A GCC-wide telecom consortium, named the Middle East-Europe Terrestrial System (MEETS), comprising du, Vodafone, Zain and Zajil, has been formed to build a high-bandwidth regional transmission cable system.The consortium plans to have a state-of-art 100G optical transport network (OTN), built on top of a 1,400km terrestrial fibre optic cable to sustain the growing bandwidth demand of the region.The new consortium was announced at a press conference held yesterday in Dubai on the sidelines of the Read more [...]

Manama, Sep 30 (BNA) – His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister, today at the Gudaibiya palace, received GCC Ministers of Transportation and Communications on the occasion of holding the 17th Meeting of the Ministers of GCC Transportation and Communications, whom conveyed greetings of GCC leaders and heads of governments and their wishes for the Kingdom of Bahrain to enjoy Read more [...]

MANAMA — Prince Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa, Prime Minister of Bahrain, received here yesterday Heads of Civil Service and Human Resources Development Bodies in the GCC countries, who are taking part in the 12th meeting of the GCC Ministers and Heads of Civil Service and Human Resources Development Bodies, which concluded in the Bahraini capital yesterday. During the meeting, Shaikh Khalid bin Omar al Marhoon, Minister of Civil Service, conveyed greetings of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Read more [...]

 "There is no clear vision within the government authorities on how to solve this crisis," Jawad Fairooz, former member of Bahraini Parliament told RT. "Still they want to use the iron fist to crackdown (against) all uprisings and detain all the activists and put such harsh sentences with this unfair trial." Fairooz said that many popular human rights activists were among the 95 individuals receiving a total of 808 years behind bars. "It was so clear it was not a fair trial, not a justice, Read more [...]