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Interviews & Viewpoints | Ahmad Mohamed Al Kuwari, CEO, MEEZA: Interview from The Report: Qatar 2017
Articles & Analysis | Increasing connectivity and building up small tech businesses priorities for Qatar from The Report: Qatar 2017
Qatar boasts a well-developed telecommunications market, with high levels of internet use and smart-phone ownership among the populace, as well as fast mobile and fibre-based internet connection speeds. The larger of the country’s two main telecoms operators has also emerged as a major force in the regional and international mobile telecoms...
Chapter | Telecoms & IT from The Report: Qatar 2017
Qatar boasts a well-developed telecoms market, with high levels of internet use and smartphone ownership among the populace, as well as fast mobile and fibre-based internet connection speeds. The larger of the country’s two main telecoms operators has also emerged as a major force in the regional and international mobile telecoms market. The IT sector is less developed in some respects, with...
2017 proved a turbulent year for Qatar, dominated by the diplomatic rift that emerged between the country and several other regional states in June 2017. However, Qatar has adapted quickly, with many in the local business community confident about the future.
Bahrain’s bid to carve a niche as a regional centre of ICT innovation took a step forward following the decision by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to base its first Middle Eastern cloud technology data centre in the kingdom.
The Dubai Land Department (DLD) has become the world’s first government agency to adopt blockchain technology for all of its transactions, with the development part of the emirate’s plans to strengthen its position as an international leader in financial technology (fintech) and information.