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December 26, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
MTS and Huawei co-debut the world's first commercial use of Smart 8T8R
 
 
MTS, the largest mobile network operator in Russia, and Huawei jointly implemented the world's first commercial use of Smart 8T8R in Moscow recently. The operator's 4T4R networks were upgraded to 8T8R in the city's hotspots, increasing capacity by 1.9 times and improving user experience by 2.1 times...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Clare Balding, Gary Barlow, Rio Ferdinand and Rylan Clark-Neal join BT +1 movement to beat loneliness
Member Logo Clare Balding, Gary Barlow, Rio Ferdinand and Rylan Clark-Neal have joined BT’s +1 movement, a nationwide campaign that aims to beat loneliness by encouraging people to add someone they care about back into their lives...
 
•  Cisco to acquire IMImobile to embed omnichannel engagement into customer experience as a service
Member Logo IMImobile provides software and services which allow enterprises and organizations to stay constantly connected to their customers through enhanced interactive channels including social, messaging and voice. Following...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
ITU launches open research group on autonomous networks
The ITU Focus Group on 'autonomous networks' will lead an exploratory 'pre-standardization' study to determine how ITU standards will support the realization of autonomous networks and their evolution in...
 
Nigeria grants extension for NIN-SIM integration
The extension was agreed at the meeting of the National Task Force on NIN and SIM Registration which was held in Abuja...
 
South Asia
 
Dialog to acquire H One
The acquisition of H One by Dialog would supplement Dialog’s expansive suite of enterprise solutions and would facilitate the acceleration of the digital transformation of Sri Lanka’s Enterprise Sector...
 
Internet users benchmarked in Bangaldesh
As of November, of the internet users, 101.905 million accessed services from mobile devices and 8.656 million from broadband, according to the data...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
SeaChange announces cloud-based OTT streaming platform for DTC providers
The SeaChange Framework offers best in class video back-office, asset management for automated content curation, metadata enrichment, and quality control...
 
BBC iPlayer added to new Xbox consoles
The iPlayer app enables Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and Xbox One users to stream live TV from the BBC on their consoles...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
SK Telecom teams up with AWS to launch 5G edge cloud service
SK Telecom said it expects SKT 5GX Edge to improve services such as video streaming, games and machine learning...
 
Huawei signs milestone MoU with Walailak University to develop ICT professionals in Southern Thailand
The partnership between the two parties aims to introduce advanced IT knowledge through practical courses and on-the-job training opportunities in the scope of Digital Educational Innovation...
 
 
Middle East
 
Saudi Arabia showcasing global leadership in 5G experience delivery
Saudi Arabia has stood on the second rank globally and first within the Arab world (amongst the 15 leading 5G markets surveyed) on a host of parameters...
 
Bahrain School builds successfully on history of online learning
For Bahrain School, the experience accumulated from years of online schooling has made a huge difference, keeping the chances of learning, progressing through the grades, and graduating meritoriously intact...
 
North Africa
 
Telecom Egypt inks several commercial deals with Orange Egypt
The two telecom operators inked an amendment to their mobile-to-fixed termination agreement as well as an annex to the current agreements extending to 2022 governing international voice services...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Globe 4G peak hour performance continues to improve
Following Globe’s aggressive network expansion which includes upgrading of 10,876 sites to 4G/LTE, the 4G experience of Globe users has significantly improved during peak hours, as well...
 
China 5G crosses 200 million mark as operators prep for SA
According to filings, China Mobile and China Telecom tallied 147.4 million and 74.9 million "5G package subscribers" respectively at November 30...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Openreach discount 10Gbps capacity links for FTTP broadband ISPs
Openreach has given UK broadband ISPs that make use of their “gigabit-capable” Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) products a discount, which will help to provide the capacity for such full fiber connections...
 
Ethiopia launches second Chinese-backed satellite
The satellite is monitoring the environment and weather patterns for better agricultural planning, drought early warning, mining activities, and forestry management of the country...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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