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Muted demand led to a 4% drop in the Middle East smartphone market in Q1 2025 

May 21, 2025

The Middle East smartphone market (excluding Turkey) started 2025 on a subdued trajectory. According to Canalys (now part of Omdia), smartphone shipments in the Middle East fell 4% year-on-year to […]

Filed Under: Apple iPhone, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business Moves, Economic Assessment, Ecosystems, Middle East, Motorola Solutions, Oil & Gas, Partnerships, Qatar, Samsung Electronics LSI, Saudi Arabia, Smartphone, UAE, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

AST SpaceMobile establishes a commercial agreement with Vodafone through 2034

December 12, 2024

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by smartphones, commercial and government applications, and Vodafone Group Plc (LSE: VOD), a European […]

Filed Under: Argentina, AST SpaceMobile, BlueBird smallsats (AST SpaceMobile), Business Moves, Cellular Broadband, Commercial, Comms, Communication Arrays, Gateway, Google, Government, internet, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Milestone, Orange [France], Satellite Direct-to-Smartphones, Saudi Arabia, Telefonica, TIM Brasil

Saudi Arabia to host HALO Space’s landmark test flight 

August 8, 2024

In collaboration with The Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST), HALO Space will conduct its next test flight in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia this September. This significant milestone, marking […]

Filed Under: Government of Saudi Arabia, HALO Space, High Altitude Balloon (HAB), News, Saudi Arabia, Space Tourism, Test Flight

NASA signs U.S., Saudi Arabia agreement for civil aeronautics, space collaboration

July 19, 2024

The United States and Saudi Arabia signed a framework agreement that opens new possibilities for cooperation with NASA in areas such as space science, exploration, aeronautics, space operations, education, and […]

Filed Under: Artemis Accords, Axiom Space, Business Moves, Collaboration, Dragon Spacecraft (SpaceX), Exploration, Framework, Framework Contracts, Kennedy Space Center, NASA, Research, Saudi Arabia, SpaceX, United States

NEO SPACE GROUP names a new group CEO

July 11, 2024

NEO SPACE GROUP (NSG) has named an international telecoms industry veteran, Martijn Blanken, as the firm’s new group Chief Executive Officer (CEO). NSG is seeking to unlock the potential of […]

Filed Under: Appointments, Business Moves, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), NEO SPACE GROUP, Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabia

Skyband selects Hughes JUPITER system to power digital transformations across Saudi Arabia

June 13, 2024

Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an EchoStar company (Nasdaq: SATS), has announced that Luna Space Telecommunications Co. Ltd., a leading Saudi Arabia service provider under the Skyband Holding company, has […]

Filed Under: EchoStar, Hughes, Hughes JUPITER™ System Series 3, Hughes Network Systems, JUPITER System, Luna Space Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (Saudi Arabia), Saudi Arabia, SD-WAN

Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia launches Neo Space Group (NSG

May 28, 2024

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has established the Neo Space Group (NSG), a wholly owned PIF company that will become a national champion in the satellite and space sector. […]

Filed Under: Government of Saudi Arabia, Public Defense Fund (PIF) (Saudi Arabia), Saudi Arabia

SCIT Group + Xenesis sign MoU to explore infrastructure partnership

March 27, 2024

Space Communication for Information Technology Group (SCIT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Xenesis for a potential strategic partnership toward an exclusive, regional, Networking-as-a-Service partnership that prioritizes the […]

Filed Under: Saudi Arabia, SCIT Group, Xenesis

Sada Al Malaeb’s new bouquet of four TV channels on Es’hail-2 satellite

October 27, 2023

Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, is proud to announce that four television channels Sada Al Malaeb, Al Khaleej, Cinderella and Samar are now available on Es’hail-2 satellite located at the […]

Filed Under: Es'hailtSat, Qatar Satellite Company, Saudi Arabia

Speedcast greatly expands operations and services in Saudi Arabia

May 22, 2023

Speedcast, a communications and IT services provider, has significantly expanded its presence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The major changes to the energy market create new opportunities for producers […]

Filed Under: Communication Services, IT Management, License Agreement, Middle East, Oil & Gas, Saudi Arabia, Speedcast

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