In an exclusive interview with Telecom Review, du's CEO, Fahad Al Hassawi, elaborated on the company's commitment to fostering a more prosperous future grounded in knowledge and innovation. He discussed various aspects, including du's remarkable financial performance, ongoing commercial initiatives, digital innovation endeavors, expansion in fintech, robust workforce, sustainability objectives, and key targets set for 2024.

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David Erlich, Consulting Director at Sofrecom, granted Telecom Review an exclusive interview and discussed the increasing awareness and efforts to estimate and mitigate the carbon footprint of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), with a specific focus on data centers. He highlighted the methodologies used to assess carbon footprints, the significant energy consumption by data centers, driven primarily by server growth and cryptocurrency mining, and the shift towards greener energy sources by major ICT players.

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Omantel holds the distinction of being the first telecommunications company in Oman and serves as the primary provider of internet services in the country. During MWC 2024, Telecom Review had the privilege of interviewing CEO of Omantel, Talal Said Al Mamari. In this exclusive interview, Al Mamari discussed Omantel's collaborative approach to addressing the digital needs of its target market, delving into the opportunities and challenges faced by the company. Additionally, he highlighted Omantel's unwavering commitment to its customers and the broader community.

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Alfa launched the Alfa U-shop app, which offers all its prepaid and postpaid subscribers the best exclusive shopping deals by high-end brands and local stores that provide a variety of goods and services to suit all tastes.

Alfa CEO and chairman, Marwan Hayek, said: ""The launch of this exclusive app aims to keep pace with the tremendous growth in the digital economy market. This is in addition to the smartphone apps market, whereby apps have become a major source upon which two million Alfa subscribers depend to secure their needs, as 70 percent of them are active mobile data users"".He added: ""It is evident for us to lead the current trend after Alfa was a major contributor to the expansion of the digital economy in Lebanon, with our network recording an unprecedented rise in mobile data traffic, which reached the record number of 800 Terabytes a month"".

Alfa subscribers can download the Alfa U-shop app on their smartphones for free and benefit from the offers at no extra charges or fees, from the following app stores: Alfa App Store, App Store, and Google Play or viaalfa.com.lb. A coupon is issued when an offer is selected which is to be shown by the user at the store to benefit from the discount.

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