2+ hour, 28+ min ago  (627+ words) A fire at an Amazon Web Services data centre in the UAE has intensified concerns about the resilience and security of critical digital infrastructure, consultants advising data centre operators said. The incident, in the midst of escalating regional tensions following…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (219+ words) Bahrain's Beyon has won a mega contract to develop a high-speed fibre broadband network in Kuwait under a 50-year public-private partnership (PPP) agreement. The state-backed Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP) will hold a 60 percent stake in the project company,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (253+ words) Starlink, a US satellite-based internet provider owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has sent its executives to Iraq to prepare for entry into the lucrative Arab market. Iraqi caretaker prime minister Mohammed Al-Sudani met the delegation in Baghdad on Thursday. The…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (189+ words) Airbus will build Oman's first high capacity communications satellite system as the sultanate's space programme gathers pace. It will cover the Gulf state's territorial waters and the Middle East, East Africa and Asian countries, the minister of transport, communication and…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (198+ words) Lebanon has reportedly approved the launch of Starlink, the satellite internet service owned by US billionaire Elon Musk. "The Lebanese cabinet approved granting a licence to Starlink'Lebanon to provide internet distribution services across all Lebanese territory through satellites operated by…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (423+ words) After a tepid 2024, Apple's phone sales in the Middle East have recovered this year and the company hopes its slimmer iPhone 17 will continue that momentum. The US consumer tech giant yesterday unveiled its latest offering of four devices: the base…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (234+ words) Microsoft said its Azure cloud services are back to normal after damage to multiple subsea cables in the Red Sea caused an outage in the Middle East and other parts of Asia. The US tech company has confirmed it was…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (587+ words) The Middle East's tech companies are being held back by a lack of bandwidth just as cloud computing and data centres push demand even higher, but projects from heavyweights such as Meta and Google could come to the rescue. The…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (172+ words) Saudi Arabian flag carrier Saudia is reportedly in the final stages of a deal with Elon Musk's'SpaceX to roll out the Starlink internet service on its fleet. The move comes as Neo Space Group, backed by the Public Investment Fund,…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1540+ words) Valentina Pasquali came to Dubai from Washington DC where she covered US real estate for Law360, a LexisNexis news website. She has written about global business, banking regulation, international affairs, US politics, and more for publications including Foreign Policy, the Washington…...