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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
September 18, 2026
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Eutelsat and Grupo W Com expand partnership in Mexico
 
 
Under the renewed multi-year agreement, StarTV will expand its use of satellite capacity on EUTELSAT 117° West B to support the continued growth of its service portfolio, including direct-to-home television, educational content initiatives, and NVOD (Near Video On Demand) over IP across Mexico...
 
 
 
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•  Global Industry Leaders Join Cisco's WebexOne to Showcase What's Next for AI-Powered Work
Member Logo As organizations rethink how people work alongside AI, Cisco's WebexOne will bring together leaders from some of the world's largest companies to share what's working and what's next...
 
•  Nokia accelerates network automation through agentic, unified data foundation with Microsoft
Member Logo Nokia is extending its longstanding partnership with Microsoft to accelerate network automation, announcing the development of an agentic, unified data foundation that supports faster, more reliable AI-driven operations for...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Minister holds Riyadh talks on transport
Bahrain’s Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications, H.E. Dr. Shaikh Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, held a series of meetings with senior Saudi officials during his official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
 
Public consultation on spectrum and satellite filing regulations
The “Regulations for the Use of Radio Spectrum by Earth Stations in Space Radio Services” document outlines the requirements for obtaining a radio spectrum license for an earth station or an earth station...
 
Middle East
 
DESC, Financial Audit Authority sign MoU
The Dubai Electronic Security Centre (DESC) and the Financial Audit Authority (FAA) have signed an MoU to strengthen institutional integration and exchange specialised expertise and knowledge...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt, China’s CEC explore energy, advanced technology cooperation
Egypt’s Minister of State for Military Production Salah Gomblat discussed potential avenues for cooperation with China’s CEC, a leading Chinese company, particularly in the fields of energy and advanced...
 
3G, 4G, 5G/5G-A, Cloud, AI, Energy
 
Vodafone Germany adds 24 temporary 4G and 5G sites for Oktoberfest
Vodafone Germany has deployed additional LTE and 5G infrastructure across 24 mobile sites at Munich's Oktoberfest grounds, using 109 antennas to increase network capacity during one of Germany's largest...
 
Orange Slovakia expands 5G coverage to 92.5% of population
Orange Slovakia has expanded its 5G network to cover 92.5% of the country's population after activating services across several dozen additional villages, taking its network footprint to 1,486 locations...
 
Mavenir launches NetAIShield for AI-native telecom fraud protection
Mavenir, the software company building cloud-native, AI-by-design mobile networks, announced NetAIShield, its next-generation AI-native fraud protection framework designed to secure telecom networks and subscribers against...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
Disney+ introduces ‘lean-back’ Playlists globally
Disney+ is introducing curated Playlists globally, giving subscribers a continuous, shuffled stream of programmes and films based around genres, franchises, characters and moods...
 
United Group launches AI-driven EON 3.0 entertainment platform across Southeast Europe
United Group, the leading telecommunications and media group in Southeast Europe, launched the third generation of EON, its cloud-based television and entertainment platform, across the region...
 
Satellite & Hybrid Networks
 
China launches 25th batch of SatNet internet satellites
The launch put the payload into its planned low Earth orbit, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said...
 
EllaLink branching units to connect the Brazilian Amazon
EllaLink, which describes itself as the first high-capacity fibre-optic submarine cable directly connecting Latin America to Europe, has announced that two branching units have been successfully laid...
 
 
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South Asia
 
Pakistan targets shift from IT services to tech products
Pakistan is targeting a shift from exporting IT services towards technology products, digital platforms and technology-driven industries as part of its broader economic transformation agenda,..
 
Global Telecom Update
 
O2 and Freshwave deploy five new small cells across Tonbridge Town Centre
Residents, businesses and visitors in Tonbridge are set to benefit from improved mobile connectivity following the activation of five outdoor small cells across the town centre...
 
Smart Africa and Kitsoft aim to advance public sector digital transformation
The Smart Africa Secretariat, an alliance tasked with driving Africa’s digital agenda, and Kitsoft, an international govtech company with Ukrainian roots, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on public...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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