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Milaha Holds Annual General Meeting

Qatar Navigation (Milaha) Q.S.C. held its Ordinary General Assembly meeting on March 15, 2017, during which the company’s audited financial results for the year ended 31 December 2016 were approved.

The General Assembly also ratified all the remaining items on the Agenda, including the proposal by the Board of Directors to distribute a cash dividend of 35% of par value, equivalent to QAR 3.5 per share. The General Assembly further approved the appointment of KPMG as external auditors for 2017.

UAE - Jordan Investment Forum to establish partnerships in vital value-added sectors

The UAE Jordan Investment Forum was held on Monday, March 06, 2017 under the patronage of H.E. Eng. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori, UAE Minister of Economy, and Jordan's Minister of Labor, Ali Al Ghazzawi, at the InterContinental Abu Dhabi. Various officials and representatives from the private sector, investors, businessmen and chambers of commerce and investment authorities of both countries attended.

Vodafone Egypt and Ericsson launch first commercial virtual network function in Middle East

  • Vodafone Egypt selects Ericsson as partner of choice for Network Function Virtualization
  • Ericsson’s virtual SGSN-MME has been serving and managing commercial mobile broadband traffic on Vodafone Egypt network since October 2016.
  • Ericsson’s Virtual SGSN-MME provides superior scalability and capacity so that operators can optimize their operations and manage increasing traffic volumes
  • Having selected Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) as its Network

Zain Saudi Arabia and Ericsson signs an MoU to develop cloud and data center solution for IT cloud enterprise services

Zain-KSA-CBiO_0051.jpg Zain Saudi Arabia and Ericsson signed a Memorandum of understanding to collaborate in enabling next generation hyperscale data centers based on the latest technology available with the highest degree of automation in orchestration and manag

Batelco selects Ericsson for Mobile Network Enhancement

  • Batelco and Ericsson sign the biggest network deal to provide the latest innovative technologies to Bahrain customers including LTE-Advanced and expansion of VoLTE
  • Ericsson will expand its offerings to Batelco for support and next-level solutions to enhance Batelco’s leadership
  • Deal provides foundation for Batelco to develop a building block for future developments in 5G, IOT and Cloud.

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Batelco have partne

Logistics firms benefit from emerging technology with digital transformation

  • Logistics companies are now providing their clients with online & digital solutions to address their needs & maintain competitiveness 
  • A recent study reveals that 75% of the industry professionals highlighted the importance of digital transformation in the Supply Chain industry

With the global expansion of online technologies, the concept of Digital Transformation within the Supply Chai