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January 10, 2021

Huawei and Central Agency for Information Technology in partnership to support IT talents in Kuwait

Huawei has partnered with Kuwait’s Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT) to play a key role in powering the country’s digital transformation through training IT talent within the public sector...

Member News

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stc receives ISO Certification in Business Continuity

Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, announced that it has been certified with the latest version of the ISO Certification in Business Continuity (ISO 22301:2019)...

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Etisalat EMIX supports transitioning to a New Normal by building a path to autonomous networking

Etisalat announced that it is building the region’s first open and autonomous and secured network. Cisco AI/ML automation is used to simplify Etisalat Emirates Internet Exchange (EMIX) operations with a set of...

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Cisco appoints John D. Harris II to its Board of Directors

Harris has over 30 years of technology, non-profit and business board experience and most recently served as vice president of Business Development for Raytheon Company and CEO of Raytheon International...

Policy and Regulation

•	TRA Oman's CEO visits governorates The Chief Executive Officer of Telecommunications Regulatory Authority(TRA), has made field visits to some governorates of the Sultanate to understand requests and complaints of the people...

•	Ofcom confirms quartet of bidders for 700MHz/3.6GHz-3.8GHz auction British telecoms regulator Ofcom has now formally confirmed that four bidders will contest its upcoming auction of spectrum in the 700MHz and 3.6GHz-3.8GHz bands...

South Asia

•	Mymed partners with eChannelling to provide seamless healthcare services Mymed, an online pharmacy has joined hands with eChannelling, the largest doctor channeling network in Sri Lanka to provide seamless healthcare services to customers at the touch of their fingertips...

•	Telenor Pakistan boost up app's navigation feature The update also offers features like comprehensive search, location details, the option to add new locations as well as routing to a location, all within the app...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Disney+ announces Singapore launch via StarHub The streamer will launch in Singapore on February 23 and will be exclusively available to StarHub’s customers as a fully integrated platform within StarHub TV+...

•	Roku secures exclusive access to Quibi content The deal will see the Roku Channel become the exclusive place to stream more than 75 premium shows and documentaries that Quibi created...

Global Telecom Update

•	Telekom Romania launches OneDoc Telekom Romania has integrated into OneDock almost 40 applications made in-house or with the help of partners, such as Interactions, and it is already used internally by the company’s employees...

•	F5 strikes deal to acquire edge cloud specialist Volterra F5 has struck a US$500 million deal to acquire multi-cloud management specialist Volterra in a move that will help it develop what it calls an Edge 2.0 platform...

Middle East

•	Dubai's Nakheel Malls hires AI firm to help retailers Nakheel Malls, the retail arm of Dubai-based master developer Nakheel, is driving on big data and analytics to help its consumer-facing tenants...

•	Thumbay reinforces cybersecurity with Trend Micro In the next stage of its digital transformation, the Thumbay Group is considering centralising its data in a data centre and leading an organisation-wide change of culture in prioritising security...

North Africa

•	16 SMEs in Egypt to implement digital transformation projects The initiative provides business opportunities through three tributaries, namely the implementation of business through contracting with government agencies directly, and the implementation of works through contracting with...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Work underway for expansion of 4G services in Pakistan Arrangements are in final stage for the provision of telephone, internet and cable service under triple bundle services in Gilgit Baltistan...

•	T-Mobile US 5G network reaches 280 million people T-Mobile US has revealed that its ‘Extended Range’ 5G network, which uses the 600MHz band, now covers 280 million people across nearly 1.6 million square miles...

Satellite & Internet

•	Openreach turns to EXFO for a full-fiber boost The automation of some tasks that used to be carried out by its engineers should allow Openreach to reduce costs and accelerate deployment...

•	SoftBank sets eye on airborne telecom base stations SoftBank subsidiary HAPSMobile has been working to achieve commercialization by fiscal 2023 and is promoting the technology...

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