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October 11, 2020

Cisco, Qwilt and Digital Alpha define the future of content delivery with new open caching solution for service providers

Cisco, Qwilt, and Digital Alpha (DA) announced how together they are disrupting the commercial Content Delivery Network (CDN) market with a new as-a-service offering based on Open Caching, with BT as the flagship customer...

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Mobily/ITC Consortium kicks-off 2030 Vision-oriented SNFN Modernization Project with Huawei

The Consortium of the main Saudi Telecom carriers, Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) and Integrated Telecom Company (ITC) signed the agreement of the Saudi National Fiber Network (SNFN) modernization project with their partner...

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Tech Mahindra expands strategic alliance with BMC Software to enable digital transformation for global enterprises

The multi-tiered partnership will focus on increasing agility and reducing time to market by leveraging AIOps (Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations) and analytics...

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5GDNA and CMVU ink MoU

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing ceremony assembled by the 5G Deterministic Networking Alliance (5GDNA) and Machine Vision Industry Union of ZGC (CMVU) took place at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and...

Policy and Regulation

•	Dominican Republic govt plots 5G tender The President of the Dominican Republic has instructed the Dominican Telecommunications Institute to initiate a 5G tender, as the country seeks to steal a march on its regional rivals...

•	Norwegian regulators aim to prevent interference between telecom infrastructure and wind turbines Norwegian communications regulator Nkom and water resources and energy directorate NVE are seeking comments by 20 November concerning guidelines for use of telecoms and wind power generation...

South Asia

•	100 million rural people to get high-speed internet access in Bangladesh This will help eliminate discrimination between urban and rural areas and the benefits of digital technology will be easily available in rural areas,..

•	Worldlink to provide free Wi-Fi across 7,500 locations in Nepal WorldLink Communications has announced a partnership with Facebook Connectivity using their Express Wi-Fi platform to provide fast, affordable, and reliable Wi-Fi service to its users...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Bloomberg to launch QuickTake as OTT network The OTT network will launch with 10.5 hours of original programming per day, with the rest of the day populated by content created for social platforms...

•	Canal+, Bouygues ink ad agreement Bouygues Telecom has entered into a partnership with Canal+ Brand Solutions for targeted TV advertising...

Global Telecom Update

•	Aboitiz deploys ‘small cells’ to help telcos improve signal, internet The Aboitiz Group’s infrastructure arm is expanding its cell tower business as telecommunications companies announced the aggressive rollout of network upgrades...

•	Digicel readies to offer new era of connectivity in Guyana As telecoms liberalisation becomes a reality in Guyana, Digicel aims to take advantage of the opportunities, as it seeks to provide a new era of connectivity for the people...

•	NTT upgrades Smartfren’s infrastructure in Indonesia Smartfren selected NTT as its legacy infrastructure was unable to meet demand for ultra-low latency connections, necessitating solutions that scaled with bandwidth demands...

Middle East

•	Orange Jordan signs partnership agreement with DuSave The company reaffirmed that Orange Money Wallet and its cards are stemming from its strategy to facilitate e-payments and enrich the local electronic payment sector...

•	UAE launches ‘Post Office’ initiative to improve health insurance claims process Riayati is a digital health platform that provides an integrated health care system by showcasing updated data of patient records and provides innovative solutions in the automation and management of health data...

•	BTECH extends work scope in ICT sector The Bahrain Society for Technology Companies plans to expand its work scope to incorporate developments in the ICT sector as well as keep pace with changes in business...

•	TAMM enhances customer experience by introducing new digital features for users TAMM has announced new features for some of its services on the TAMM platform that will provide more ease and convenience for users when completing digital government tasks through the integrated platform...

North Africa

•	Telecom Egypt looks to cooperate with Huawei Huawei is a strategic partner for the Egyptian communications and information technology sector, a recent meeting between the company and government officials heard...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Airtel planning to enhance its 4G network in Kenya The network modernization deal is in line with the Kenyan Digital Economy Blueprint Vision 2030, which aims to provide robust connectivity in rural areas...

•	Orange France planning to launch 5G services in December Orange France is planning to start offering 5G services in December, following the launch of four new 5G-compatible voice and data plans...

Satellite & Internet

•	Hyper-fast broadband gets a boost for East Sussex Lightning Fibre will build, install, and operate new full fiber infrastructure, delivering broadband of up to 10Gbps to more than 100,000 homes and businesses...

•	SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband service nears public beta SpaceX is close to public beta testing on its Starlink satellite broadband service after the launch of 60 additional satellites aboard a Falcon 9 booster...

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