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By Femi Oshiga  The 5G future is beginning now across the Middle East and Africa.  With the technology expected to contribute billions to economies around the region, network operators are rolling out pilot deployments and making investments in communications infrastructure.   For example, GSMA reported that local operators in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are […]

Audio ads generated $1.6 billion in the US in 2017 – a 39 percent jump from the year before – according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) US podcast ad revenue rose a whopping 87 percent in 2017 (to $314 million from $169 million in 2016), according to a recent study by IAB and PwC […]

On July 26, users in the UAE found themselves unable to access Arabian Business’ website and were instead redirected to a page with the below message. Speaking to a journalist on twitter, the TRA commented, “This website was blocked temporarily for 1 month in accordance with decision of the comptent [sic] authority concerning media activities […]

  Microsoft has unveiled a revamped homepage for MSN in the UAE today, “designed from the ground up for a mobile, cloud-first world,” and combining “premium content from the world’s leading media outlets with personal productivity tools that help you do more,” it said in a statement. “Clearly, audiences are part of a cloud-first mobile first […]

  E-commerce portal and online megastore Souq.com recently won the ‘Digital Business of the Year’ category at the first ever Arabian Business StartUp Awards. The awards ceremony, which aims to recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievements of the country’s small business sector, took place recently at Dubai’s Emirates Towers and featured the attendance of the […]