Etihad Salam Telecom Company (Salam) has announced its strategic sponsorship of LEAP 2026, taking place from August 31 to September 3 at the Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Center in Malham, Saudi Arabia. Under its "Powering What's Next" theme, Salam will present a portfolio of connectivity, cloud, and AI-enabled infrastructure solutions,... read more

Omantel and the Children's Public Library have launched a heartfelt initiative that gives a refurbished public payphone a new purpose at the library in Qurum, Muscat — transforming it into an interactive feature through which visitors can discover books via the voice of Al Baraa Al Jabri, a young autistic Omani with a longstanding passion for... read more

The SAMENA Telecommunications Council has called for stronger exchange of knowledge, experience, and technological capability between leading and emerging digital markets, with telecom operators and technology providers helping turn such exchange into local industry development, investment, and new market opportunities. Delivering a keynote... read more

stc Group will participate in LEAP 2026 as strategic partner for the fifth consecutive year, taking place from August 31 to September 3 at the Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Center, Malham, under the theme "Into New Worlds." The event brings together more than 600 start-ups, 1,000 speakers, and 1,800 exhibitors from around the globe. At LEAP... read more

MTN Group has announced that MTN Digital Infrastructure has entered into a strategic partnership with a UAE-based data centre investment platform to accelerate the development of AI-ready digital infrastructure across Africa. The partnership will be pursued through Africa Data Hub Holding Limited, which will serve as the platform to develop and... read more

Huawei has been named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Storage Platforms 2026 — the only non-North American vendor to earn a spot in the Leaders Quadrant. The recognition reflects Huawei OceanStor Data Storage's continued technological innovation, leveraging a high-efficiency unified AI data platform, excellent capacity... read more

Cisco has announced an expansion of its Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA through a new partnership with Supermicro, bringing high-density liquid- and air-cooled compute to Cisco's full-stack, secure AI infrastructure architecture for enterprises, neoclouds, and sovereign clouds. Through the partnership, Cisco will offer Supermicro liquid- and... read more

Huawei and HP Inc. have announced the signing of a multiyear global patent cross-licensing agreement, including a license to HP for certain Huawei Wi-Fi patents. The agreement reflects cooperation between the two companies in intellectual property licensing while recognizing Huawei's innovation capabilities and core technological strength,... read more