani
Turkey's leading cellphone operator Turkcell announced the launch of its new search engine called Yaani...
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Online shopping platform to launch in Saudi Arabia
Noon, the online shopping platform, will launch in Saudi Arabia before the end of this year and is working with large Saudi retailers as well as small and medium enterprises, and start-ups...
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Oman switches over to SmartKargo
Oman Air Cargo has introduced a new 100% Cloud-based cargo ERP solution from SmartKargo to maximise the potential of its cargo business - leveraging the solution’s advanced, real-time capability to bring digital...
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Spanish operator reaches 9 million homes with fiber
Grupo MASMOVIL, the Spanish alternative operator has announced that it has increased the coverage of its fibre-optic networks to nine million available households in Spain...
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SpaceX Falcon 9 set to launch Korean satellite
SpaceX is poised to launch the Korean satellite built in France by Thales Alenia Space that provide television and Internet services in Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Southeast Asia and the Middle East...
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Disclaimer: Information contained herein has been obtained from sources, which we deem reliable. SAMENA Telecommunications Council is not liable for any misinformed decisions that the reader may reach by being solely reliant on information contained herein. Expert advice should be sought. |
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