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October 26, 2020

Al-Nasser calls on companies to adopt plans to promote innovation through artificial intelligence

The CEO of stc group Eng. Nasser bin Suleiman Al-Nasser called on large companies to adopt transformative plans to promote innovation through artificial intelligence (AI), and to develop solutions that aim to support the growth of sectors while reducing the costs in each of them...

ACMA to begin accepting applications for 5G mmWave spectrum next month

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is facilitating a mix of licence types in the 26GHz and 28GHz bands, including area-wide apparatus licences...

Member News

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AT&T and Cisco collaborate on IoT management

AT&T and Cisco manage millions of connected devices spanning manufacturing, utilities, transportation, public sector, retail, and healthcare industries as well as public safety on FirstNet, built with AT&T...

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Richard Parkin joins Arthur D. Little as Partner

Arthur D. Little (ADL) announced the appointment of Richard Parkin, who joins Arthur D. Little Paris as Partner and a member of the Automotive and Manufacturing (AMG) Practice...

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Cisco reports privacy and security concerns increase in today’s remote world

Two new global surveys highlight the challenges and opportunities of the accelerated transition to a cloud-first, remote world that demands us to be secure, connected and productive from anywhere...

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SDAIA partner with Huawei to launch National AI Capability Development Program

The new program recognizes that AI is an essential technology domain for achieving national digital transformation in support of Vision 2030...

Policy and Regulation

•	NCC approves national roaming service for telecoms operators With the approval, EMTS and MTN are expected to configure their networks to begin testing and simulation for customer experience...

•	ACMA to begin accepting applications for 5G mmWave spectrum next month The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is facilitating a mix of licence types in the 26GHz and 28GHz bands, including area-wide apparatus licences...

South Asia

•	SLT partners Fon Wireless to deliver community-based Wi-Fi networks Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) has teamed up with global wireless network provider Fon Wireless to offer community-based Wi-Fi network access via the launch of its ‘sltgo’ Wi-Fi solution...

•	Digital Bangladesh Day to be celebrated on December 12 The decision to observe the day was taken at the preparatory meeting of the 4th Digital Bangladesh Day 2020 celebration committee, held virtually...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	NYPA to test private LTE with AT&T, Nokia, Anterix, others The goal of this project is to build a secure, robust, and reliable wireless LTE network to enhance the operational and programmatic capabilities...

•	02 launches 5G in Bradford as one of 108 UK places in rollout Mobile operator O2 has expanded its 5G network to more than 100 towns and cities across the UK, including Bradford...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	ÖFB launches OTT platform with StreamAMG The Austrian Football Association has teamed up with StreamAMG to launch its own streaming OTT platform...

•	Mirada partners with izzi for ‘first ever’ DVB/OTT Android TV set-top box launch Mirada has announced the commercial launch of its custom launched-equipped Android TV Operator Tier for Mexican operator izzi...

Middle East

•	Zain Bahrain posts 21% surge in Q3 net profit Zain Bahrain reported a rise in net profit to BD1.549 million (US$4.108 million) in Q3 2020, a 21% increase year-on-year (Y-o-Y) from a net profit of BD1.283 million (US$3.403 million) in Q3 2019...

•	SAP Solutions and Microsoft Azure partner in UAE The goal is to propel the cloud ecosystem in the region by empowering organizations to run their SAP workloads on Microsoft Azure...

•	4th edition of Huawei ICT Competition opens to aspiring students across Saudi Arabia Huawei is now running the 4th edition of its flagship annual ICT Competition in Saudi Arabia to support the next generation of leaders for an intelligent world, in line with government national plans and strategies...

North Africa

•	Maroc Telecom draws over 70.5 million customers at end of September Maroc Telecom Group's services attracted 70.5 million customers at the end of September 2020, an increase of 4.3% compared to the same period a year earlier...

Satellite & Internet

•	Scotland gets gigabit broadband funding boost Agreement will help rural areas get gigabit-capable broadband connections, with first tranche of US$7.81 million to connect hundreds of public sector buildings across Angus, Dundee, and Perth & Kinross...

•	SpaceX to use Starlink for Internet on Mars SpaceX aerospace technology company plans to surround Mars with a constellation of communication satellites like the Starlink series it has orbiting Earth...

Global Telecom Update

•	Vodafone and NEC Jointly Trial Open RAN Technology with Altiostar Open RAN technology is the foundation of next-generation wireless infrastructure driven by innovation and open standards...

•	Norway's Telenor lifts 2020 earnings view after third-quarter beat Norway’s Telenor raised its full-year earnings guidance after beating third-quarter expectations as cost cuts offset lower subscriber and roaming revenue...

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