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Industry News Briefing
April 13, 2020

Accenture named a Leader in IDC MarketScape on North American Strategic Consultants and Systems Integrators for Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems

Accenture has been positioned again as a leader in the latest IDC MarketScape: North American Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) Strategic Consultants and Systems Integrators 2020 Vendor Assessment. As in the inaugural report, Accenture was recognized for its comprehensive DERMS offerings, which help electric utilities to effectively manage and integrate solar and wind renewable energy, storage and other distributed energy resources...

Member News

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AT&T offers three free months of FirstNet service to nurses and doctors

AT&T is showing its appreciation for those fighting coronavirus by giving nurses and doctors three free months of service as part of its FirstNet program...

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Nokia expands 5G offering with new radio access AirScale solutions

Nokia has expanded its AirScale portfolio with a number of new product innovations designed to fulfil the evolving needs of 5G networks and help mobile operators realize the full potential of 5G...

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China Unicom and Huawei iointly initiated innovative 5G indoor distributed Massive MIMO Solution

At the China Unicom Beijing and Huawei Release Conference of "5G Capital" Joint Innovation, China Unicom and Huawei jointly announced the initiation of the innovative 5G Indoor Distributed Massive MIMO solution...

Recent Developments

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Digital entertainment in upswing amid 'stay at home' advisory over COVID-19

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Ministry of Education boosts remote learning to ensure public health and student safety

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100 days of coronavirus: How are telcos coping with increased demand during the pandemic?

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BT - standing by the country; standing by our people

Policy and Regulation

•	Arcep considers extension to Orange and Free Mobile’s roaming agreement French regulator Arcep is considering a request to extend the roaming agreement which allows Free Mobile to use Orange’s 2G and 3G network...

•	PTA investigates data breach The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is investigating the reported data breach of some 115 million Pakistani mobile users, which is being sold on the dark web for millions of dollars...

South Asia

•	Zong 4G brings unlimited free connectivity to NDMA Zong 4G has offered free unlimited connectivity to National Disaster Management Authority Pakistan in a bid to ensure that NDMA’s front-line workers and staff remain connected in these challenging times...

•	Sri Lanka launches ‘MyHealth Sri Lanka’ mobile app This is in the wake of a global pandemic reaching the shores of Sri Lanka and with the steadily rising number of infected citizens, the need for a robust mobile application was felt...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Vodafone Ukraine upgrades LTE network in Zakarpatia Mobile operator Vodafone Ukraine annnounced it has completed the upgrade of its LTE network in the Zakarpatia region...

•	TM deploys 5G base stations at two COVID-19 quarantine centres to help frontliners, patients stay connected With the 5G base stations, frontliners, medical teams as well as patients in the facilities will be able to access mobile broadband services over 5G connectivity...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Quibi’s streaming service starts with 300,000 downloads Quibi, the short form mobile video service has made its debut in the United States Canada with 300,000 downloads on its first day...

•	Comscore sees huge increase in VOD in March 2020 The month of March saw a near 30% year-on-year increase in average transactions per household that subscribes to video-on-demand (VOD) according to research from Comscore...

Middle East

•	Jordan: King urges enhancing remote learning infrastructure King Abdullah of Jordan has reiterated the need for a dedicated team to follow up on distance learning for university students to continuously improve it based on feedback from students and university professors...

•	Smart Dubai Department launches new Data Sharing Toolkit The Smart Dubai Department has launched a Data Sharing Toolkit in partnership with Nesta, to help unlock the value of data by creating trusted and ethical mechanisms for individuals, as well as public and private sector...

•	NYU’s Arabic Collections Online usage jumps 700 percent in March The number of monthly users of NYU Libraries’ Arabic Collections Online, ACO, increased from 50,000 to 350,000 in March, as remote learning and self-quarantine have become the order of the day...

North Africa

•	EFG Hermes, PayTabs to power cashless payment in Egypt PayTabs Egypt will build a cutting-edge platform to facilitate financial inclusion, catering to both the online and digital payment needs of multiple consumer segments in the country...

Satellite & Internet

•	2Africa subsea cable to transform connectivity across 23 countries A conglomerate of international telcos will join forces to transform connectivity across Africa and the Middle East by building and deploying a new subsea cable route...

•	Five countries send proposals to make KazSat-2R satellite to Kazakhstan Spacecraft producers from Russia, France, Italy, the United States and Turkey have sent technical proposals on making the Kazakh telecom satellite KazSat-2R...

Global Telecom Update

•	Elisa to provide Finland's new public safety network for ten years Virve 2.0 subcribers will use Elisa’s public radio network, which the operator is expanding to become Finland’s largest data and voice network...

•	OPPO to license cellular patents to the IoT industry through Avanci marketplace OPPO has announced that it will license its worldwide 3G and 4G standard-essential patents to the IoT and automotive markets through leading patent licensing platform Avanci...

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