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January 29, 2020

AT&T reports fourth quarter and full year results

AT&T has reported that for the full-year, the company met or exceeded its 2019 guidance and delivered record operating and free cash flow. Solid operating results in the fourth quarter included strong operating and free cash flow and adjusted earnings growth...

World Economic Forum and ISPs lay out new Internet security principles

The new principles ask ISPs to protect consumers by default from widespread cyberattacks, and act collectively with peers to identify and respond to known threats...

Member News

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Saudi Telecom Company (“stc”) and Vodafone Group sign a Memorandum of Understanding in relation to Vodafone’s 55% shareholding in Vodafone Egypt

stc announces that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Vodafone Group in relation to the potential acquisition of Vodafone’s 55% shareholding in Vodafone Egypt by stc...

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Microsoft brings three new Surface devices to businesses and consumers in the UAE market

Microsoft expanded its award-winning Surface range for the UAE market, as it unveiled three new versatile devices in the country, covering use cases for both commercial and consumer customers...

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British Government allows Huawei in its 5G roll-out

Huawei is reassured by the UK government’s confirmation that we can continue working with our customers to keep the 5G roll-out on track...

Policy and Regulation

•	TRA holds legal workshop for industry members Some of the subjects that were covered during the three-day workshop included commercial contract interpretation, drafting techniques and contract terms to name a few...

•	DICT confident in Dito Telecom rollout by July The Secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology is confident that 3rd major telco Dito Telecommunity can deliver on its promise by July 2020...

South Asia

•	Bangladeshi internet users near 100 million in 2019 With addition of 8.08 million new users last year, the total number of Bangladeshi Internet users reached about 100 million at the end of last December...

•	Dialog Enterprise pledges to digitalize the finance sector in Sri Lanka Dialog Enterprise showcased its readiness to digitalize the financial sector of the country with cutting-edge solutions, further enhancing service offering to take its clientele on a steady growth trajectory...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Rakuten Mobile plans commercial 4G LTE launch in April Rakuten Mobile has expanded the availability of its greenfield 4G LTE network to 25,000 customers and said it is on track to launch full commercial services in April...

•	Orange Romania expands 5G network The 5G network's expansion comes in the context of the exponential growth of mobile data consumption, but also of the customers' need for uninterrupted connectivity...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Tricolor to focus on OTT Russia’s leading pay-TV operator Tricolor plans to have several million subscribers to its OTT service by the end of this year...

•	Molotov hits 10 million subs as French SVOD and catch-up viewing grows French OTT streamer Molotov has announced it has hit the major milestone of 10 million users...

Middle East

•	Dubai Customs launches cross border e-commerce platform The new blockchain based project is the first of its kind in the region and it aims to help the emirate become a global hub for e-commerce and encourage e-commerce companies set their businesses in Dubai...

•	AI specialists contribute supplies for combating coronavirus Group 42, an Abu Dhabi-based AI technology company, has announced its efforts to help healthcare workers battling the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak in China...

North Africa

•	Trend Micro to deliver XDR across email, network, endpoint, server and cloud workloads in Egypt This is designed to give enterprises broader visibility of a risk posture while connecting minor events from different security silos to detect more complex attacks...

Satellite & Internet

•	eir confirms availability of fiber network in 28 towns Irish communications provider eir has announced that its next generation gigabit-capable fiber network is now available in 28 towns across the country...

•	SpaceX successfully sends 60 Starlink satellites to space SpaceX has launched 60 more Starlink satellites into orbit, marking the second time this month it has sent satellites into space...

Global Telecom Update

•	Honeywell and Verizon partner to create LTE-connected smart meters A partnership between Honeywell and Verizon aims to accelerate the rollout of smart energy grid technology that can save money and energy...

•	MTN to invest US$1.6 billion in Nigeria over three years MTN Nigeria, the country’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, plans to invest around US$1.6 billion in its operations and networks over the next three years...

•	World Economic Forum and ISPs lay out new Internet security principles The new principles ask ISPs to protect consumers by default from widespread cyberattacks, and act collectively with peers to identify and respond to known threats...

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