by Ehsan Bayat | Jul 30, 2020 | Business, Commerce, Communication, Data, Economy, Energy, Infrastructure, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE
As the fifth generation of mobile networks, 5G promises enhanced performance and efficiency as well as increased data transfer speeds, reliability, and network capacity. It will also help foster improved connectivity across urban infrastructure via the Internet of...
by Ehsan Bayat | Apr 1, 2020 | Architecture, Construction, Energy, Housing, Infrastructure, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Technology
Recognizing the importance of its construction sector in growing non-oil revenues and achieving the goals of Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia, through the Saudi Contractors Authority (SCA), launched the Future Projects Forum (FPF) in 2019. The impetus for the forum was to...
by Ehsan Bayat | Jan 9, 2020 | Architecture, Business, Commerce, Infrastructure, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Technology, Telecommunication, Transportation
In line with its efforts to grow non-oil revenues, Saudi Arabia had in excess of 5,000 planned or ongoing construction projects worth trillions of riyals. These projects range from infrastructure, such as transportation and energy, to economic, like entertainment and...
by Ehsan Bayat | Nov 13, 2019 | Architecture, Business, Commerce, Communication, Construction, Environment, Housing, Infrastructure, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Technology, Telecommunication, Transportation, Travel
Following a relative down period for construction in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, activity is expected to pick up in early 2020, according to Linesight, a major cost and project management firm with a GCC pipeline worth in excess of $10 billion. The...
by Ehsan Bayat | Mar 28, 2019 | Architecture, Business, Communication, Construction, Economy, Environment, Infrastructure, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Technology, Telecommunication, Transportation
Furthering efforts to reduce reliance on the oil and gas sector for economic growth as part of Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia recently announced a comprehensive infrastructure program. This program is designed to attract roughly $426 billion in foreign investments by 2030....
by Ehsan Bayat | Mar 14, 2019 | Architecture, Business, Communication, Construction, Energy, Infrastructure, Learning, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Technology, Telecommunication
In 2018 Middle East telecom companies emphasized unprecedented digital transformation in an effort to drive revenue and increase subscribers. This was in response to a challenging year prior in which annual mobile subscriber growth was only 1 percent (comparatively,...
