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Digicel Pacific Network Uses SES satcoms for

Disaster Recovery

Highlighting an increase in natural disasters in the Pacific Region,
Digicel Pacific and SES have announced an agreement to bolster
Digicel Pacific’s network with SES's service to enable critical
communications to be restored quickly in the event of natural
disasters. This agreement is an extension of the companies' long-
standing partnership. Following the earthquake that hit Tonga on
26 August, Tonga Domestic Cable Extension (TDCE), the island
nation’s only domestic subsea cable connection, was damaged.
Through SES’s satellite service, Digicel Pacific was able to restore
inter-island voice, SMS, and data services on the islands of Vava’u
within six hours. Digicel Pacific regional hub markets CEO Shally
Jannif explains: “The expanded agreement with SES and the use
of its O3b mPOWER network will give the nation of Tonga greater
peace of mind that, in the event of a significant disaster, we will
have the ability to access a large amount of low-latency, high-
throughput connectivity.” Indeed, SES says of O3b mPOWER:
“Our next-generation MEO constellation delivers industry-leading people to get back online and assure their loved ones of their
throughput, latency and flexibility backed by ironclad service level safety. At the same time, it also enabled local business to get their
agreements.” Jannif continues: “Being able to implement disaster operations back up quickly, minimizing the potential disruption to
recovery networks quickly after the recent earthquake enabled their businesses.”

stc Bahrain Expands Cybersecurity Offerings to
Empower Enterprises and SMEs on Their Digital

Transformation Journeys

In a strategic move to fortify the cyber resilience of Bahrain's visibility and autonomous threat detection. Endpoint Detection
business ecosystem, stc Bahrain, a world class digital enabler, and Response, enabled by CrowdStrike, offers protection from
announced the expansion of its comprehensive cybersecurity sophisticated cyber threats. Email Security, powered by Forti-
portfolio to support large enterprises and SMEs in Bahrain mail, safeguards against phishing, spam, and malware. Through
on their secure digital transformation initiatives. stc Bahrain Yogosha, stc Bahrain offers Penetration Testing to identify IT
is launching two new categories of specialized cybersecurity infrastructure vulnerabilities. Moreover, the Secure Service Edge
services designed to safeguard businesses in Bahrain against service, powered by Zscaler, provides comprehensive cloud-
the evolving threat of cyberattacks. This decisive action delivered security for users, apps, and data. "With cyberattacks
underscores the company's unwavering commitment to on the rise, stc Bahrain is committed to providing organizations
equipping organizations with the advanced tools and expertise across Bahrain with the most advanced cybersecurity solutions
needed to thwart increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. These available," said Mr. Hesham Mustafa, Chief Business Officer, at stc
solutions include DDoS Protection, powered by Juniper Corero, Bahrain. "Through strategic partnerships with industry leaders like
which shields businesses from disruptive DDoS attacks to ensure Cisco and Fortinet, we offer a comprehensive suite of services that
uninterrupted operations; Firewall, utilizing Fortinet technology, to deliver proactive threat mitigation, enhanced visibility, and cost-
provide advanced network firewall protection and access control; effective security, ensuring a safer digital landscape for Bahrain's
and Web Protect, powered by Cisco Umbrella, which offers business ecosystem." As a leading managed service provider
comprehensive security against web-based threats. In addition and telecommunications company, stc Bahrain is dedicated to
to protecting from internet-based threats, stc Bahrain has also addressing the most pressing cybersecurity challenges facing
introduced a suite of services aimed at helping organizations organizations today. Through its comprehensive cybersecurity
understand, manage, and mitigate their overall cyber risk. solutions and secure internet connectivity services, stc Bahrain is
The Security Operation Center (SOC), provides 24/7 security taking a leadership role in providing a secure and seamless online
monitoring, analytics, and expert-led incident response. Network experience for businesses in Bahrain.
Detection and Response, utilizing Darktrace's AI, delivers real-time

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