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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
May 4, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zayed Higher Organisation for People of Determination teams up with Microsoft to accelerate remote and assistive learning
 
 
Teachers are using Microsoft innovative technology to communicate with students and engage them into various activities including, assistive reading and writing, as well as equip them with interpersonal and self-reliance skills...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc and MBC GROUP announce strategic partnership to offer Shahid VIP to stc customers
Member Logo stc and MBC GROUP announced the signing of a joint partnership to offer Shahid VIP, MBC’s premium subscription video on demand (SVOD) service, to stc customers for no additional cost for the duration of two months...
 
•  CAMH enhances virtual capacity to respond to demand for mental health services
Member Logo As Canadians grapple with the mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cisco Canada and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) are announcing the successful expansion of virtual care to meet the demand for...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Ofcom revises 2020/2021 Plan of Work in light of COVID-19
UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has published its Plan of Work 2020/21, which contains a number of amendments to the original draft, published in January, due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
 
Nigeria to construct 6 ICT Parks around the country
Nigeria is to construct 6 ICT Parks through the States Communications Commission (NCC) in the country’s six geo-political zones in a bid promote socio-economic transformation of the country...
 
South Asia
 
ICT goes all out to fight COVID-19
Bangladesh has put its best foot forward in using ICT tools to figure out the COVID-19 challenges and has already brought on board popular mobile applications and locally-developed solutions to control the damages caused by...
 
SadaPay, Mastercard collaborate to simplify digital payments in Pakistan
SadaPay has announced a new exclusive partnership with Mastercard to equip SadaPay wallet holders with Mastercard debit cards that can be used locally and internationally on e-commerce, point of sale (POS) and ATMs...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Vodacom launches 5G network in South Africa
Mobile operator Vodacom Group said it has switched on Africa’s first live 5G mobile network in three cities in South Africa, with further rollouts planned in other parts of the country...
 
T-Mobile touts 5G Stand Alone milestones
T-Mobile says SA 5G will enable faster speeds and lower latency by eliminating network limitations associated with the use of 4G in non-standalone (NSA) operation...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Tencent Cloud and SDMC launch cloud-based SaaS video streaming services
Tencent Cloud and SDMC have joined hands to launch cloud-based SaaS video streaming services to expand business globally...
 
Synamedia expands Video Network Partner Program with Hewlett Packard
Video software provider Synamedia has signed an OEM agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to use HPE ProLiant servers to power its solutions...
 
 
Middle East
 
Cloud move, digitisation key priorities for UAE leaders
Global businesses seeking to embrace a multi-cloud approach are rising significantly, but adoption is still at less than 20 percent worldwide...
 
Azizi signs partnership deal with 3i Infotech
The agreement comprises overhauls of Azizi’s cyber security, data protection, cloud and end-user computing and IT Governance Risk Compliance (GRC)...
 
SAP drives digitalisation at SIDF to boost US$49 billion Saudi industrial market
SIDF was trusted to boost the competitiveness and sustaining strategic initiatives of the Kingdom’s industry, mining, energy, and logistics sectors...
 
North Africa
 
TPAY Mobile and Vodafone Egypt launch direct carrier billing for Google Play
Vodafone Egypt and TPAY Mobile have announced the launch of direct carrier billing (DCB) on the Google Play store...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Bell MTS to install FTTP network in La Salle, Manitoba
The FTTP infrastructure will support broadband services as high as 1.5 Gbps as well as such Bell MTS services as Whole Home Wi-Fi and Fibe TV....
 
Russia to launch first Arktika-M satellite for monitoring Arctic climate this year
Russia’s Arktika-M remote-sensing and emergency communications satellites will gather meteorological data in the polar regions of the Earth...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
South Korean telecom firms expand AI-based senior care services
South Korean telecom firms have expanded their ICT-based senior care services recently, against the backdrop of increasing demand from an aging population...
 
Telefonica confirms talks to merge Britain's O2 and Virgin Media
The talks to merge Telefonica’s British mobile operator O2 and Liberty’s Virgin Cable network company have just started, according to Telefonica...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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