News from 2018

MENA FIBRE – ISSUE 2: February 28 2018

The National Broadband Network (NBN) policies 2017

Urban, environmental, social, economic and technological trends are driving the need for Smart solutions. Today, well over half of the world’s population lives in cities. By 2050, this is expected to reach two-thirds. Recent The concept of a national broadband network (NBN) has been developed by governments around the world who are continuously examining the […]

Smart Cities : The Role of Operators in the Smart Cities Transformation

Urban, environmental, social, economic and technological trends are driving the need for Smart solutions. Today, well over half of the world’s population lives in cities. By 2050, this is expected to reach two-thirds. Recent advances in communications and digital technologies, data sharing, data analysis and connected scalable and open systems are providing new solutions to […]

Digital Oman makes big steps in FTTH

STC teams up with Corning to supply fiber-to-home solutions

The arrangement builds on the existing strategic relationship between STC and Corning, which has already supplied more than 1.5 million kilometers of optical fiber to STC’s KSA network. The two companies will also develop a program to provide advanced technical training to STC fiber engineers and technicians. Corning invented the first low-loss optical fiber in […]

MEFC signed a Supply Frame Contract for OSP – FTTX Materials with STC within the context of National Broadband Project in KSA; (December 31st, 2017)

MEFC is continuing its strategic partnership with STC through the upcoming milestones. MEFC was enrolled as one of STC approved vendors in supplying Fiber Optical Cables since about a decade. During such a long journey MEFC has proudly supplied STC with more than 5,000,000 Km of fiber optics through utilizing the highest quality materials from […]

UAE: Number 1 in the FTTH Global ranking 2017!

Lebanon to initiate wide-scale fiber optic project

BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Tuesday the initiation of a wide scale fiber optic project across all Lebanese territories, after state-owned telecom company Ogero awarded tenders to three international companies tasked with linking end users to their central offices. The project, announced during a launch event held at the Grand Serail, would replace Lebanon’s […]

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Mr. Khaled Alnatour

Khaled Al-Natour stands out as a seasoned executive with over two decades of multifaceted experience, now leading as the CEO with a keen focus on program management within the telecom sector. His expansive knowledge encompasses areas such as GSM, OSP, ISP, FTTX, MW, and IT. Demonstrating exemplary visionary leadership. His strategic planning is evident by […]

Fiber Connect 2018

Date: 04-06 June 2018 Location: Nashville, USA

Ministry of Education signs Etisalat to update school ICT

The Ministry of Education has signed an MoU with Etisalat to modernise school ICT infrastructure across the UAE. Under the agreement, Etisalat will implement solutions to modernize school’s technology infrastructure and bring high-speed wireless Internet access to classrooms. The deal is in line with UAE 2021’s goals for digital education, and is intended to improve […]

Mr. Houssam Al Masri

Mr. Houssam al Masri, Senior Project Manager, with more than 30 years of extensive technical and management experience, working with multidisciplinary teams/experts from various fields related to broadband communication networks and smart city infrastructure. Most recently the Smart City Design Senior project manager at Khatib & Alami, Houssam took over the master planning, of Jeddah […]

FTTX Council Africa Conference

Date: 02-04 October 2018 Location: Cape Town, South Africa

FTTH Council Asia-Pacific Conference

Date: May 2018 Location: Manila, Philippines

CommScope, OFS renew partnership with 8-year fiber pact

Terms of the agreement are not being disclosed. As part of this agreement, CommScope gets access to a supply of optical fiber to develop fiber cabling products for its wireline and wireless network customers deploying 5G, FTTH as well as cable’s node-plus-zero fiber strategies. OFS itself will increase manufacturing capacity, but it did not reveal […]

FTTH LATAM Conference

Date: April 2018 Location: Mexico City, Mexico

Training Committee

FTTH Council MENA Appoints Juan C. Colina, Regional Director, Middle East, Corning Optical Communications as its New President

The FTTH Council MENA, founded in 2011, is an industry organization that works to accelerate fibre to the home (FTTH) adoption. It promotes the benefits of fibre as an enabling technology for services that enhance quality of life, contribute to a better environment and boost competitiveness for consumers and businesses. As president of the FTTH […]

2016 GLOBAL RANKING

UAE is number one in the 2016 Global ranking followed by Qatar and several other countries. You may download the chart for free. Download information (503,28Kb)