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January 27, 2020

Huawei 5G supports China Media Group realize the first HD video live broadcast abroad

China Media Group's Spring Festival Celebration event in 2020 was the first live broadcast using the 5G commercial network abroad. The China Media Group shooting team uses the 5G commercial network services of the two major carriers in the UAE carried by Huawei's 5G equipment to transmit the live broadcast signals from Dubai to Beijing in real time to celebrate the Spring Festival...

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United Nations Global Compact launches ‘SDG Ambition’ impact initiative aiming to scale up business action at the national level

The United Nations Global Compact launched SDG Ambition — a global impact initiative aimed at challenging and supporting companies to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals into their core business...

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Nokia and PTCL build Pakistan’s first 200G optical network for superfast broadband

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has deployed Nokia’s technology to expand the capacity of recently installed 100G transport network to 200G optical network for both domestic and international...

Policy and Regulation

•	Mobile prices down 15 percent, data usage jumps 74 percent in Bahrain Telecom companies in Bahrain offer the lowest prices in the GCC and Arab markets, TRA’s latest report said, especially in the high usage baskets...

•	UK imposes new IoT rules designed to improve safety The UK Government has unveiled new rules for the growing consumer connected objects segment, forcing the ecosystem to take a more rigorous and conscious approach to security...

•	Regulator slashes interconnection fees Nepal’s telecoms regulator, the Nepal Telecommunications Authority has issued its Interconnection Guideline 2019 setting out the maximum interconnection tariffs service providers can charge...

Middle East

•	Self-education 'Digital Knowledge Hub’ launched in Dubai The Digital Knowledge Hub provides access to all of MBRF’s publications, issued to spread knowledge, fill the digital gap in the Arab world, and serve as an optimised platform for building custom digital repositories...

•	Standard Chartered partners with Bahrain FinTech Bay Standard Chartered and Bahrain FinTech Bay will work together to offer thought-leadership and mentorship programs to the growing fintech industry...

•	Smart Dubai announces achievements Following the vision of the Dubai Blockchain Strategy 2020, Smart Dubai has delivered on its promise of building a thriving Blockchain ecosystem in the city and establishing Dubai as the world capital of Blockchain...

North Africa

•	AFD to help Tunisia digitalize its health sector The French Development Agency (AFD) is going to help Tunisia reshape its health sector with digital tools...

Satellite & Internet

•	Openreach targeting 227 ‘harder to reach’ locations for FTTP The race to deploy full fiber broadband throughout the UK rages on, with Openreach announcing an expansion of its rural coverage...

•	SpaceX to press ahead with planned launch of more satellites By mid-2020, SpaceX hopes to have more than 700 satellites in space, enough to begin offering commercial satellite broadband service across much of North America...

South Asia

•	Ncell launches ‘Tourist SIM’ for travellers In line with the ‘Visit Nepal 2020’ campaign, Ncell has announced the launch of this new offer, enabling tourists to easily subscribe to SIM cards and avail bundled all network talk time and data services...

•	Dialog to provide customer service via WhatsApp Dialog Axiata has become the first telecommunications service provider in Sri Lanka to provide 24/7 customer service via WhatsApp, for all product and service-related queries...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Popcorntimes launches free VOD service Advertising-financed video-on-demand service Popcorntimes has launched in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, providing movies from the 1910s to the 2010s free of charge...

•	NTV+ passes OTT TV milestone Russian pay TV service provider NTV+’s OTT TV service passed the 150,000-subscriber milestone in 2019, claiming a high rate of customer retention...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Voice and video 4G provision improves in Brazil The mobile network experience has seen "notable improvements" in Brazil, particularly in 4G metrics such as video and voice consumption, according to Opensignal...

•	NEC and Altiostar Collaborate to Advance Open vRAN Deployments for 4G and 5G NEC Corporation and Altiostar Networks, have announced a collaboration to accelerate the deployment of 4G/5G open vRAN solutions...

•	A1 Telekom launches 5G in 350 locations A1 Telekom Austria has announced the launch of its 5G network in 350 locations in 129 municipalities across the country...

Global Telecom Update

•	Remitly partners with Alipay to offer international remittances The agreement enables Remitly customers to send money from their smartphone or computer, and for funds to be received within the Alipay app...

•	Rakuten expands free trial ahead of April commercial launch Rakuten Mobile is expanding its ‘Free Supporter Program’ to an additional 20,000 participants, and says it is on track to launch the world’s first end-to-end fully virtualised cloud-native network in...

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