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November 11, 2020

Huawei Partners with Moro Hub to Launch an Open Cloud from the first Green Data Centre in the region

The newest developer-friendly, secure, and resilient Cloud Platform provides a range of futuristic managed cloud services with multi-availability zones while contributing to the sustainability objectives of governments and Enterprises...

Member News

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Bridget Lea appointed MD, Commercial in BT’s Consumer Division

BT Group announced the appointment of Bridget Lea as Managing Director of Commercial for its Consumer division, following the departure of Ettienne Brandt...

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Nexign introduces Instant BSS solution to speed up the launch of new mobile businesses

Nexign Instant BSS solution is designed to respond to the rapidly changing market requirements with a light-weight, easily extendable billing solution enabling a quick start of mobile telecoms business and providing CSPs...

Policy and Regulation

•	TRA discusses 39 innovative ideas in the workshop "With your ideas, we design the UAE future for the next 50 " The ideas varied to serve the sectors of education, health, economy, food security, youth, sports, culture, tourism, and entrepreneurship...

•	Lithuanian regulator indicates 5G auction should happen in 1Q21 Lithuania’s Communications Regulatory Authority has issued a statement on its preliminary plans for auctioning 5G frequencies..

South Asia

•	Pathfinder, Huawei enter into strategic partnership The partnership will enable the two institutions to achieve a deeper understanding of the possibilities that ICT technologies will open up for Sri Lanka...

•	Nepal e-shopping booms under COVID-19 Despite the Covid-19 crisis, e-commerce companies have pulled out all stops to gain trust from Nepal’s customers, traditionally wary of shopping online...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	AI partners with Nokia for LTE and 5G campus networks in Austria As part of the deal, Nokia will provide operational support and care for all existing campus networks, ensuring adherence to even the most challenging service level agreements (SLAs) and quality of services (QoS)...

•	Telia Lietuva launches trial 5G network Telia Lietuva has launched a trial 5G mobile network, after securing temporary frequency authorization from the CRA to test the technology...

•	Brazil’s Claro to launch 5G in 12 new cities before end-2020 Brazilian mobile operator Claro, owned by Mexican telecommunications group America Movil, announced plans to expand its 5G service in 12 additional cities before the end of the year...

Global Telecom Update

•	SK Telecom launches subscription-based console bundle with Microsoft SK Telecom it has introduced a new subscription service for Microsoft‘s Xbox game console in South Korea.

•	Telus International spends big on US AI firm Lionbridge The Lionbridge AI deal comes just days after the firm launched a new R&D unit known as Innovation Labs, or iLabs, with a view to using advanced technologies to create new customer experience solutions...

•	Intense competition seen in PH telco sector in 2021 Globe Telecom and PLDT expect competition in the market to get tougher next year with the targeted commercial launch of the third telco player and strengthened status of Converge ICT Solutions in the broadband space...

Middle East

•	Orange Jordan and FATE launch the “Orange Gaming Hub” Orange Jordan and FATE e-sports launched the "Orange Gaming Hub", a training facility for e-games equipped with the latest devices and gears necessary for players' success...

•	Zain Bahrain launches its WhatsApp business channel backed by Zbot The WhatsApp channel will use Zbot to chat live with customers 24X7 and is based on artificial intelligence (AI) and Natural language processing (NLP) solutions...

•	Omani Treaties Portal launched digitally in Arabic, English This initiative comes within the process of digital transformation into e-government and the Ministry’s keenness to activate electronic services and to develop them...

•	Saudi Arabia’s Mawhiba launches platform for world’s creative minds International experts in tech, education, and science urged the Kingdom’s youth to explore new possibilities for a diverse future...

•	Smartworld signs deal with Alef Education Smartworld, a joint venture between Etisalat and Dubai Aviation City Corporation, has signed contracts with the Alef Education to support services for more than 140 schools across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi...

North Africa

•	Morocco launches online platform to simplify customs duties The system provides 120 digital services, including the declaration of products, the simulation of taxes to be applied on products, and the online payment of customs duties, among other functions...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	HbbTV leading TV app platform in Germany The open HbbTV standard is the leading TV app platform on TV sets in German households, followed by Samsung Tizen and Amazon Fire TV...

•	SRG SSR launches Swiss multilingual streaming app with You.i TV Swiss Broadcasting Corporation has launched full suite of multilingual media content working with Canada’s You.i TV...

Satellite & Internet

•	Orange links up West Africa The network can support superfast broadband provision of up to 100 Gbps, comprises 10,000 km of terrestrial fibre and a further 10,000 km of subsea cables, and connects to Orange’s international networks...

•	Satcoms agreement boosts rural internet in Senegal The network communication will be via the AMOS-17’s Ku band beam and will connect La Poste’s VSAT sites to its hub in Dakar...

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