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SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
October 23, 2026 |
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| Policy and Regulation |
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GENIE.AI: Empowering countries to shape their AI future
There are significant barriers to overcome before public institutions in many countries can even begin adopting AI. These include limited resources, technical capacity and infrastructure, as well as a lack of access to...
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Iceland commences private 5G spectrum move
Iceland’s telecoms regulator commenced a process which could boost local and private 5G network deployments by a host of industries and align the nation with broader global rollouts...
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| North Africa |
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Egypt plans 5 to 7 mega data centers over next 5 years
Egypt plans to establish five to seven mega data centers over the next four to five years, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Raafat Hendy said, outlining the country’s digital infrastructure and...
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| 3G, 4G, 5G/5G-A, Cloud, AI, Energy |
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Eir to switch off 3G network in County Wexford
Eir customers across County Wexford are being advised to check their mobile phones ahead of the company's planned 3G network switch-off, which begins next Wednesday October 28th...
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Vodacom 5G hts 1,041 Mbps in Gauteng speed test
A single mobile phone in Weltevredenpark, Roodepoort, on the western edge of Johannesburg, pulled down 1,041.02 Mbps over a Vodacom connection, according to a MyBroadband Speed Test result analyzed by data firm Analytico...
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KDDI, Broadcom advance AI data centers with optical-electronic convergence
KDDI announced a technical partnership with Broadcom on network infrastructure technology to advance the social implementation of AI...
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HPE, NVIDIA advance secure Agentic AI across enterprise environments
HPE announced new innovations across the HPE AI Factory with NVIDIA portfolio that help enterprises securely deploy and operate increasingly autonomous AI across hybrid and sovereign environments...
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| Global Telecom Update |
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DE-CIX boosts boosts gateway offering
Internet exchange (IX) operator DE-CIX says it has completed a resilient three-route gateway connecting the Middle East and Southeast Europe with Central Europe...
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| South Asia |
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PTCL Group posts Rs4.7bn profit
PTCL Group posted a net profit of Rs4.7 billion and over Rs304 billion in revenue for the third quarter of 2026, driven by strong financial growth across its telecom and banking subsidiaries despite high operational costs...
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Bangladesh regulator proposes coverage study and lower spectrum prices
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has announced plans for a study to identify and serve remote, hard-to-reach, underserved and disaster-prone areas where telecom services are inadequate or of poor...
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