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January 18, 2021

Huawei recognized as a 2020 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Data Center and Cloud Networking with the highest rating

Huawei has been named a 2020 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Data Center and Cloud Networking for its CloudFabric Data Center Network (DCN) Solution. Huawei has a high 4.9/5 stars as of November 2020, ranking first among almost 20 vendors...

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AT&T is bringing 5G+ to U.S. airports

AT&T is working behind the scenes to enhance customer travel experiences with the widespread deployment of 5G+ in airports across the country...

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Eutelsat’s konnect to provide connectivity services to the Post Office network in Côte d’Ivoire

Eutelsat Communications’konnect has signed a framework agreement with its distribution partner InterSat to provide connectivity services to the Post Office in Côte d’Ivoire...

Policy and Regulation

•	Masmovil wins Portugal newcomer spectrum Portugal has concluded the first part of its latest spectrum auction with Masmovil set to become the country’s new mobile network operator...

•	NCC begins forensic audit of telcos over data depletion The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has started probing data depletion in the telecoms industry in line with its mandate of consumer protection...

North Africa

•	Online shopping increases in Egypt since February 2020 Over 72 percent of Egyptians have shopped online more since February last year, before the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a recent economic report from the MasterCard Economics Institute...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Globe to replace infra in Visayas, Mindanao cities with 4G LTE Globe Telecom said it plans to replace its old 3G equipment with 5G-ready 4G LTE infrastructure in several cities in the Visayas and Mindanao...

•	Beltelecom completes 5G test phase, now ‘ready to deploy’ Belarusian state-owned telco Beltelecom has finished testing a 5G network and is now ready to move to the launch phase...

Satellite & Internet

•	Deutsche Telekom switches on its disaggregated broadband network Deutsche Telekom has started providing broadband services in Stuttgart using its long-in-development Access 4.0 open, disaggregated, microservices-based fixed broadband architecture...

•	Globalstar to provide satellite services for smart livestock tag Globalstar has signed an agreement to supply satellite services to Ceres Tag, a direct-to-satellite animal tracking platform...

Global Telecom Update

•	IBM to acquire top cloud services provider IBM said it will acquire Taos, in a move that further advances IBM's cloud migration and transformation capabilities, a key aspect of its hybrid cloud platform growth strategy...

•	Telefonica Deutschland outlines open RAN targets Telefonica Deutschland reportedly plans to up its use of open RAN, outlining a goal to deploy the technology in 1,000 mobile phone sites after the start of rollout later this year...

Middle East

•	Etisalat, du users in UAE can now block advertising via SMS As part of efforts to improve the telecom services and limit mobile phone advertising messages, an initiative has been launched to block advertising via SMS in cooperation with Etisalat and du...

•	Ministry of Youth and Orange Jordan sign cooperation agreement for digital centers funded by the European Union Under the agreement, Orange Jordan will digitalize and rehabilitate the digital training halls in three youth centers located in different governorates, as part of the “Innovate Jordan” program funded by the...

•	Zain Bahrain successfully trials NB-IoT Zain Bahrain in collaboration with Ericsson, a world-leading provider of communications technology, has announced the successful completion of trials of Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) technology...

•	Saudi automotive sector switches to e-commerce The technology trends and developments witness a major shift towards radical ERP and CRM systems being utilized in the market, majorly by organized segment. Entities operating in the automotive industry of KSA...

South Asia

•	SLT-Mobitel extends 4G mobile connectivity to Lathugala Sri Lankan mobile network operator SLT-Mobitel has announced that it has successfully extended its 4G LTE footprint to Lathugala...

•	Steps underway for provision of broadband services Steps are underway for the provision of broadband services in unserved and underserved areas of Pakistan...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	New partnership between Sky and STUDIOCANAL Sky has secured pay-TV rights to titles from STUDIOCANAL, Canal+ Group’s film production and distribution company...

•	TDS introduces live, streaming TV product TDS Telecom has unveiled TDS TV®+, an integrated, intelligent TV service that brings live TV, On Demand, and streaming services like Netflix* together in one place...

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