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November 11, 2025

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Cisco launches Cisco IQ, the unified AI-powered experience that connects the entire customer journey

Cisco IQ brings real-time insights, on-demand assessments, troubleshooting and personalized learning, automation and agents from across professional services and support together in a single AI-powered interface, helping customers plan, deploy, manage, secure and optimize technology investments with greater speed and simplicity...

Member News

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AT&T celebrates the holidays with deals for everyone

Connecting with loved ones during the holidays is always at the top of the list. With a dependable connection backed by the AT&T Guarantee, you can focus on what matters most this holiday season...

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Advancing innovation with openness

Huawei held its sixth Innovation and Intellectual Property (IP) Forum, where the company announced the winners of its biennial "Top Ten Inventions" award...

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Nokia readies TNN Denmark for AI-powered 5G future

Nokia has announced a four-year contract extension with TNN in Denmark to continue as the sole supplier of 5G radio access networks and managed services...

Policy and Regulation

•	CRA introduces comprehensive regulation to advance future-ready network infrastructure across Qatar The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) of Qatar has issued an updated Regulation for the Construction, Installation, and Sharing of Radio Communications Sites, creating a unified framework designed to ensure safer,...

•	COP30: Green Digital Action Hub to accelerate innovation for a sustainable future A coalition of international partners announced the creation of the Green Digital Action Hub (GDA Hub), a new cooperation platform to harness technology innovation against climate...

Middle East

•	Saudi Arabia to showcase US$14.9 billion tech investment at Web Summit 2025 Invest Saudi will highlight the Kingdom’s US$14.9 billion technology investment portfolio at Web Summit 2025 in Lisbon, positioning Saudi Arabia as a global hub for artificial intelligence, e-commerce, and logistics...

•	Ooredoo Kuwait leads the digital economy shift with NVIDIA-powered AI infrastructure This milestone marks a new chapter in Kuwait’s journey toward building national AI capabilities and positioning itself as a regional hub for digital excellence...

•	Jordan Hosts 13th Gaming Summit in Aqaba to advance regional creative and digital industries Organized by the Jordan Gaming Lab, an initiative of the King Abdullah II Fund for Development (KAFD), the summit highlighted Jordan’s growing role as a regional hub for digital gaming and creative technology...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Samsung powers SaskTel with cloud-native 4G, 5G core Canada-based mobile operator SaskTel has started deploying Samsung Canada’s cloud-native 4G and 5G core on its network, advancing wireless connectivity across the province of Saskatchewan...

Satellite & Internet

•	BT Group, Starlink bring high-speed satellite broadband & fiber network to rural UK BT Group and Starlink announced a landmark agreement which will bring Starlink’s reliable, high-speed, low-latency satellite connectivity to BT and EE consumer broadband customers, complementing BT Group’s...

South Asia

•	SLT-Mobitel powers “Techno 2025 – Engineering for a Smart Nation” This partnership with IESL, SLT-MOBITEL showcased cutting-edge innovations and AI applications with the transformative potential to reshape Sri Lanka’s digital future...

North Africa

•	Alshaya Group signs MoU with ITIDA to strengthen Egypt’s digital transformation and shared services growth The MoU outlines collaboration in operations management, IT and knowledge services, engineering, and research and development, with a strong focus on talent development and digital capability building...

Global Telecom Update

•	Vodacom posts strong growth with 5G rollout and rising service revenue across South Africa, Egypt, and Safaricom Vodacom reported a 10.9 percent increase in revenue for the first six months of the financial year 2025, driven by strong growth in service and digital businesses...

•	Vertiv selected to supply advanced AI-ready infrastructure for Digital Realty’s new data center campus in Italy The project will be implemented in phases, with the facility planned to begin operations in 2027. ROM1 will serve as a carrier-neutral facility optimized for AI and machine learning workloads...

•	Dataloop partners with Carahsoft to bring enterprise AI platform to government agencies Dataloop, an enterprise-grade data infrastructure platform for AI, built to manage unstructured data and support the full AI lifecycle, and Carahsoft, The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider, announced a partnership...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Oman recognized as global model for digital growth in DEN 2025 Index Oman’s achievement cements its position as a regional benchmark for sustainable, inclusive, and innovation-driven digital growth...

•	Disney Jr to return to linear in the UK and Ireland Sky is to add Disney Jr to the Sky Kids line-up in the UK and Ireland from 13 November, marking the return of Disney’s preschool brand to the Sky EPG five years after its linear channels were pulled in favour of...

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