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July 1, 2018

The Iraqi Cabinet approves the launch of the fourth licence for mobile networks

The Communications and Media Commission (CMC), has already embarked on strategic steps to implement this crucial task. It has contracted with one of the four major international companies to prepare for the bidding process, including developing a study of the Iraqi market...

Batelco Expands its Cloud Connect Solutions with Azure Microsoft Express Route Service

Batelco, the leading digital solutions provider in the Kingdom, is now an official Microsoft Azure Express Route partner. In collaboration with Microsoft ExpressRoute, Batelco now offers customers’ access to Microsoft Cloud Services over Batelco’s robust global network consisting of 26+ PoPs around the globe...

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STC becomes the first Saudi entity to be admitted membership to the forum of incident response and security teams

STC is the first entity from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to meet the requirements and now joins a handful of other GCC entities and a global constellation of government agencies, telecommunications providers, security...

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Etisalat adopts latest global IoT Security Guidelines

Etisalat announced its commitment to adapt and implement a common approach to IoT security guidelines that will outline best practices and recommendations for the entire IoT ecosystem...

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Yahsat's new satellite to service mobility and Internet of Things, driving growth

Yahsat anticipates higher growth from its satellite broadband business as it looks to enter the mobility and Internet of Things segments (IoT) as well as possibly compete with telecoms service providers, according to its...

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Nokia, China Telecom and Intel to showcase advanced end-to-end capabilities of 5G Edge Cloud for latency critical new applications at #MWCS18

Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2018, China - Nokia, China Telecom and Intel are to conduct a demonstration of virtual reality gaming at Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2018 to show how a high-performance Cloud with embedded...

Policy and Regulation

•	Internet service cost to be lessened in Nepal Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gokul Banskota has said that the internet cost will be gradually lessened even though the internet service cost was cheaper here in comparison to other countries...

•	MoIT committed to provide broadband services in far flung areas of Pakistan Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication is fully committed to providing telecom services to under and un-served ‘Mauzas’ across the country to bring the nation on the path of Technology evolution...

•	The Iraqi Cabinet approves the launch of the fourth licence for mobile networks The Communications and Media Commission (CMC), has already embarked on strategic steps to implement this crucial task. It has contracted with one of the four major international companies to prepare for the bidding process,...

Middle East

•	Dewa unveils AI-based digital command centre Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has inaugurated its new digital command centre, a first-of-its-kind in the UAE, that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to monitor and manage the authority’s...

•	UAE banks collaborate to promote FinTech education Emirates Institute of Banking and Financial Studies (EIBFS) in association with leading UAE banks and insurance companies, has launched the EIBFS Fintech Training Lab seeking to enhance access to skills training in the...

South Asia

•	Afghanistan, Tajikistan sign ICT cooperation agreement Afghanistan and Tajikistan have signed an ICT cooperation agreement which includes regional interconnection through fiber-optic networks, the transfer of internet traffic, postal services, electronic commerce and the...

•	Dialog partners with Eros Now to give Sri Lankans regional content Dialog Axiata has announced its partnership with Eros International, to launch its premier Video Over The Top (OTT) platform, Eros Now...

3G and 4G Networks

•	Europe driving 4G roaming traffic surge in Asia-Pacific region BICS, a communications enabler, has reported a sharp increase in LTE roaming traffic in the Asia-Pacific region, which is being largely driven by Europe...

•	SAZZ launches TD-LTE network in Baku, Absheron Azerbaijan telco AzQtel (SAZZ) has launched commercial services on its new TD-LTE broadband network...

North Africa

•	Avanti Communications project to enhance Kenya’s disaster response communications Avanti Communications has announced its new project, Satellite Enablement for Disaster Risk Reduction in Kenya (“SaTDRR Kenya”) to enhance Kenya’s ability to plan for and respond to disasters...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Kwese Iflix partners with Airtel Nigeria to launch mobile video service Kwese iflix, the joint venture between Econet Media and Iflix, has announced the launch of its new premier digital entertainment platform in Nigeria, in partnership with Airtel Nigeria...

•	Orange opts for Broadpeak video delivery Orange is installing Broadpeak video processing technology for the delivery of advanced video services for its mobile and IPTV services in France...

Alternative Telecom

•	Orange, Altice ink new fiber sharing deal French telecoms operators Orange and Altice France (SFR Group) have inked a new agreement for the deployment of fibre-optic networks in less-densely populated areas of France...

•	Arianespace launches six in ten Asian satellites Arianespace has launched five satellites for Asia-Pacific customers over the past 16 months, with a further five satellites, with four more launch contracts on the horizon...

•	E-Vision launches book donation initiative to mark Year of Zayed Numerous copies of Sheikh Zayed: Life and Times were distributed to 10 schools across the UAE since April. The book comes in English and Arabic and features a collection of photographs by Royal Photographer Noor Ali Rashid...

Global Telecom Update

•	Finland’s Elisa claims world’s first commercial use of 5G Finnish operator Elisa says it has become the first operator in the world to begin commercial use of a 5G network and starts selling 5G subscriptions...

•	ST Engineering, SP Group launch trial IoT-as-a-Service platform Singapore’s ST Engineering Electronics, energy utilities group SP Group and the companies’ joint venture SP Telecom has launched a trial pay-per-use IoT-as-a-Service platform for enterprises...

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