Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and Huawei, a leading global ICT solutions provider, have signed an agreement to enable the national cadre in ICT and promote innovation in the sector.

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and Huawei, a leading global ICT solutions provider, have signed an agreement to enable the national cadre in ICT and promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the sector.

The memorandum"...

China’s stocks fell for a fourth day, sending its benchmark to the lowest level in almost a year on Tuesday, as concern mounted about escalating trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies after the US banned ZTE from buying key American technology.

The Shanghai Composite Index retreated 1.4 per cent, or 43.85 points, to 3,066.80, the lowest close since May 24. The ChiNext gauge of small-caps that are dominated by technology"...

(AETOS Wire)-- At the Mobile 360 – West Africa event, the GSMA announced the launch of the GSMA Mobile Money Certification, a global scheme for mobile money providers to offer safer, more transparent and more resilient financial services to millions of mobile money users around the world. The certification relies on an independent assessment of a mobile money provider's ability to deliver secure and reliable services, to protect the rights of consumers and to combat money"...

(AETOS Wire)-- The mobile industry in West Africa is forecast to contribute more than $50 billion annually to the region’s economy by 2022, according to a new GSMA study published today at the ‘Mobile 360 – West Africa’ event being held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The new report, The Mobile Economy: West Africa 2018, calculates that the region’s mobile ecosystem contributed $37 billion in value last year, equivalent to 6.5 per cent of GDP1,"...

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Monday announced the opening of three more smartphone plants in India — along with the company’s first Surface Mount Technology (SMT) plant in Chennai that will manufacture printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) units in the country.
A PCBA is one of the most important components of the smartphone and contributes to nearly 50 per cent of the value of the device. Earlier this month, the government imposed a 10 per cent tax on imports of key smartphone components, including"...

SAMENA Telecommunications Council, the tri-regional, non-profit telecommunications industry association that embodies a community of South Asian, Middle Eastern, and North African telecoms operators, manufacturers, technology providers, and specialist ICT firms and Tech Mahindra will jointly hold the Beyond Connectivity (BYC 2018) – Tech Mahindra Annual Communications, Media and Entertainment (CME) Summit 2018, themed “In The Future”.

This"...

VIVA entered the Bahraini Telecommunication market in 2010 with a vision to transform the national telecommunications landscape. Within 2 years from launch, we grew very quickly from being the third entrant in a highly saturated market into the mobile market share leader. While part of our success lies in the continued investment in latest technologies, our key focus has always been to differentiate by better understanding customer needs and offer services that are unique, better and faster.

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Chinese smartphone maker OPPO, which has ceded ground to Xiaomi in the Indian market, is looking to take a page out of its Chinese rival's marketing playbook with plans to hold its first online flash sale in the country early next week.

OPPO, which launched a new flagship smartphone on Monday in India"...

The mobile industry in the Middle East is in a period of rapid change and by the middle of the next decade is likely to emerge transformed, new analysis suggests.

According to two recent reports, published separately by the GSMA and research and consulting business Ovum, mobile in the region is on the cusp of a new era, driven by the availability of new technologies, evolving consumer behavior, government ambitions, and the need for telecoms providers"...