n a bid to provide clients with innovative and efficient banking services, Dr. François Bassil, Chairman and General Manager of Byblos Bank, inaugurated on Thursday, 24 November 2011, the Bank's new e-branch at its Headquarters in Ashrafieh, Sassine, in the presence of clients, media representatives, and the Bank managers. This first-of-its-kind e-branch is accessible round-the-clock and allows LBP and USD cash, check, and envelope deposits, as well as LBP, USD, and Euro cash withdrawals. Custo
n a bid to provide clients with innovative and efficient banking services, Dr. François Bassil, Chairman and General Manager of Byblos Bank, inaugurated on Thursday, 24 November 2011, the Bank's new e-branch at its Headquarters in Ashrafieh, Sassine, in the presence of clients, media representatives, and the Bank managers. This first-of-its-kind e-branch is accessible round-the-clock and allows LBP and USD cash, check, and envelope deposits, as well as LBP, USD, and Euro cash withdrawals. Custo
The Cloud Computing World Forum Middle East and North Africa will return to Dubai on 28th-29th February 2012 after a successful debut show earlier this year. Building on the 2011 event which saw over 300 senior IT decision makers in attendance, next year’s forum will combine a 2 day executive level conference with a 1 day free-to-attend expo. The conference stream will feature in-depth presentations delivered by experts from right across the cloud supply chain. Delegates in attendance will
New report from Ericsson says mobile data traffic will grow 10-fold between 2011 and 2016, mainly driven by video Mobile broadband subscriptions grew by 60 percent in one year and are expected to grow from 900 million in 2011 to almost 5 billion in 2016 By 2016, users living on less than 1 percent of the Earth's total land area are set to generate around 60 percent of mobile traffic In its new Traffic and Market Data report, which provides insights into current trends, Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) fo
Ericsson announced the Ericsson Media Summit, which takes place in Beirut on Wednesday, 23rd November, 2011 at the Habtoor Grand Hotel. Hosted under the high patronage of His Excellency the Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and H.E. the Telecommunications Minister Nicolas Sehnawi, the event brings together key players from the Middle East telecommunications industry to start an open dialogue within the industry on upcoming challenges and opportunities as well as trends, both on Lebanon’s and the re
AUB's Online Collaborative announced its annual conference. This year, the topic of the conference is “Social Media Changing Lives” the AUB group said . The aim of this conference is to inspire the audience about how social media can change their lives to the better. The event will include guest speakers from different backgrounds who will share their experiences and discuss how social media have changed their lives personally or have impacted the industry they work in. The conference will tak
The importance of risk management within the evolving market in Qatar was the key topic at the annual conference hosted by Msheireb Properties, and the Institute of Risk Management (IRM). The seminar on ‘Effectiveness of Risk Management in the Evolving Market’ was the second annual Risk Management initiative by Msheireb Properties, held on October 16th at the Msheireb Enrichment Centre. The seminar was aimed at spreading awareness and education on the importance of risk management, and to demo
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has announced that it has formalised its relationship with ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) through the signing of an exchange of letters. The exchange of letters is an indication of the UAE’s commitment to support the openness, security and stability of the Internet. The exchange of letters demonstrates that UAE is one of the leading countries in the region in managing its ccTLD (Country Code Top Level Domain) acc
The 2nd consultation round for the “Regional Roadmap for Internet Governance in Arab Countries” was held on October 25-26, 2010 at the UN House in Beirut, Lebanon. Representatives from a diverse range of Arab countries, as well as experts from the International arena attended the meeting namely: * IG UN Office Geneva * ITU * ICANN * League of Arab States (LAS) * Key players in the region The objectives of the meeting included: * Serving as a guideline for decision-makers and policy-makers in
Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) today announced its participation and Platinum sponsorship for Telecom World Middle East 2011, the Middle East’s largest gathering of telecom CEOs. The event will take place from the 4th – 6th of October at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai, Among other topics that will be discussed, event delegates will hear Ericsson’s insights about the crucial role IP and LTE/4G will play in the emerged Networked Society and the current and future trends of the ICT industry in th