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Ericsson to deploy 5G in sports stadiums

The overtake of COVID-19 pushed Ericsson to expand its horizon to accommodate sports fans’ needs. As 5G’s influence heightens, sports venues are entering the league.During Dubai’s tech festival, the Swedish vendor presented its latest project to enhance the live experience for fans. At its booth, Ericsson’s model revealed a sneak-peek into its plan to deploy […]

GITEX Tech Week, Day 1: Innovation at the Helm

The inaugural day of GITEX Tech Week was filled with childlike excitement for almost all attendees. Your sense of scent is the first to be triggered when stepping into the halls of the event. Imagine the satisfactory smell of newly opened technology, a brand-new smartphone, laptop, or tablet, then multiply that times a million; truly […]

Etisalat's autonomous bus

Etisalat showcased their self driving bus at GITEX 2021, which fits almost 10 passengers. It is worth mentioning that the event featured a myriad of autonomous vehicles, highlighting the quick evolution of Dubai’s transportation sector.

GITEX 2021 kickoff

GITEX Tech week has fully kicked off at the Dubai World Trade Center bringing together a tidal wave of everything tech and telecoms imaginable. The conference has already witnessed a plethora of announcements such as Egypt’s IT and Telecoms Minister announcing that three million Egyptian households will receive fiber-optic broadband in the coming two years.

Gitex 2021

GITEX Technology week has always been known as one of the world’s greatest and influential tech shows of the year; a home for experts in the world of technology to convene, meet, network, and engage in a plethora of thought-provoking panel discussions and speeches discussing the innovations of today and tomorrow. Over the course of […]

UAE to launch probe targeting asteroid between Mars, Jupiter

The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday announced plans to send a probe to land on an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter to collect data on the origins of the universe, the latest project in the oil-rich federation’s ambitious space program. A successful landing would see the UAE join an elite club of the European Union, […]

No cashiers, please: Futuristic supermarket opens in Mideast

The Middle East on Monday got its first completely automated cashier-less store, as retail giant Carrefour rolled out its vision for the future of the industry in a cavernous Dubai mall. Like Amazon’s breakthrough unmanned grocery stores that opened in 2018, the Carrefour mini-market looks like any ordinary convenience store, brimming with sodas and snacks, […]

UAE urged to replace Huawei’s 5G to secure U.S. F-35 jets deal

Under U.S. pretense that the Chinese telecom vendor Huawei could expose the Gulf to national security threats, United Arab Emirates (UAE) telco firms are urged by U.S. Lockheed Martin’s F-35 jets and drones’ sales deal to push Huawei from its 5G infrastructure contracts. The UAE has always held a fierce stance concerning its strong mobile […]

Saudi Aramco facing $50M cyber extortion over leaked data

Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant acknowledged Wednesday that leaked data from the company — files now apparently being used in a cyber-extortion attempt involving a $50 million ransom demand — likely came from one of its contractors. The Saudi Arabian Oil Co., better known as Saudi Aramco, told The Associated Press that it “recently became […]