MEA
Middle East operators are facing problems over spectrum, devices and pricing as they roll out LTE
Within the past year, four Middle East operators have launched LTE: Etisalat in the UAE; and all three of the mobile operators in Saudi Arabia – STC, Mobily and Zain. But it is still early days for LTE in the Middle East. Although none of the operators will reveal their LTE subscription numbers, the indications… Read more
Only Connect? M2M, the Cloud and Big Data
One petabyte a day: That’s how much data BMW’s Connected Drive cars will generate by 2017 reckons BMW Group IT infrastructure chief Mario Müller. I teased out this statistic while chairing IIR’s Telecom Cloud Services conference this week. As Müller underscored, M2M data will require plenty of processing power – and is a great opportunity for… Read more
Broadband World Forum MEA 2012: Post-conference thoughts
This year’s BWF MEA was in stark contrast with the one held 12 months ago. The theme last year went down the path of fixed broadband, specifically fiber access and the UAE’s pioneering approach to connect every house to fibre. However, discussion on fixed broadband was pretty much subdued by a network that, while many industry… Read more
