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beIN SPORTS Partners With Twitter For FIFA World Cup 2022

Twitter will share beIN content from every World Cup match with sports fans.

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4 years ago

August 18, 2022

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The beIN Media Group and its sports channel beIN SPORTS is the official broadcaster of the FIFA World Cup; this year hosted in Qatar in November 2022. To aid the distribution of its content, beIN has now entered a strategic partnership with social media powerhouse Twitter, which will see beIN providing exclusive content from the upcoming event.

beIN SPORTS will share and highlight important match moments throughout the event, giving brands more sponsorship opportunities through Twitter Amplify. The partnership will see 320 videos distributed, with highlights, analysis, and a summary of the important events from each match being shared through the @beINSPORTS Twitter account.

“We have seen a 74% increase in the monthly average volume of football content circulation among the platform’s users compared to the past 12 months. For example, Saudi Arabia alone recorded over 53 million tweets about football so far this year,” says Kinda Ibrahim, Twitter Head of Media Partnerships for the Middle East, Africa, & Turkey.

BeIN SPORTS is the region’s largest broadcaster, and fans will be treated to real-time coverage that will help to contribute to the atmosphere of this exciting event.

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“As one of the official media outlets that broadcast the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in 24 countries within the Middle East and North Africa, our teams of talent will work hard to deliver the best content and sports media coverage through the latest advanced technologies creating lasting memories in the minds of millions of followers across the region,” says Faisal Mahmoud Al Raisi, Digital Media Director, beIN Middle East & North Africa.

In a recent survey by GWI, over 261 million Twitter users admitted to following at least one major football-related account, with 72% praising the quality of the sports content, highlighting the value that the beIN and Twitter partnership can bring to everyone involved — including the fans.

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For etisalat, More Bandwidth Is A Matter Of Digital Sovereignty

The etisalat group plans to expand its international capacity from 20 Tbps to more than 500 Tbps by 2030, with new routes designed for speed and resilience.

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2 days ago

October 6, 2026

Nour Nasir

for etisalat, more bandwidth is a matter of digital sovereignty

Emirates News Agency

By 2030, etisalat group plans to lift its international connectivity capacity to more than 500 terabits per second (Tbps), more than 25 times the 20 Tbps it has today. The group presented the expansion as preparation for rising AI demand and an important move for the UAE’s digital sovereignty.

His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, witnessed the launch of the project, which covers the UAE and international markets. Sheikh Mansour is also Chairman of the Emirates Investment Authority, etisalat group’s main shareholder.

He emphasized the role of coordinated national efforts in advancing the UAE’s AI and digital economy ambitions. “AI is a central pillar in our development journey moving forward,” he said, adding that developing the country’s digital capabilities would empower every institution, public and private, to build and innovate with AI “at the scale the coming decade will demand”.

“This project reflects our conviction that the UAE should not simply adopt AI, but govern it and build with it,” said H.E Jassem Mohamed Bu Ataba Alzaabi, Chairman of etisalat group. “That requires digital infrastructure at a scale that would prepare us for the future”. He cast greater international connectivity as a strategic answer to the challenges of processing and moving data globally.

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Beyond raw bandwidth, the expansion will introduce new connectivity routes intended to improve reliability and efficiency, and Alzaabi tied them directly to the sovereignty goal. “Delivered through diversified routes and low-latency design, the project is set to keep the country’s connection to the global digital economy fast, direct and resilient, while ensuring the UAE’s digital sovereignty,” he said.

He also linked the plan to the group’s 50-year commitment to building infrastructure for the nation. The announcement didn’t mention what the expansion will cost. Nor did it name the new routes or say who will build them, the details that would show what digital sovereignty means in practice.