Egyptian dating app Harmonica changes its name to Hawaya

The parent company of Harmonica, a dating app to determine compatibility and marriage, has announced that it is changing its name to Hawaya.

The new name is inspired by the Arabic word hawa which means love in"...

Samsung controls Egyptian smartphone sales, Huawei a far second

A recent report by Statcounter said that Samsung controlled smartphone sales in Egypt with a market share of 31.4% by the end of December, despite a 6% decline from January 2019, when the market share was 37.7%.

According"...

Telefónica ‘O2’ UK Selects Mavenir Virtualized IMS

Mavenir, the leader in accelerating and redefining mobile network economics transformation for Communications Service Providers (CSPs), today announced that Telefónica UK (FWB: O2UK) is deploying Mavenir’s virtualized IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) solution (vIMS) for VoLTE"...

NEXtCARE, the Region’s Leading Third-Party Administrator Launches Telehealth Service With Health at Hand

Health at Hand, one of the Middle East’s most advanced telehealth providers, has launched its services with NEXtCARE. In a bid to improve access to care for NEXtCARE members, Health at Hand has developed a software solution (SDK) to provide members access to a doctor through video"...

Stitch and Tex Expo opens 27 February

Within Egypt’s ambitious plan to promote the textile industry, the tenth edition of the Stitch and Tex exhibition will launch its two sessions from 27 February to 1 March, and from 5 to 8 March 2020.

The"...

JEOL: Release of a New Ultrahigh Atomic Resolution Analytical Electron Microscope JEM-ARM300F2 (GRAND ARM(TM)2)

JEOL Ltd. (TOKYO:6951) (President & COO Izumi Oi) announces the release of a new atomic resolution analytical electron microscope, JEM-ARM300F2 (GRAND ARM(TM)2) to be released in February 2020.

Product development"...

Japan’s NEDO and Panasonic Achieve the World’s Highest Conversion Efficiency of 16.09% for Largest-area Perovskite Solar Cell Module

Panasonic Corporation has achieved the world's highest energy conversion efficiency of 16.09% for a perovskite solar module (Aperture area 802 cm2: 30 cm long x 30 cm wide x 2 mm thick) by developing lightweight technology using a glass substrate and a large-area coating method based"...

Choueiri selects JW Player for outstream video ad-serving 

DMS, the official digital arm of Choueiri Group, has signed with leading independent video technology company, JW Player to serve outstream video advertising across all of Choueiri Group’s partnering publisher websites in the Middle East. The new partnership will offer Choueiri Group"...

GSMA Provides Latest Update on Coronavirus

The GSMA regret to see Ericsson’s decision not to attend MWC Barcelona this year as they are an important player in our ecosystem. We respect their decision and are reassured by their commitment that they will be at MWC Barcelona 2021 in full force and our rebook trends for next year’s"...

GSMA Update Information on Coronavirus

The GSMA continues to monitor and assess the potential impact of the Coronavirus on MWC Barcelona 2020. The GSMA confirms that there remains minimal impact on the event thus far. MWC Barcelona 24-27 February 2020, will proceed as planned, across all venues at Fira Gran Via Fira Montjuïc"...