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January 29, 2019

Orange Jordan allocates 27 scholarships to the children of its employees

Orange Jordan signed an agreement with Elevatus, through which the company will assist Orange Jordan to select the most qualified candidates to work at its various locations...

Member News

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Zain Bahrain continues to support the first Bahraini woman to complete the 2018 Boston Marathon

Zain Bahrain is proud to continue its support and sponsorship of May Al Haji, the first Bahraini woman and Zain employee to complete the 2018 Boston Marathon.,,

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MIRIS selects Nokia AirFrame Open Edge technology to deploy sustainable edge data center networks across Nordic region

Nokia announced that MIRIS, a leading Norwegian real estate and technology firm, will deploy AirFrame Open Edge data center technology to support delivery of Smart City services in business parks and residential areas...

Policy and Regulation

•	Globe urges government to expedite cell site deployments The Philippines' Globe Telecom has urged the government to implement regulatory reforms to enable the deployment of more cell sites for the 5G era...

•	Croatia calls for 2.5GHz bidders The Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries has issued a call for applications for wireless spectrum in the 2.5GHz band...

Middle East

•	Turkcell launches digital intelligence program for children The program aims to teach children in eight main areas - digital identity, use, safety, security, emotional intelligence, communication, literacy, and rights, according to the institute's website...

•	Number of internet subscribers in Oman rises over 20 percent in a year The Sultanate’s total internet subscriptions, excluding active mobile subscriptions, surged by 20.6 percent to touch 423,567 by the end of December 2018, up from 351,335 by the end of December 2017...

•	UAE and Saudi Arabia launch common digital currency 'Aber' The common digital currency project 'Aber' will be used in financial settlements between the two countries through Blockchains and Distributed Ledgers technologies...

North Africa

•	Huawei opens phone assembly plant in Algeria Huawei’s first assembly plant in Algeria has been officially opened in Algiers, as a result of a co-venture between Huawei and Algerian group AFGO-TECH...

•	Nigeria surpasses broadband penetration target by 2% Nigeria attained 31.48% broadband penetration as at December, 2018, growing beyond its 30% target in 2018...

Global Telecom Update

•	Alibaba Cloud opens second data centre in Japan Chinese cloud vendor launches another data centre that more than double its capacity in Japan, where it says there is growing demand for big data analytics with machine learning capabilities.;;

•	Singtel, Argus join forces to strengthen cyber security capabilities for Singapore's transportation sector Singtel and Argus Cyber Security have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on several initiatives to strengthen the cyber security capabilities for Singapore’s transportation sector...

South Asia

•	Bangladesh's Grameenphone revenue up 7.7 percent in Q4 of 2018 Bangladesh's largest cell phone operator Grameenphone reported a 7.7- percent increase in revenues in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared with that in the same period previous year...

•	Karandaaz vows to promote fintech innovation in Pakistan Karandaaz Pakistan has signed grant agreements with the winners of its third ‘FinTech Disrupt Challenge’, which funds startup ideas that use technology to bring financial services to the underserved segments of...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Beta Film and Deutsche Telekom team up to strengthen Magenta TV Beta Film and Deustche Telekom are launching a strategic partnership to boost European series on Telekom’s Magenta TV...

•	Sportradar launches OTT platform A1now for A1 in Austria Sportradar has launched A1now, an over-the-top (OTT) product to service users on A1 Austria, with both live and on-demand sports content...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	O2 delivers 4G to the UK’s most northern region O2 has delivered 4G coverage to the Isle of Unst, the nothern-most area of the UK, as it aims to connect 72 more communities in Scotland over the next 12 months...

•	Magyar Telekom launches Hungary’s first ‘standard 5G test station’ Hungary’s Magyar Telekom has announced the launch of the country’s ‘first standard 5G test station’, located in downtown Zalaegerszeg, using 3.7GHz test spectrum...

•	Rakuten secures first blanket mobile licenses Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has secured blanket licenses for the deployment of 4G base stations for its planned mobile network rollout covering three of Japan's eight regions...

Alternative Telecom

•	Aeronet upgrades backbone to 100G Puerto Rican ISP Aeronet has upgraded its fibre-optic backbone to support 100G technology, as it seeks to support the future bandwidth and connectivity needs of its corporate customers...

•	Rostelecom lays 100 km of fibrer in Mari El in 2018 Russian national operator Rostelecom deployed around 100 kilometres of fiber optic line in the Republic of Mari El in 2018 under the framework of the federal programme to eliminate the digital divide...

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