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January 28, 2020

American Hospital partners with Etisalat Digital to launch first-of-its-kind telehealth service

American Hospital, part of Mohamed & Obaid Al Mulla Group and one of the leading pioneers of private healthcare in the Middle East, announced that it has partnered with Etisalat Digital to launch the first-of-its-kind telehealth service in the private sector as a continuation of its mission to provide clinical excellence to patients in need...

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BT completes 100% onshoring of customer service calls to the UK and Ireland to deliver personal and local customer service

BT has completed its commitment to answer 100% of customer service calls in the UK and Ireland a year ahead of schedule to deliver the most personal and local service to its customers...

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Entry into commercial service of EUTELSAT 7C

Eutelsat Communications' EUTELSAT 7C satellite has entered full commercial service and is ready to support broadcast customers across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Turkey...

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Cisco 2020 Data Privacy Benchmark Study confirms positive financial benefits of strong corporate data privacy practices

Cisco has published its 2020 Data Privacy Benchmark Study, the company’s third annual look into corporate data privacy practices worldwide and shows growing tangible benefits for businesses that adopt strong privacy...

Policy and Regulation

•	FCC speeds up LTE and 5G by opening the 3.5GHz band for commercial purposes The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has given permission for four companies to open the 3.5GHz band for commercial use...

•	Polish regulator maintains 5G auction reserve price, increases rollout targets Poland’s Office of Electronic Communications has launched its second round of consultation for the planned award of 5G spectrum in the 3400MHz-3800MHz band later this year...

North Africa

•	Ericsson predicts increased 5G uptake in Africa Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company Ericsson says more service providers in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region will this year adopt 5G technology in their operations...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Netgem adds BritBox to UK line-up Netgem is to add ITV and BBC streaming JV BritBox to the line-up of services it offers via ISPs and OTT devices in the UK market...

•	Strong growth for Czech O2 TV In its latest set of results, O2 Czech says the number of customers to its IPTV and OTT services stood at 443,000 as of December 31, or 106,000 more than 12 months earlier...

Global Telecom Update

•	Airtel Africa posts eighth consecutive quarter of growth Airtel Africa reported its eighth consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue growth and EBITDA margin expansion in constant currency, as its customer base grew 9.4% to 107.1 million in its third quarter...

•	Iridium CloudConnect extends IoT on AWS globally This new service combines Iridium IoT functionalities with Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT and cloud services extending customers' IoT reach to the more than 80 percent of the Earth that lacks terrestrial coverage...

Middle East

•	Experts stress Tamkeen's role in supporting ICT sector Experts and stakeholders in the ICT sector stressed the importance of Tamkeen’s role in supporting this sector as it accelerates business, provides quality jobs for Bahrainis, and supports the process of digital...

•	Majid Al Futtaim announces partnership with Takeoff to revolutionise Carrefour's online orders Located at select Carrefour stores, these automated small warehouses will process Carrefour’s online orders to replace the manual picking method currently used...

South Asia

•	Grameenphone reports 8 percent revenue growth in 2019 Buoyed by data and voice growth, Bangladesh based mobile phone operator, Grameenphone registered an 8.1 per cent annual growth in 2019...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Vodafone Australia extends 4G coverage in Tasmania The new sites were completed under the Federal Government’s Mobile Black Spot Program and provide a combined total of more than 170 square kilometres of additional 4G coverage...

•	Swisscom demos private 5G for ‘wireless events’ at Youth Olympic Games Swisscom says it has successfully tested a private 5G network at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland...

Satellite & Internet

•	Megacable to introduce gigabit service via DOCSIS 3.1 solution Megacable Mexico has teamed up with Technicolor Connected Home to introduce the country’s first DOCSIS 3.1 network...

•	OneWeb partners Kazakhstan's AIFC for expansion in Central Asia Satellite operator OneWeb has signed a memorandum of understanding with Astana International Financial Centre, to accelerate broadband connectivity in Kazakhstan...

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