March 2018

Partnership will add wearable and IoT capabilities to devices for pilgrims Source: ITP.net Full Article: Salam Technologies and Augmate to bring IoT to Hajj pilgrims

MVNO says it expects to sign up 3.5 million subscribers by end of the year Source: ITP.net Full Article: Virgin Mobile reaches 2.8m subscribers in Saudi Arabia

Next Billion prize aims to use ICT to bring education to one billion under-served children Source: ITP.net Full Article: Varkey Foundation launches Edtech competition

A new Sufi order has been added to the 77 other orders that are recognized in Egypt; some believe that with this step, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is gearing up…

Details emerge of Triton attack against plant safety system which caused shutdown in August Source: ITP.net Full Article: Cyber attack on Saudi plant designed to cause explosion

The IDF and the Kassam Brigades spokespersons’ statements appeared to contradict each other, as the former seemed to insinuate the tunnel had recently been in use and the latter denied…

Palestinian sources estimate that whether or not Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu wins in the next election, settlement policies will persist. Source: Al Monitor Full Article: Why Palestinians say early elections…

Russia’s ambassador to the European Union has suggested a nerve agent that poisoned a former spy in England could have come from a British lab. Vladimir Chizhov says Russia has…

Things are speeding up in Europe, before Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince meets President Trump the day after tomorrow. Focus will be on arriving at a method that appears to restrain…

Republican US Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Sunday he expected President Donald Trump to pull out of the Iran nuclear agreement in May.…