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July 19, 2020

Halliburton forms strategic agreement with Microsoft and Accenture to advance digital capabilities

Halliburton, Microsoft Corp, and Accenture have entered into a five-year strategic agreement to advance Halliburton’s digital capabilities in Microsoft Azure, under which Halliburton will complete its move to cloud-based digital platforms and strengthen its customer offerings...

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Omantel records net profit of OMR 100 million in first half of 2020

Oman Telecommunications Company announces its financial results for the six-month period ended 30th June 2020 achieving a net profit of R.O 100.5 Million (before non-controlling interests) compared to R.O 126.5 Million in...

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rain and Huawei jointly launches Africa's first standalone 5G network

rain's Standalone 5G is currently available in Cape Town covering areas including Sea Point in Cape Town, Claremont, Goodwood, Bellville, Durbanville, and Cape Town City Centre...

Policy and Regulation

•	Greek regulator opens 5G consultation Greece’s National Telecommunications & Post Commission has opened a consultation into the planned sale of spectrum in the 700MHz, 2GHz, 3.4GHz-3.8GHz and 26GHz bands...

•	UAE chairs meeting of GCC Committee of Postal and Telecommunications Under-Secretaries The UAE, represented by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, TRA, has chaired the 28th Meeting of the GCC Committee of Postal and Telecommunications Under-Secretaries...

South Asia

•	Telenor posts reduced subscriptions, revenues for 2nd quarter of 2020 Telenor Pakistan reported an 11 percent decrease in subscriptions and traffic revenues for the second quarter of 2020m mainly on the back of the COVID-19 outbreak...

•	Grameenphone introduces portable pocket router Grameenphone has introduced a new LTE pocket router that enables 4G LTE mobile data access for homes, retail stores, SMEs, and offices across Bangladesh...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Telecom Namibia mobile network upgrades to continue 43 sites have been upgraded in the capital Windhoek from LTE to LTE-A, while new 4G or LTE-A sites have been installed in a large number of other areas across the country...

•	Telekom ramps up 5G rollout to supply half of Germans this month Telekom Deutschland (TD) is upgrading around 15,000 additional antennas with 5G technology and is aiming to cover half of the German population with its 5G network by the end of this month...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Amazon launches ‘free’ live TV package in Germany Amazon has launched a live TV package for the customers of its subscription service Amazon Prime in Germany which, unlike other linear TV channels, is offered without extra charge...

•	AWS taps Twitch technology to launch Amazon Interactive Video Service Amazon Web Services has launched Amazon Interactive Video Service, which the company describes as a fully managed service designed to enable video providers to set up live, interactive video streams...

Middle East

•	Oman focuses on raising telecom, human capital scores COVID-19 has seen a move towards digital services more than ever and has seen a speed up to use Artificial Intelligence technology...

•	Bahrain introduces new e-service for jobs in private sector A new e-service will allow people seeking jobs in private companies to apply online, and company owners to select their employees at the click of a button...

•	RAKEZ expands eCommerce offerings to support entire value chain Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone has expanded the activities under its e-commerce license and launched new set-up packages to back the entire e-commerce value chain...

North Africa

•	Tunisian companies invest in innovative tech solutions Tunisia's emphasis on science and technology in recent years has meant that the country is well placed to adapt in response to the disruption caused by the pandemic...

Satellite & Internet

•	Full fiber broadband coming to remote areas More than 270 public buildings in the most remote parts of Northumberland are to be kitted out with superfast, full-fiber broadband...

•	Eurona connects Burgos localities to satellite broadband service Eurona has announced that the villages of Guzman and Santo Domingo de Silos in the Burgos province will be connected to its satellite broadband service to expand their potential as tourist destinations...

Global Telecom Update

•	Singtel in tie-up to enable wireless eSIM changes between China and Singapore Singtel is collaborating with China Unicom and mobile alliance Bridge Alliance to let enterprise customers of both telcos make embedded SIM (eSIM) changes wirelessly...

•	IBM and Verizon team up for 5G and industry 4.0 The companies said they would combine their technologies to create 5G solutions for the industrial internet of things (IoT)...

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