Saudi Arabia's Mobily Builds 100G Backbone with Ciena
Mobily, a mobile operator in Saudi Arabia, has activated a 100 Gbps metro network in Riyadh using equipment from Ciena. ...
Tag: Middle East
GSA: 15 Mobile Networks now with HD Voice
HD Voice is making gradual in roads into mobile networks worldwide. Fifteen operators are now supporting HD voice, although this ...
Egypt Restores Internet Access Amidst Street Chaos
The Egyptian government permitted the nation's four ISPs to reboot at 09:29:31 UTC (11:29am Cairo time). The Renesys blog tracked ...
Alcatel-Lucent and Ciena Supply SEA-ME-WE 40G Upgrade
Alcatel-Lucent was selected for an upgrade to 40G transmission of all the submarine segments of the South East Asia-Middle East-Western ...
Renesys: Egypt's Last ISP Goes Offline 4 Days Later
Renesys, which has been tracking the Internet cut-off in Egypt, reported that Noor, the last remaining service provider, went offline ...
SEA-ME-WE4 Cable Upgrades for 40 Gbps Links
The 20,000-km SEA-ME-WE4 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe) undersea cable system has deployed 40 Gbps technology, the highest wavelength capacity ...
Vodafone Restores Cell Phone Service in Egypt
Vodafone restored voice services to our customers in Egypt on Saturday morning. In a statement, the Vodafone corporate office said: ...
Vodafone Egypt Confirms Order to Suspend Services
Vodafone issued a statement saying that is subsidiary, Vodafone Egypt, had been ordered by the Egyptian governement to suspend services. ...
Ciena Wins NGN Project with Mobily in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's Mobily has selected Ciena to supply Carrier Ethernet, optical transport and switching, as well as management and maintenance ...
Broadband Line Growth Strongest in Developing Economies
The number of fixed, broadband line subscriptions topped 508 million as of the end of Q3 2010, representing a growth ...
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