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Apple has launched Tap to Pay on iPhone in the United Arab Emirates, allowing businesses of all sizes to use the iPhone to accept contactless payments without the need to purchase or manage additional hardware.
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Etisalat, one of the leading telecommunications operators in emerging markets, together with Nokia, has deployed 5G networks, providing enhanced mobile broadband services and expanding 5G coverage and revenue opportunities.
The Huawei Mate Xs is now available to pre-order from today (15th March, 2020) in the UAE. Huawei Mate Xs is a reworked version of Huawei’s smartphone that unfolds into a tablet, which directly competes with Samsung’s Galaxy Fold rather than the South Korean firm’s newer, smaller Galaxy Z Flip folding phone.
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BlackBerry's legacy services will end across the UAE from March 10. Carrier etisalat has announced that BlackBerry services such as BBM - Pin to Pin - BIS and BlackBerry email service will cease to operate on March 10, 2020.
Etihad Airways' has launched their new mobile app on the Huawei AppGallery, allowing users to manage trips, book flights, check-in and securing a mobile boarding pass, check flight status or view their miles balance.
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The UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has teamed up with Huawei to open a ‘5G & IoT Joint OpenLab’ in Dubai. The lab, in Dubai Media City, will focus on the areas of fifth-generation mobile network technology and the Internet of Things.
Users in the UAE who are waiting on the arrival of the Huawei Mate 30 Pro will be able to to register their interest in the smartphone on December 1st. Registration will be open from December 1st to 15th 2019, as the Huawei Mate 30 Pro will be available in a limited quantity.
Huawei is to set up the first Huawei ICT Academy in the UAE, donating equipment to the American University of Ras Al Khaimah, AURAK. Representatives of Huawei visited the AURAK campus to initial the agreement and met the university’s President, Professor Hassan Hamdan Al Alkim.
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) and Huawei has held a strategic summit to increase cooperation on investments, experiences, and practices in innovation, disruptive technologies, smart grids, digital transformation, automation, cloud platforms, and artificial intelligence (AI).
OPPO has expanded its F series portfolio of smartphones in the UAE with the launch of OPPO F11. The smartphone boasts of brilliant portrait photography in low light and comes with several innovative technologies.