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SAUDI ARABIA
Honeywell , is to open an advanced regional manufacturing centre at the King Salman Energy Park , SPARK , Saudi Arabia ’ s new energy industrial zone . The new facility will become Honeywell ’ s eighth site in Saudi Arabia , reflecting both the company ’ s strategic growth objectives in the Saudi Arabia and its support for Aramco ’ s In-Saudi Arabia Total Value Add , IKTVA program to advance local capabilities in research , development , and manufacturing of cutting-edge technology .
centre3 , a provider of hosting and data services in the MENA region , announced the signing of a strategic commercial deal with Huawei . Under this agreement , centre3 will provide hosting and data services to Huawei to help it expand its cloud footprint in the region and meet the growing demand for cloud services .
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UAE
Strong adoption and delivery placed UAE in third position globally , according to a Boston Consulting Group report indicating that digital government services have become an integral part of residents ’ daily life in the UAE . BCG ’ s study shows that the level of satisfaction of digital government services in UAE is in the top rankings of global net experience scores , marked at 79 % for 2022 . Digital services in UAE have been met with positive response , with the country ’ s residents placed highly in terms of frequency of access .
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OMAN
Omantel and UAE ’ s du , from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company , have come together to link the Sultanate of Oman and UAE through a newly activated 275km international fibre optic submarine cable named the Oman Emirates Gateway , OEG that will meet the evolving market demands , scale up speed , expand connectivity , deliver enhanced customer experience , and provide wider commercial offerings .
AWS announced the opening of a new AWS Direct Connect location within the Equinix MC1 data centre in Muscat , Oman . By connecting an enterprise network to AWS at the new location , the business gains private , direct access to all public AWS Regions , except China Beijing , operated by Sinnet , and China , Ningxia , operated by NWCD , AWS GovCloud Regions , and AWS Local Zones .
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QATAR
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KUWAIT
Zain Group has completed the technical prototype validation of RedCAP based on 5.5G technology in Kuwait . RedCap is defined as part of the 3GPP Internet of Things architecture . It has network speeds of 100Mbps downlink and 10Mbps uplink and can be used in supporting use cases such as industrial Internet , electric power industry , wearables , video surveillance , smart vehicles , and other similar medium to high-speed IoT applications . From the perspective of application scenarios , Redcap has huge potential in the industrial and consumer markets .
Dell Technologies announced that Hamad International Airport , Qatar has selected its advanced server and network infrastructure solutions to deliver the best passenger experience and operational excellence as the aviation hub continues with Phase B of its expansion plan . Hamad International Airport , currently serves over 170 global destinations and more than 40 airline partners , chose the Dell PowerEdge servers to secure and enhance the airport ’ s infrastructure capabilities , improve efficiencies and costs .
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