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September 7, 2026

Featured Member News

Omantel partners with Liva Insurance to strengthen digital infrastructure and drive business resilience

As insurers across Oman invest in digital platforms and customer experience, the infrastructure behind those platforms matters just as much as the platforms themselves...

Member News

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Salam launches first integrated freelancer ecosystem in Saudi Arabia with Hala, Zid and FutureWorks

Etihad Salam Telecom Company (Salam), a leading provider of telecommunications services and digital infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, announced partnerships with fintech leader HALA and e-commerce platform Zid to launch SOHO,...

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Cisco to participate in September events with the financial community

Cisco will participate in six investor and technology conferences across the United States and Europe during September 2026, with senior executives set to discuss the company with the financial community and meet investors...

Policy and Regulation

•	CST publishes a public consultation on updating financial fees for the allocation and use of numbers The updates include the addition and modification of several points, covering the annual one-time fee for each allocated number, as well as fees for shared-cost numbers, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service numbers,...

•	Global dialogue shapes unified digital policy priorities Representatives of governments, industry, academia, civil society and the technical community at the World Telecommunication/ICT Policy Forum 2026 (WTPF-26) have adopted a set of Opinions on critical issues shaping the...

Middle East

•	Saudi Arabia’s Absher processes more than 240 million transactions in first half of 2026 Saudi Arabia’s Absher digital government platform processed more than 240 million electronic transactions during the first six months of 2026, highlighting the growing scale of digital public services used by citizens,...

•	HUMAIN unveils frontier Arabic language model developed by MiniMax The model is available in research preview today through HUMAIN Node, HUMAIN's platform providing developers, researchers and enterprises access to advanced AI models and inference capabilities...

•	DeepAstra becomes Z.AI’s sole sovereign AI partner in Oman Omani AI company DeepAstra has entered a strategic partnership with Z.AI that makes it the company’s sole sovereign AI partner in Oman, with plans to expand access to Z.AI’s GLM models and establish a dedicated...

•	Beyon, BitOasis launch secure closed-loop wallet integration . Through the integration, users can transfer funds directly from their Beyon Money wallet into their BitOasis Bahrain account without the need for complex external payment steps, creating a faster, seamless journey between...

South Asia

•	Pakistani IT firms target Saudi expansion after strong LEAP 2026 response Pakistani technology companies are targeting higher IT exports to Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf after reporting strong interest from investors and technology firms at LEAP 2026, where more than 100 Pakistani companies and...

•	Bangladesh plans lifelong One-ID system to unify citizen access to digital services Bangladesh is moving to introduce a lifelong digital identity for every citizen, including newborns, under a proposed One-ID system designed to replace fragmented identification processes and simplify access to government...

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

•	Teltronic to supply private 4G network for Chilean rail company Teltronic, a Spanish company with more than 50 years of experience in the critical communications sector, says it will be supplying a 4G broadband communications network for national rail company EFE Trenes de Chile...

•	O2 switches on 5G+ across Northern Ireland People and businesses across Northern Ireland can now access O2’s most advanced mobile network yet, after the operator switched on its next-generation 5G+ service for customers across five cities, 22 large towns and...

•	Côte d’Ivoire partners with Mistral to map national AI ecosystem The agreement will see the ministry and Mistral conduct a strategic study and audit covering the country’s AI ecosystem, data resources, infrastructure and potential use cases...

Global Telecom Update

•	Safaricom Ethiopia passes 15m active subscribers Safaricom Ethiopia has surpassed 15 million 90-day active subscribers, less than four years after launching commercial services in the country...

•	Simpaisa, Tencent Cloud collaborate on cloud transformation Tencent Cloud has announced a strategic collaboration with Simpaisa to explore a large-scale cloud transformation aimed at optimizing infrastructure efficiency while supporting the operational, security and regulatory...

North Africa

•	Telecom Egypt and PSL to build 200 km Sharm El-Sheikh-Taba submarine cable Telecom Egypt has signed an agreement with Greek company Power Sub Link S.A. to build a new 200-kilometre submarine cable between Sharm El-Sheikh and Taba, creating a high-capacity Red Sea route designed to strengthen...

Satellite & Hybrid Networks

•	Sparkle, Hellas Sat achieve Greece’s first quantum-safe satellite connection Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, and Hellas Sat, a leading satellite operator, with three geostationary satellites and two teleport facilities in Greece and...

•	Fiber optic infrastructure expands in Aberdeen More than 4,000 homes in southern Moore County have access to new fiber optic infrastructure with the installation of cabling in and around Aberdeen...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Disney+ expands European broadcaster strategy with new M6 France content deal Disney+ has extended its strategy of partnering with European broadcasters through a new agreement with France’s Groupe M6 that will bring several of the broadcaster’s best-known entertainment programmes to the...

•	Accedo and MediaKind launch white-label streaming platform for pay-TV operators Accedo and MediaKind have launched an end-to-end white-label streaming platform designed to help pay-TV operators deploy and manage branded video services across connected TVs, mobile devices, web browsers and set-top boxes...

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