Ooredoo spins out data center unit, rebrands Mena Digital Hub to Syntys
Follows recent investment by Iron Mountain
News - Qatar
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Ooredoo Group to build subsea cable to connect the Middle East
Will connect seven countries in the Arabian Gulf
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Qatar's PIH finally completes acquisition of MTS from Kazakhtelecom
Reduces the overall dominance of Kazakhtelecom in the country
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Ooredoo seeks more capacity to house Nvidia AI chips
Follows partnership signed in June
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Ooredoo secures $552m financing for data center expansion
Telco looks to upgrade existing portfolio across MENA
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Qatar's regulator sets 3G shutdown date for December 2025
The focus will be on 4G and 5G
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Kazakhtelecom closes on sale of MTS to Qatar's PIH for $1.1bn; seals subsea JV with Azertelecom
It's been a busy week for the state-owned carrier
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Ooredoo Group appoints Microsoft's Sunita Bottse as CEO of MENA Digital Hub
Company creates new entity for data center business
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Kazakhtelecom JSC to sell MTS mobile network to Qatar's PIH
Financial terms of deal yet to be finalized
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Ooredoo, Zain, and TASC create largest tower company in MENA
Expects deal to close next year
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Ericsson and Qatar's Ooredoo make rugged 4G network for oil companies
A proof of concept has already been deployed
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Ooredoo, Zain, and TASC Towers in talks to combine tower units
Will create the biggest TowerCo in the Middle East and Africa
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Ooredoo signs five-year 5G contract extension with Ericsson
Deal includes introduction of mmWave spectrum
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Qatari colocation firm Meeza to IPO
Local colo firm to go public on Qatar Stock Exchange
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Google launches cloud region in Doha, Qatar
Second GCP region opened this year
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Ooredoo nears towers spin-off deal
Also commits to invest up to $1bn in its data centers over the next five years
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Meeza launches fifth data center in Doha, Qatar
Follows less than a year after launching Microsoft-occupied M-Vault 4
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Ooredoo considering sale of Qatari data centers – report
Telco looking to offload facilities in home country, after sale of Indonesian facilities to BDx
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Starlink secures license in Qatar
Starlink, via SpaceX satellites, will provide satellite broadband Internet services to Qatar
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Ooredoo confirms plans to sell 20,000 telecoms towers
The Qatari operator follows the trend of other MNOs in recent times
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Ooredoo ponders sale of its telecoms tower network
A number of operators are looking to do the same
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Microsoft launches Qatar Azure cloud region
Quietly launches first cloud region in Doha
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Microsoft’s Qatar Azure region to launch ‘in two weeks’
Redmond company set to launch Doha region in July
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New Microsoft-occupied Meeza data center inaugurated in Doha, Qatar
Meeza's M-VAULT 4 to host Microsoft's Qatar Central Azure cloud region
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Qatar's sovereign wealth fund is looking to invest in data centers and warehouses
There's money in storing bits and bytes
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Meeza to build fourth Doha, Qatar data center
Laying the ground work for when hyperscalers move in
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Google Cloud announces four new regions, in three continents
In India, Qatar, Australia and Canada.
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Qatar launches its first Internet exchange point
Improving the network ahead of the World Cup