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BAHRAIN
BAHRAIN
Shifra, a value-added distributor of next generation solutions in information security, identity protection
and enterprise mobility in the Middle East, has announced that it has equipped the Kingdom of Bahrain’s
national carrier Gulf Air with e-mail security solutions from Proofpoint.
The cyber security firm has been a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Secure Email Gateway for
seven consecutive years now – one of the many reasons why Intel Security (McAfee) named Proofpoint its
recommended transition partner, after retiring its e-mail products.
SAUDI
ARABIA
SAUDI ARABIA
Zain Group, the mobile telecom provider across the Middle East and Africa has announced
that its mobile operation Zain Saudi Arabia has received a 15 Hijri year extension on its
operating license that was originally granted in March 2008 for 25 Hijri years and, following
the extension, will now expire in January 2047. This follows a notification from the Kingdom’s
Communications and Information Technology Commission, (CITC).
CITC will also migrate Zain Saudi Arabia to a unified telecommunication license that supports
both service-neutrality and technology neutrality, allowing the company to provide all
telecommunication services using appropriate technologies within Zain KSA’s approved
frequency bands. In addition, the CITC has allowed other Saudi-licensed telecom companies to
obtain the same unified license.
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