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July 15, 2020

Omantel initiatives during the current COVID-19 situation in the Sultanate of Oman

Omantel, the Sultanate of Oman’s first and integrated telecommunications services provider, has continued to push the boundaries of ICT innovations and making them more adaptive during these times of the coronavirus pandemic, which is testing the resilience of individuals and businesses alike...

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Zain Group reports resilient results for first six months of 2020

Zain Group, a leading mobile innovator with operations in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces its consolidated financial results for the six months to June 30, 2020...

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FirstNet cell sites launching nationwide to support public safety

FirstNet already covers over 99% of the U.S. population and to better serve public safety, AT&T is actively extending the nationwide reach of FirstNet to give agencies large and small the reliable, unthrottled connectivity...

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Citrix and Microsoft partner to accelerate the future of work

Companies join forces to simplify cloud transformation and speed adoption of digital workspaces and virtual desktops to enable greater agility, productivity, and security...

Policy and Regulation

•	Rwanda aiming for full school connectivity by 2024 The government of Rwanda plans to invest RWF4.8 billion (US$5 million) to connect every secondary school in the country to the internet by the end of 2024...

•	Chile's supreme court backs national spectrum plan Under Subtel’s plan, there will be a limit of 32 percent per operator in sub-1GHz bands, a limit of 30 percent in the 1-3GHz range, 30 percent in the 3-6GHz range and 25 percent in the 24GHz-plus millimeter wavers...

North Africa

•	Google launches tool to help discover ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs Google has announced on a new Arts & Culture tool called Fabricius, which gives users a trio of ways to learn about hieroglyphs...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	TNS expands LTE Roaming Hub coverage to cover Central and South America Transaction Network Services has secured a major new agreement with a Central American carrier which extends the reach of the TNS-powered CCA LTE Roaming Hub to nine countries across Central and South America...

•	Deutsche Telekom to upgrade 15,000 antennas for 5G this week German operator Deutsche Telekom announced that around 15,000 additional antennas will be transmitting with 5G technology in the telco’s network by the end of the week...

Satellite & Internet

•	Orange County taps ADTRAN's TA5000 fiber access platform to provide gigabit broadband Orange County Broadband Authority (OCBA) has selected ADTRAN's Total Access 5000 (TA5000) fiber access platform to bring broadband internet services to its community...

•	Starlink satellite internet beta imminent as Elon Musk confirms dish details New details about SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service have emerged, with the company confirming that a private beta program is set to kick off this summer....

Global Telecom Update

•	Singtel, China Unicom and Bridge Alliance to collaborate on eSIM strategy Singtel is looking to work with China Unicom and mobile alliance Bridge Alliance to allow the two telcos’ enterprise customers to carry out embedded SIM (eSIM) changes wirelessly...

•	Telefónica and Erictel reinforce their collaboration to promote IoT and big data solutions These solutions help companies to better plan and execute their operations, guaranteeing sustainability, efficiency and security, and enabling new business models...

Middle East

•	Saudi Arabia climbs 40 places in Digital Infrastructure Index 2020 Saudi Arabia has climbed 40 places in the Digital Infrastructure Index 2020 to rank 27, putting it at the eighth spot in the G20...

•	Omantel selects Ericsson for 5G network expansion Omantel has selected Ericsson to support the Sultanate's ongoing 5G radio access network (RAN) deployment plans in a multi-year partnership...

•	Dubai e-commerce sector sees significant increase The average annual growth rate of new licences in this activity over the last five years was 120 percent, while 2019 recorded the highest growth rate of 183 percent...

•	43,100 youth learn coding in Mena, say experts More than 43,100 youth across the Mena region have learned urgently needed coding skills, fostering youth development and job creation, industry experts said ahead of the United Nation’s World Youth Skills Day...

South Asia

•	Nokia and SLT deploy next generation fiber network for ultra-fast broadband access Supporting its accelerated fiber initiative, the deployment enables SLT to bring new, high-speed broadband services to more than 200,000 enterprise and residential users across the country...

•	E-payment system to boost virtual court operations in Bangladesh To make the virtual court more effective introducing digital payment of fees using mobile financial services (MFS) accounts are also required...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	New Polish OTT platform moves stage closer TVN Discovery Polska and Cyfrowy Polsat have asked the European Commission (EC) for permission to launch a joint OTT platform...

•	Virgin Mobile Canada launches app-based TV service Virgin Mobile Canada has launched an app-based TV offering, Virgin TV, for its internet subscribers in Ontario and Québec...

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