Information Technology

Details: Created: 18 November 2010

Siemens announced plans to launch a development centre in Doha, Qatar, marking a major move for the company in its drive to develop local access to specialist technology and engineering disciplines. The centre will be hosted at Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP), a home for technology-based international companies and part of the Qatar Foundation.

Details: Created: 25 August 2010

Alfred Tharwat, R&M Area Manager for Africa

Structured cabling specialist, Reichle & De-Massari (R&M), has installed a complete end-to-end enterprise cabling solution for Middle East and North Africa financial institution, HC Securities. HC Securities had chosen Swiss company R&M?s range of enterprise cabling to connect its entire network infrastructure for its office headquarters located in Cairo, Egypt. The project was completed by R&M?s long time implementation partner and Egyptian systems integrator, Channel Computer Services.

Details: Created: 13 August 2010

Telecom Egypt has announced a second-quarter profit rise of 23 per cent, beating estimates from analysts. Net income reached US$170.7mn from US$138mn a year before, the Cairo-based company said in a recent statement distributed by the Regulatory News Service.

Details: Created: 19 July 2010

Etisalat nears Reliance Communications stake

UAE telecom operator, Etisalat, is close to buying a 26 per cent stake in the second most successful Indian telecoms firm Reliance Communications.

Details: Created: 02 July 2010

Swiss structured cabling specialist, Reichle & De-Massari (R&M), has predicted increased deployment of Fibre to the Home (FTTH) networks in the Middle East. The compant believes this will be fuelled by the region?s growing trend towards intelligent cities and requirements for faster bandwidth speeds and transmission technology to enable triple play (voice, video, and data) services.