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April 27, 2020

Stephenson to retire, Stankey to become CEO July 1

After serving 13 years as AT&T’s Chairman and CEO, Randall Stephenson, 60, will retire as CEO but will serve as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors until January 2021 to ensure a smooth leadership transition...

TRA Oman issues general guidelines to tackle Internet issues

The Telecommunications Regulations Authority (TRA) has issued general guidelines for using networks to avoid poor network and to decrease the pressure on the network...

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BT's Adastral Park spearheads effort to supply thousands of protective visors for NHS workers in the East of England

BT’s Adastral Park is co-ordinating a major effort to create thousands of protective visors for frontline health and social care workers in the East of England every week during the coronavirus pandemic...

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Facebook pushing Coronavirus Information Centre across Africa

Facebook is expanding its Coronavirus Information Centre to 24 more countries in Africa in a bid to deliver news from trusted health authorities...

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Huawei appoints David Shi as Middle East Enterprise Business Group President

Driven by its commitment to help governments and industries with their digital transformation journeys across the Middle East, Huawei has announced the appointment of David Shi to the position of Regional Enterprise Business...

Policy and Regulation

•	DICT to trim telcos’ Wi-Fi spectrum user fees The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has revealed plans to lower telecoms operators’ spectrum user fees (SUF) on their fixed Wi-Fi internet connectivity services...

•	TRA Oman issues general guidelines to tackle Internet issues The Telecommunications Regulations Authority (TRA) has issued general guidelines for using networks to avoid poor network and to decrease the pressure on the network...

South Asia

•	Pakistani fintech SadaPay gets in-principle approval to launch mobile wallet This approval allows SadaPay to ready its operations for the pilot phase, during which the digital wallet will be available on a limited scale...

•	MillenniumIT ESP offers AI-enabled video conferencing solution to healthcare sector in Sri Lanka This AI-powered video and audio conferencing equipment will now remotely connect healthcare professions of Ministry of Health, MRI (Medical Research Institute) and IDH (Infectious Disease Hospital)...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Telecine deploys MediaMelon OTT streaming optimization platform MediaMelon has deployed its SmartPlay OTT streaming optimization platform to deliver a better video Quality of Experience with lower content delivery costs...

•	UPC Poland adds casting capability for homebound Horizon Go customers Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Poland has extended the functionality of its Horizon Go mobile TV service to include casting-capability with Google Chromecast and Apple Airplay devices...

Global Telecom Update

•	Telefonica to offload its towers in Germany The deal will include a leaseback agreement, to ensure that O2 Deutschland can continue to access the towers...

•	Vonage deploys AI Virtual Assistant to help call volume response Vonage has announced the launch of its Contact Center AI Virtual Assistant to help organisations respond to peaks in call volumes as the COVID-19 health crisis continues...

Middle East

•	Virtual Hackathon activities to combat Covid-19 concluded in Jordan The activities of Virtual Hackathon, organized by IoT Jordan in partnership with several public and private sector institutions with the aim of combating COVID-19 via modern telecommunication technologies recently...

•	KIZAD collaborates with Maqta Gateway to roll out digital services Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD) has rolled out a set of digital services in collaboration with Maqta Gateway, developer and operator of the first port community system in the UAE...

North Africa

•	Egypt's PM follows up on establishment of telecom networks in New Administrative Capital The PM stressed the importance of finalising all under-construction projects in the new capital on time, while taking all preventive measures against the coronavirus...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Telkomsel 4G coverage reaches more than 95% of population Telkomsel has expanded its 4G LTE coverage to more than 95% of the population, having deployed 87,000 base transceiver stations on its network to support a wide range of broadband and digital-based services...

•	Deutsche Telekom’s vision of 5G Germany in 2020 Deutsche Telekom, has announced a new initiative that seeks to rapidly expand 5G availability throughout the country, hoping to hit more than 50% of the population this year...

Satellite & Internet

•	Over 10,000 properties in Essex now have access to full fiber broadband from Gigaclear Over 10,000 homes and businesses in Essex now have access to some of the fastest broadband speeds in the world as Gigaclear, expanded its network in March...

•	SpaceX sends more Starlink satellites into orbit SpaceX launched an additional 60 Starlink satellites into Earth’s orbit as the space venture founded by billionaire Elon Musk continues to push to establish a multibillion-dollar telecom enterprise...

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