Mobily chief financial officer, Khaled Abanami has confirmed the mobile operator is examining three options with fellow Saudi cellco, Zain with respect to combining and extracting value from their combined tower assets in the Kingdom.
Mobily CFO reiterates tower deal options with Zain Saudi Arabia
August 2nd, 2020 — News
Dubai hunkers down on cyber security
July 13th, 2020 — Miscellaneous
The recent announcement of the introduction of the Dubai Cyber Index for government entities in the emirate is another example of the emirate’s acknowledgement of the central importance of cyber security, and indeed cyber resilience, in securing the progress of its economy and society, particularly at these most uncertain of times.
State-sponsored hacking emerges as the new arms race
June 21st, 2020 — Miscellaneous
The world appears to be going through a period of rising real-world international tension, what with China and India sabre rattling over territorial claims at their shared border, and North Korea ratcheting up aggressive rhetoric against the South. Ongoing disputes continue to simmer in other regions including Syria, Yemen Hong Kong, and parts of the Middle East, though even more alarming than these infractions is the seeming rise of far less tangible though equally destructive cyber espionage.
Uncertainty should compel greater investment in cyber defences not less
June 12th, 2020 — Miscellaneous
Perhaps the ongoing pandemic and the havoc it is wreaking across economies and societies around the world has me a little skittish, but the revelations this week that Japanese car manufacturer Honda has been hit by a cyber attack made me hope this is not a precursor to significant difficulties for yet another global brand.
Zain and Orascom pushed out of Lebanon, at least temporarily
May 7th, 2020 — Miscellaneous
The government of Lebanon has resumed operational management of state-owned cellcos Alfa and touch after operating contracts held by Orascom Telecom Media and Technology (OTMT) and Zain Group, respectively, expired earlier this year.
