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SAUDI
ARABIA
SAUDI ARABIA
Tamer Group, a healthcare, beauty care, prestige products, fast moving consumer goods company,
based in Saudi Arabia, has partnered with InfiNet Wireless to ensure connectivity and high bandwidth
across several new facilities in Jeddah. The InfiNet solution has allowed Tamer Group to deploy and
support several business-critical applications with far less management and maintenance, all at
significantly lower total cost of ownership. Working with United Horizons, InfiNet’s partner in Saudi
Arabia, Tamer Group deployed InfiNet’s family of products across 20 locations in Jeddah. For the critical
connection between their datacentre and head office, Tamer Group deployed a solution to support 300
Mbps over 50 km distance. One of the big challenges is the topography and the distance between the
head office and the remote branches.
OMAN
OMAN
The largest transport project to be awarded in February was the new liquid berths terminal project
at Duqm port worth $510 million in Oman. The total value of 1,381 active transport projects in the
Gulf region rose 1% in February 2017 to $379.7 billion, according to BNC Network. Some notable
multi-billion dollar transport projects under construction include Riyadh Metro project in Saudi Arabia,
expansion project of Kuwait International Airport and Midfield Terminal Complex in the UAE. In terms
of value, rail represents $190.4 billion or 50% of the total $379.7 billion worth of projects, followed by
road construction representing $121.4 billion. The aviation sector has over a hundred ongoing projects
worth over $41 billion while the marine project value reached $26.5 billion.
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