superfast broadband
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
No business case for mass FTTH/B deployments by MENA operators
The first step on the path to addressing a problem is acknowledging that there is a problem in the first place. Only then can a solution can be sought. In the context of fiber deployments in the Middle East, this was evident at Informa Telecoms & Media’s FTTx MEGNA 2011 conference this month in Dubai:… Read more
Does it really matter who wins the race to LTE in MENA?
We at Informa have been closely tracking developments on the LTE front in the Middle East. One week ago, it had not launched commercially in the region. But with five operators (Mobily, Zain Saudi, STC, Etisalat and du) having expressed interest in being credited as the first launcher of LTE in the region, I could… Read more
