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March 25, 2020

Stay connected with Etisalat’s bundle of new initiatives for consumers and businesses

Keeping in line with the government directives to encourage citizens to stay at home and be safe in the current scenario, Etisalat’s bundle of initiatives for consumers and businesses will make it easier to study, work, entertain and remain connected with family and friends from the comfort of their homes...

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Digitizing 7 million contracts saves 200,000 annual waiting hours

stc revealed that the number of paper contracts that the company dispensed with due to digitization amounted to 7 million annual contracts, noting that the company's outlets has already received the last customer who...

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Batelco AGM announces BD45.7M cash dividends for 2019

Batelco held its Annual General Meeting for the twelve-months ended 31 December 2019 at Hamala headquarters, in the presence of the Chairman, Management and Shareholders utilising video conferencing across two locations...

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BT and Computacenter in talks on the sale of BT’s domestic operations in France

BT and Computacenter announced that they have entered exclusive negotiations on the acquisition of BT’s domestic operations in France by Computacenter...

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Accenture and SAP launch upstream oil and gas solution to help streamline processes and costs

Using intelligent technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the SAP S/4HANA Cloud solution for upstream oil and gas helps clients to further increase visibility into operations and cash flow...

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Nokia completes acquisition of Elenion Technologies

Nokia announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Elenion Technologies, a U.S.-based company focusing on silicon photonics technology...

Policy and Regulation

•	TRA publishes list of 22 online grocery apps in UAE The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, TRA, announced 'Online Grocery' that includes the purchasing application of 22 online stores in the UAE, noting that this is a preliminary list and will be subject to...

•	NBTC seeks nod for free 10GB perk The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission will seek cabinet approval for providing mobile users with 10 free gigabytes of data usage per subscriber per month until June 30 as work from home measures are...

South Asia

•	Mobile operators seek help for uninterrupted service in Bangladesh Mobile operators have sought assistance from the government to continue providing uninterrupted services to the people during the holidays because of the coronavirus outbreak in Bangladesh...

•	Dialog extends free educational content without any data charges Dialog Sri Lanka has deployed a suite of educational content and applications without any data charges for the benefit of children whose learning was impacted due to the early closure of the schools as a result of the...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Telma completes nationwide LTE-A upgrade Madagascan operator Telecom Malagasy (Telma) has completed an upgrade to its LTE network allowing it to deliver 4G+ (LTE-A) across the country...

•	NTT Docomo launches Japan's 1st 5G smartphone service NTT Docomo has launched Japan's first smartphone service based on superfast 5G technology days ahead of its rivals, in a move likely to intensify competition among telecom operators...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Vodafone TV debuts in Czech Republic Vodafone has announced the launch of a Czech version of its digital TV service, offering viewers a choice of three programme packages...

•	Verimatrix teams up with Broadcom for Android TV set-tops Content security specialist Verimatrix has teamed up with Broadcom to streamline Android TV set-top box deployments...

Middle East

•	Oman to conduct survey measuring access to and use of ICT by households and individuals The survey is expected to provide significant indicators about the percentages of those who own and use computers, smartphones and its different applications, along with the levels of main skills in using ICT...

•	UAE’s first online shopping initiative supporting SMEs goes live The initiative will facilitate small- and medium-sized businesses to sell their products online, offering healthy competition to big e-commerce players...

•	Saudi’s Nana raises US$18 million Series B for its online grocery marketplace The marketplace platform powers hypermarkets and helps them showcase their inventory to millions of Nana users. Buyers enjoy the luxury of sitting at home while a shopper prepares the basket and hands it to a delivery man to...

North Africa

•	VMware opens office in Cairo to support digital transformation across sectors in Egypt VMware has opened its first office in Egypt as it seeks to help the country drive digital transformation across a range of sectors...

Satellite & Internet

•	FiberOne expands broadband coverage FiberOne Broadband has expanded its fiber to homes and offices coverage areas to meet the needs of its growing customers...

•	AEHF-6 satellite ready for March 26 launch The AEHF-6 satellite will bring additional capabilities and resilience to the constellation which already ensures always-on communications and the ability to transmit data anywhere, anytime...

Global Telecom Update

•	Toyota and NTT join forces on smart city ‘platform of platforms’ Automotive company Toyota and telco NTT are forming a joint business to develop a smart city platform for local governments in Japan and beyond...

•	Deutsche Telekom collaborates with VMware and Intel on vRAN platform Europe's biggest operator is set to test an open and intelligent virtual radio access network (vRAN) platform, developed by VMware and Intel...

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