Technology & IT | Thursday 29 October, 2015 3:20 am

Cisco Commends STC for Largest Self-Service Contact Center in MEA

Cisco announced today that it has bestowed upon the Saudi Telecom Company (STC), an award for “Outstanding Self-Service Customer Experience.” The award, presented by Rabah Zarzour, Client Executive – Strategic Accounts SP, Middle East Region Cisco at a ceremony which took place at ...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 27 October, 2015 3:42 pm

LinkedIn introduces new product to make it simpler for employees to refer candidates

LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, used its annual Talent Connect event in California to introduce two new ways it will help employers find the best new hires from among the network’s 380 million members worldwide.   LinkedIn’s new Referrals product is...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 27 October, 2015 3:09 pm

ERICSSON innovation applies 5G concept for up to 50% higher speed on 4G LTE smartphones

While standards for 5G are yet to be established, it is clear that the technology will employ ultra-lean design; improving the signaling schemes both to save energy and to enable the dense builds required by the expected new 5G spectrum. Ericsson’s (NASDAQ:ERIC) proprietary Lean Carrier...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 27 October, 2015 2:05 pm

Alcatel Onetouch Ties Up With Qusai the Saudi Youth Idol for the New IDOL 3

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 25 October 2015 – ALCATEL ONETOUCH, one of the world’s fastest-growing smartphone brands, introduced the new line-up of products in the presence of the General Manager Middle East & Africa ALCATEL ONETOUCH Mr. Ahmed Khalil and the Country Manager KSA ALCATEL ...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 27 October, 2015 1:59 pm

AstroLabs Opens First Google-partnered MENA Tech Hub

Entrepreneurship platform AstroLabs yesterday inaugurated the Middle East and North Africa’s only Google-partnered tech hub, AstroLabs Dubai, enabling top startups from around the world to set up in Dubai’s DMCC Free Zone while taking advantage of Google for Entrepreneurs’ global...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 27 October, 2015 1:22 pm

Virgin Mobile and Virgin Megastores join forces to offer free prepaid plans for customers

Becoming a Virgin Mobile member is even easier and more rewarding now through a new partnership with Virgin Megastore, which is run by AlMatajer AlKobra, the preferred destination for entertainment, the latest technology, books, gadgets and electronics in Saudi Arabia.   Anyone who spends...

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Technology & IT | Monday 26 October, 2015 1:14 pm

Zain Saudi Arabia Announces Record Third Quarter Results

Zain Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA) today announced significant improvements in its financial results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2015, reporting its highest third quarter revenues since launching mobile services in the Kingdom in August 2008.   Revenues grew by...

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Technology & IT | Monday 26 October, 2015 2:45 am

Paladion to unveil its next generation security model CyberActive SOC

Paladion, a specialized information risk-management provider, announced today that it will be participating in this year’s Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit at which it will present its next generation security model, CyberActive SOC.   As the platinum sponsor for the...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 25 October, 2015 6:04 pm

Game of Thrones star Jack Gleeson and HTC fans get hands on with HTC Vive

HTC fans were captivated by their first experience of the HTC Vive in the Middle East region – a part of the HTC Vive Global Tour – in Dubai today and during the IGN Convention in Abu Dhabi last weekend. Actor Jack Gleeson of Game of Thrones fame tried the next generation virtual...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 25 October, 2015 3:02 pm

Mobily Sent about 90 Million Awareness SMS

Etihad Etisalat Mobily has sent recently in collaboration with some of the government organizations in the Kingdom about 90 million awareness SMS in the various regions, as part of Mobily’s corporate social responsibility programs, which contribute to the awareness of Saudi society in several ...

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