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December 23, 2019

Microsoft 4Afrika brings technology and IT skills support to One Million Farmers Platform

Microsoft, through its 4Afrika Initiative, has pledged support to the One Million Farmers Platform, a World Bank initiative aiming to improve the productivity, profitability and resilience of one million African farmers through disruptive agricultural technologies...

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Etisalat rolls out successful blood donation campaign across the UAE

Etisalat conducted a successful blood donation campaign across its offices across the UAE in collaboration with Sharjah Blood Transfusion and Research Centre and Abu Dhabi Blood Bank...

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Accenture reports strong first quarter fiscal 2020 results

Accenture reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2020, ended Nov. 30, 2019, with revenues of US$11.4 billion, an increase of 7 percent in U.S. dollars and 9 percent in local currency over the same period...

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Arthur D. Little launches Poland office

Arthur D. Little (ADL) announced the launch of its new Poland office in Warsaw, which will form part of its Eastern European Cluster which already includes Austria, Czech Republic and Turkey...

Policy and Regulation

•	Telecommunications Regulatory Authority signs pact to train Omanis The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority and the National Training Fund signed a memorandum of cooperation on employment and training Omani nationals...

•	Ofcom to make switching broadband provider across networks easier In order to make the telecoms market as fair and uniform as possible, Ofcom is proposing even more regulations to make switching providers easier and to ensure customers always have access to the best broadband services...

South Asia

•	Bangladesh's mobile phone users rise to over 164 million The total number of Bangladesh's mobile phone subscribers hit over 164 million at the end of October with addition of 7.18 million new users in the first 10 months of this year...

•	Sri Lanka Telecom to connect million homes with fiber Sri Lanka Telecom is expected to connect a million fiber optic customers in the next two years form current 70,000 despite low broadband tariffs, Fitch a rating agency said...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Proximus Pickx launches Android TV Belgium’s Proximus has selected 3Ready’s Android TV solution from German software solutions provider 3SS for its recently launched Proximus Pickx next generation IPTV service based on Android TV Operator Tier...

•	BritBox expands device range BritBox, the new UK streamer from ITV and the BBC, has increased the range of devices on which the service is available...

Global Telecom Update

•	AI key to boosting global GDP by US$5.2 trillion Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be a key enabling technology in achieving renewable energy and sustainability targets, according to a report released ahead of January’s 2020 World Future Energy Summit...

•	Nigeria's IHS Towers buys Brazilian telecoms infrastructure company CCS The acquisition is part of IHS’s strategy to become the a leading owner, operator and developer of shared telecommunications infrastructure in emerging markets...

Middle East

•	ADDH, Group 42 announce joint venture agreement to boost AI adoption Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company and Group 42 have announced the signing of an agreement to establish a joint venture to provide AI-enabled products and services to the portfolio companies of ADDH...

•	Faylasof launches Wamda for Arabic readers and listeners Faylasof, a Jordanian online bookstore has launched a mobile app Wamda, that summarizes bestselling non-fiction English books in Arabic that the users can read or listen to, in fifteen minutes...

North Africa

•	Maroc Telecom launches Startup Challenge The programme aims to fund projects that can take on the challenges of digitisation in the sectors of health, education, agriculture, and smart cities...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	EE joins TfL trial of 4G on the Underground EE has joined Transport for London's trial of 4G on the Underground, which should see calls enabled on the tube network for the first time...

•	China plans 5G coverage for all prefecture-level cities by end of 2020 China will spend 2020 building out 5G service from roughly 50 currently covered cities to the 300 prefectural areas...

Satellite & Internet

•	CityFibre and Vodafone set for huge investment in UK fiber Vodafone and CityFibre have an existing partnership that aims to deliver 5 million FTTH connections by the mid-2020s but a new deal could see the pair increase this target...

•	Ethiopia launches first satellite into space Data provided by Ethiopia's satellite is expected to paint a fuller picture of the country's agriculture, forestry and mining resources and improve responses to flooding and other disasters...

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