• SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing

    7th October, 2026

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ZainTECH, the digital solutions arm of Zain Group, has been selected by Al Liwan Group, a next-generation financial services firm anchored in the Gulf, to design, deploy, and operationalize a secure Microsoft Azure Landing Zone that will accelerate the group's cloud transformation journey. As part of the collaboration, ZainTECH will establish a... read more

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AT&T has announced that its affiliates, together with affiliates of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) (a part of BlackRock) and CPP Investments | Investissements RPC, have agreed to form a new U.S. fiber joint venture to bring fiber to more homes across the country. The JV will operate as a leading wholesale fiber commercial open access... read more

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Nokia has announced that Rede Nacional De Ensino E Pesquisa - Rnp, Brazil's national research and education network and the largest in Latin America, has selected Nokia and Q13 to modernize rede Ipê. The new secure, automated, high-performance IP network will connect more than four million users and provide the foundation for AI-enabled research,... read more

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Oman's digital future will not be built by infrastructure alone. It will be built by the companies that use it. On October 13, Leaders' AXIS 2026 brings international investors, operators, cloud and data center players, and technology leaders to Muscat. For Oman's founders and technology companies, that is a room worth being in. The conference... read more

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Zain Group has earned the 2026 MEIRA Gold Standard Certification, a new recognition introduced by the Middle East Investor Relations Association to benchmark excellence in investor relations across the MENA region. Introduced in 2026, the certification assesses the maturity and effectiveness of corporate investor relations programs and their... read more

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stc Bahrain has entered into a strategic partnership with ila Bank, Bahrain's leading digital mobile-only bank, to offer ila Bank cardholders exclusive discounts on rova, stc's global travel app and eSIM solution. The collaboration bridges digital telecommunications and modern financial lifestyle services, providing ila Bank customers with... read more

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Huawei and Qualcomm have announced a multi-year, broad patent license agreement that includes cross licenses to both companies' patent portfolios across a range of technology fields, including 5G, compute, AI, and networking, together with Qualcomm's purchase of certain Huawei U.S. patents in compute, AI, networking, and other technologies. The... read more

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Oman sits where routes between the Gulf, Asia, Africa and Europe meet. Turning that position into connectivity that carriers, cloud platforms and enterprises can rely on takes integrated infrastructure. Through Zain Omantel International (ZOI), Omantel and Zain Group have brought together international network assets across subsea and terrestrial... read more

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SAMENA Council Messaging

 

Leaders' Summit 2024 (Highlights)
Evolving toward Integration, Intelligence & Sustainability in Infrastructure
ITU GSR-24 Interview: Bocar A. Ba, CEO, SAMENA Telecommunications Council
How can digital technologies rescue the SDGs? - Reflection by Commissioner Mr. Bocar Ba
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