Qatar is planning to have a high speed and affordable broadband network with minimum access speeds of 50+mega bytes per second(Mbps), the head of Qatar’s telecommunications regulatory authority has said. Shaikha Hessa Al Jaber, secretary-general of ictQatar, said that a high speed broadband would prepare the country for competition in the global economy and...
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Indonesia may consider increasing the minimum salary of its housemaids employed in the Gulf countries, Indonesian Minister for Manpower and Transmigration Muhaimin Iskander has said. The current minimum salary of untrained housemaids from Indonesia in the Gulf is $200 per month, while trained housemaids receive a minimum salary of $250 a month. “We are...
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A television channel owner at the centre of a bitter controversy in Kuwait has vowed to broadcast from a new provider after the information ministry had taken his station off Noor Sat. “Al Sour Television will be back on air within two days,” Mohammad Juwaihal said. “The information ministry convinced Noor Sat to suspend...
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The Palestinian ambassador to Bahrain has urged the local sports authorities and the national football team to go ahead with a match scheduled for May 28 in Palestine, assuring them that they would not deal with Israelis and that their passports would not be stamped by Israel. “Media reports claiming that the Bahraini passports...
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