Coronavirus: Is the internet bandwidth in UAE enough for working from home?

Dubai: With the acceleration of COVID-19 cases all over the globe, people have been forced to work from home, and schools and colleges have opted for online learning. Two-way streaming and high use of video content have added additional load on internet usage. Many OTT platforms have started readjusting their video streaming to avoid huge […]

Remote working brings new challenges to the internet

Dubai: As schools and colleges around the UAE are shut and more and more employees in the country take to a work-from-home schedule to counter the growing coronavirus threat around the world, it has obviously taken a toll on internet connectivity and speed — particularly home internet. Etisalat, one of the two telecom providers in […]

Gulf pegs still appropriate despite virus, oil crash: IMF

Dubai: Dollar pegs in the Gulf have proven effective in the face of the coronavirus outbreak and the crash in oil prices, the International Monetary Fund says. Billions of dollars worth of stimulus packages were rolled out to cushion regional economies after the pandemic, but growth for the remainder of the year wll depend on […]