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September 9, 2026

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CEER and Salam sign SAR 22.5mln five-year agreement to power Saudi Arabia's automotive future

Etihad Salam Telecom Company (Salam), a leading provider of telecommunications services and digital infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, announced a five-year framework agreement valued at SAR 22.5 million with CEER National Automotive Company, Saudi Arabia's first electric vehicle (EV) brand and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)...

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stc Bahrain Advances Cutting-Edge Enterprise Automation through Strategic UiPath Partnership

stc Bahrain, a digital enabler, has signed a strategic reseller partnership with UiPath, announced at LEAP in Riyadh, to deliver enterprise-grade Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and cutting-edge automation technologies...

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Cisco Expands Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA for the Rack-Scale Era

Cisco is expanding the Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA through a partnership with Supermicro, bringing its leadership in high-density, liquid and air-cooled compute to Cisco’s industry-leading full-stack, secure AI...

Policy and Regulation

•	Saudi Arabia Participated in the WTPF-26 and appointed vice chair The Kingdom has been appointed as vice chair of the forum, recognizing its contributions throughout the two-year preparations for the Forum, serving as Vice-Chair of the Informal Group of Experts (IEG-WTPF-26) and led...

•	Papua New Guinea clears 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz spectrum for 5G rollout Papua New Guinea is ready to issue 5G spectrum licences in the 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands to qualified mobile operators, moving the country closer to commercial 5G deployment while linking new spectrum rights to wider 4G...

Middle East

•	MEEZA signs QR1 billion hyperscaler deal for 8MW data centre capacity in Qatar Qatar-based data centre operator MEEZA has signed a QR1 billion long-term agreement with an unnamed global hyperscaler for 8 megawatts of operational capacity, marking the largest contract in the company’s history...

•	Abu Dhabi launches region’s first blockchain-authenticated Digital Skills Card The Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council (QCC), in partnership with Union Assessment and Quality Accreditation (UAC), has launched the Gulf region’s first Digital Skills Card, providing a secure, digitally...

•	CINET and Google Cloud partner to transform Kuwait’s credit infrastructure with AI and data analytics The Kuwait Credit Information Network Company (CINET), the country’s leading and sole provider of credit information and credit scorings, has announced a strategic collaboration with Google Cloud...

South Asia

•	VEON and JazzWorld discuss 5G expansion and telecom investment with Pakistan government VEON and JazzWorld have held talks with Pakistan’s Ministry of IT and Telecommunication on 5G expansion, telecom sector sustainability and the policy conditions needed to support further investment in the...

•	Bangladesh looks beyond mobile expansion as 6G, satellite and spectrum demand reshape connectivity Bangladesh is shifting its telecommunications priorities from expanding basic mobile connections toward improving network quality and preparing spectrum policy for 5G, future 6G systems, satellite communications and other...

3G, 4G, 5G/5G-A, Cloud, AI, Energy

•	Kyivstar completes migration of 3G users to 4G, refarms spectrum Veon-owned Ukrainian telco Kyivstar announced on Monday it has completed its migration of over 1 million 3G subscribers to 4G, which has freed up more spectrum capacity for its 4G network...

•	TOWR accelerates digital business through 5G and AI The company is leveraging its portfolio of towers, fibre optics, connectivity, energy and managed services to capture growth opportunities from 5G network expansion and the development of artificial intelligence (AI)...

•	Tenable, OpenAI launch AI security review process for CyberAgents Tenable has announced that it is collaborating with OpenAI to create the CyberAgents Exchange AI Inspector (Exchange Inspector), a new security review process for AI agents, skills, MCP servers and multi-agent playbooks...

Global Telecom Update

•	Malawi activates 36th rural telecom tower under Last Mile connectivity project Malawi has activated a new telecommunications tower in Lilongwe Nyanja, bringing the number of operational sites under the government’s Last Mile Rural Connectivity Project to 36 as it works toward a target of 136...

•	Lifecycle Software launches compliance consultancy for telcos Lifecycle Software has launched a dedicated Compliance Consultancy Service to help mobile network operators (MNOs) and mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) navigate regulatory requirements, embed sustainable compliance...

North Africa

•	Algeria launches tender to extend telecom coverage to 3,000 underserved areas Algeria’s Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has launched what it describes as the country’s largest universal electronic communications service tender to date, targeting telecom coverage across 3,000...

Satellite & Hybrid Networks

•	SpaceX launches 27 Starlink Internet satellites The rocket’s first stage returned to Earth as planned 8.5 minutes later, landing on SpaceX’s drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean...

•	InfraNexia and XLSmart to boost fiber connectivity in key Indonesian corridors Telkom Indonesia’s wholesale fiber spinoff InfraNexia revealed on Monday it has expanded its collaboration with telco XLSmart, who will use the company’s fibre network to boost connectivity in several of...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Sky launches redesigned Sky Go app for Glass and Stream customers Sky has launched a new version of its Sky Go app for Sky Glass and Sky Stream customers, bringing more of the Sky OS experience to mobile devices and restoring some of the features that had been unavailable to customers who...

•	Orange Belgium extends Zappware TV partnership with four-year NEXX5 deal Orange Belgium has signed a new four-year agreement with Zappware Entertainment Group International to continue developing and operating its television platform, with the operator adopting ZEGi’s NEXX5 technology and...

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