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Israel is suspected of hacking into Lebanon’s telephone network. (Reuters)

Lebanon’s Telecom Agency Suspects Israel in Recent Hacking of Hezbollah Phones

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 13, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanon’s telecommunications agency, OGERO, announced on Friday that Israel may have been responsible for the suspicious telephone calls thousands of citizens had received during a speech delivered by “Hezbollah” leader Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday. It said...

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Saudi Stocks Soak up Brexit ‘Shock’

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Jun 27, 2016 | Business

Riyadh- Saudi Stock made it through the Sunday session digesting Brexit aftermath. Stock market indices closed down on a minor 72-points loss, after experiencing a previous misfortunate 300-point plunge. All sectors of banking, petrochemicals, cement and communication...

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A man looks at a BlackBerry product display in a shop at a mobile and computer shopping complex in northern Tehran, Iran, on January 18, 2011. (Reuters/Raheb Homavandi)

Rouhani government under pressure to halt 3G network

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 31, 2014 | Business

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A political showdown between Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani and his conservative opponents is brewing over plans to renew licenses and expand the country’s 3G cellular phone network, in a development that could have a massive impact on the...

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Xiaomi’s International vice president, Hugo Barra, a former Google Inc executive who joined last year, speaks with the media during the launch of Mi phones in New Delhi on July 15, 2014.(REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee)

China’s Xiaomi launches budget smartphones in India

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 16, 2014 | Technology

Mumbai, Reuters—China’s Xiaomi said it intends to invest heavily in India as the budget smartphone maker launched on Tuesday its flagship Mi phone and other products in the world’s third-largest smartphone market, currently dominated by Samsung Electronics...

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Hisham El-Hayali. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Egypt can become global digital hub—telecoms regulator chief

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Jun 18, 2014 | Business

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt has the potential to become a regional and global digital communications hub, the chief executive of Egypt’s telecoms regulator, the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA), told Asharq Al-Awsat as the country prepares to...