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January 26, 2021

Etisalat crowned the strongest brand in the MEA region across all categories

This global accomplishment was made possible due to Etisalat’s brand strength and performance with continuous efforts and investments in accelerating its value by engaging with consumers across markets with launching many successful innovative global branding initiatives...

Zain esports to hold a PUBG Mobile community tournament, 26 January-6 February

Following its recent entry into esports and gaming, and the completion of the FIFA 21 in December 2020, Zain Group, a leading telecom innovator in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces its next esports tournament “Champions Squad”, a Tencent approved PUBGM community event...

Member News

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stc the most valuable brand amongst telecommunications companies in the region

stc surpassed its counterparts in the region to become the most valuable brand in the telecommunications sector in ME, and the third most valuable brand in all ME sectors behind Aramco and ADNOC, according to Brand Finance...

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BNET opens Cybersecurity Operations Centre (CSOC)

The new Cybersecurity Operations Centre CSOC will play a vital role in securing BNET’s cyberspace and will contribute to securing digital communications throughout the Kingdom...

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Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD neighborhood to launch ESR 24/7 Esports Network (ESR), the first 24/7 linear video gaming channel over Europe

Eutelsat Communications’ flagship 13° East HOTBIRD position has been selected by ESRevolution, Inc. for the European launch of its ground-breaking video gaming channel, ESR...

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Tech Mahindra becomes the only Indian organization recognized amongst the ‘2021 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World’ by Corporate Knights

Tech Mahindra is ranked #1 in India and #72 globally in the list of World’s 100 Most Sustainable Corporations for delivering superior financial performance and leading the race to zero emissions economy...

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Huawei signs an exclusive partnership with Eros Group to distribute the award-winning IdeaHub series in the UAE

The Huawei IdeaHub can create an all-scenario smart office for the cloud era, and boost production efficiency for enterprises...

Policy and Regulation

•	Ofcom delays spectrum auction The spectrum available is in the 700 MHz and 3.6–3.8 GHz bands, with the auction increasing the total spectrum available for UK operators by almost a fifth (18%)...

•	IFT unveils multi-band spectrum tender Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute has announced plans to stage a public tender to enable the commercial exploitation of 41 blocks of radioelectric spectrum...

Middle East

•	Saudi Health Ministry launches virtual clinics The ministry said that the virtual service will make it quicker and easier for noncritical patients to get medical advice and access health services...

•	Dubai Science Park now home to 400 companies Many existing business partners also expanded their presence, opening new offices and innovation centres to develop new products as Dubai reinforced its position as an attractive destination for healthcare-focused...

•	Dubai start-up Zbooni raises $5mln in new funding round Through the new capital, the company will invest in people to develop even better products for its merchants and enhance the customer experience with best-in-class technology...

South Asia

•	Airtel Lanka to integrate Google’s Business Messages With the service now going live, the new feature enables a message button on Google Maps and Google Search, for anyone looking for support or information on Airtel...

•	SSLCOMMERZ sign agreement with Union Pay International Bangla QR is the national QR for digital payments authorized by Bangladesh Bank. Customers can pay digitally by scanning the Bangla QR using the mobile payment...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	NBCUniversal to integrate WWE Network with Peacock NBCUniversal has tied up a deal with professional wrestling outlet WWE to make Peacock the exclusive streaming home of the WWE Network in the US...

•	NBCU, Twitter forge worldwide digital content partnership NBCUniversal (NBCU) is to bring to Twitter markets its premium digital content spanning the entire NBCUniversal Sky footprint...

North Africa

•	Orange Maroc acquires Casablanca-based data centre This data centre will, it seems, be part of an Orange Morocco service offering that aims to support both local businesses and major accounts in their digitization strategy by offering them a hosting space...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Slovak cellcos expand 4G footprints Orange and 4ka have expanded their 4G services in Slovakia in a bid to offer faster speeds to more areas within the country...

•	Over 2,800 5G base stations built in Tibet The region has achieved full mobile phone signal coverage at all its grade-A scenic spots, local officials said at the fourth session of the 11th regional people's congress...

Satellite & Internet

•	Full-fiber to be installed across all new Barratt homes The move means that around 15,000 new homes that Barratt builds every year will now gain access to potentially gigabit online access from the leading UK broadband providers...

•	South Korea to launch mid-sized observation satellite in March When in orbit, the satellite, which is equipped with a homegrown imaging sensor system, will start sending high-precision observation videos of the Earth from June this year...

Global Telecom Update

•	Vodafone to invest in STEM and digital skill support for Albanian youths The educational programs will be delivered in partnership with NGOs and charities and will help people to develop their skill set in using digital technologies...

•	Tele2 targets sustainability with new strategy Following input from around 9,000 stakeholders, Tele2 has identified four key areas of focus for their new sustainability drive...

•	IBM and Telefónica double down on tech partnership in enterprise hybrid cloud push IBM and Telefónica are continuing to pool their resources to help accelerate the pace of hybrid cloud adoption in the enterprise...

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