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November 17, 2020

Etisalat announces second ‘Hello Business Pitch’ competition winners

Etisalat announced the top three winners of the second ‘Hello Business Pitch’ competition at a live awards ceremony, giving out prizes worth AED 350,000 to aspiring entrepreneurs and providing a platform to bring their business ideas to reality...

Member News

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AT&T selected to modernize NOAA's network

AT&T will deliver modern networking capabilities and other advanced technologies to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under a Task Order from NOAA valued at US$311 million over 10 years...

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Huawei and Sunrise 5G network optimization project wins the 2020 GLOTEL Project Delivery Perfection award

At the 8th Global Telecoms Awards, the 5G network optimization project by Huawei and Sunrise, won the Project Delivery Perfection award...

Policy and Regulation

•	Czech regulator completes 5G auction The CTU said it has successfully completed the auction phase of bidding on specific blocks of spectrum for 5G networks, with five groups winning spectrum bids...

•	Ghana, Huawei unveil rural connectivity project The Ghana Ministry of Communications through the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), announced a project to boost basic telephony services in rural areas...

North Africa

•	Instagram launches nation-wide awareness campaign in Egypt addressing online bullying The campaign, which translates to #ChooseWordsWisely, is an appeal to the community to share and interact more consciously and considerately, keeping in mind the damage different forms of online bullying can cause...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	China Unicom to retire 2G next year China Unicom announced it is accelerating the switch-off of its 2G and 3G networks, as the operator pushes 4G and 5G upgrades...

•	3 Denmark to launch 5G in Copenhagen next month Danish operator 3 Denmark announced it will launch its 5G network next month in selected locations in the capital, Copenhagen, the company said in a statement...

Satellite & Internet

•	Orange opens Djoliba pan-West African fiber network The fiber network, which leverages terrestrial and submarine cable networks, is designed to serve broadband support and optical transport requirements within eight Africa countries...

•	Turkey outlines satellite plans The Ku-band frequency Turksat 5A will carry 42 transponders and spend over 30 years in orbit...

Global Telecom Update

•	A1 Bulgaria and Amdocs aim to digitize customer interactions A1 Bulgaria has announced a partnership with software and service company Amdocs to modernize and digitize its contract management and document life cycle...

•	Plus renews 420MHz licence The spectrum is used for CDMA-based mobile dispatch and telemetry services, plus wireless internet access in rural areas with poor cellular coverage...

Middle East

•	Orange Jordan signs a partnership agreement with Changelabs The program will continue for 8 months as part of Orange Jordan's endeavor to enhance opportunities for innovation and leadership that contributes to socio-economic developments...

•	Lebanon to issue digital currency in 2021 The CBDC project will help implement a cashless system in Lebanon that will support the seamless movement of money both locally and abroad...

•	Sharjah completes more over 214,000 digital transactions during COVID-19 pandemic Digital transformation of SEDD services reached 100% as well as its investment over the past years in establishing an advanced digital structure...

•	Session focuses on role of e-commerce for Omani entrepreneurs The session, which was live-streamed saw an engaging and informative talk followed by a discussion on a number of topics vital to the growth of Omani entrepreneurs in the digital age...

•	MBZ-Sat: New satellite to boost UAE’s knowledge-based economy Space officials in the UAE are hopeful the coming Earth-observation satellite, MBZ-Sat, will contribute to the country’s knowledge-based economy...

South Asia

•	Pakistan set to launch 5G connectivity by 2022 Pakistan is set to launch 5G mobile phone connectivity in the country by December 2022 following a successful trial call between Islamabad and Beijing earlier this month...

•	More mobile towers being set up to elevate service quality in Bangladesh Four companies – which got telecom tower license in 2018 – are stepping up efforts to set up more infrastructures for the operators to help them improve service quality...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Vewd launches OTT platform for cars OTT software solutions provider Vewd has announced the launch of a white-labled cloud streaming platform for automotive infotainment platforms...

•	Deutsche Telekom cooperates with RTL on streaming and addressable TV German telco Deutsche Telekom has added TVNow Premium, the streaming service from German broadcaster Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, to its TV platform MagentaTV...

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