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February 14, 2021

Turkcell leading SpeedChecker's mobile network performance rankings in Turkey

The market in Turkey is served by three operators - Turkcell, Türk Telekom and Vodafone. Turkcell being the largest operator and an incumbent has performed well in download speed ranking topping the score with 27 Mb/s, closely followed by Türk Telekom at 25 Mb/s, Vodafone a distant 3rd at 15 Mb/s...

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solutions by stc strengthens its cyber security solutions with “shield”

Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, announced that it is offering its corporate customers through its specialized business arm solutions by stc with the ultimate solution in cybersecurity and protection,...

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AT&T and Cox Media Group reach new multi-year retransmission consent agreement

AT&T and Cox Media Group have entered into a new multi-year retransmission consent agreement to provide CMG-owned local broadcast stations to customers of AT&Tâ€™s video platforms across the country...

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BT launches Advanced Digital Home Phone with Alexa built-in

Using the dedicated Alexa button, customers can ask their home phone to call contacts, check the weather, adjust the volume, read out the latest news headlines and even stream music...

Policy and Regulation

•	UAE Hackathon launches virtually under the motto “Data for Happiness and Wellbeing” UAE Hackathon is one of UAE’s effective steps towards excellence and leadership, in recognition of UAE Vision 2021 and in response to the initiatives of the 50th anniversary...

•	BTRC sets SMS floor price The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has set a floor price for bulk sale by mobile phone operators to SMS aggregators who sell these messages to third parties...

South Asia

•	Banglalink, edotco partner to expand network connectivity in Bangladesh edotco , has signed an agreement with Banglalink to provide the next-generation infrastructure to meet Bangladesh's growing connectivity needs...

•	Telenor crosses 47 million subscribers in Pakistan Telenor Pakistan announced its Q4 results for 2020 and reported an improvement in overall performance and added more than 1 million subscribers in Q4...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Disney+ ends 2020 with 94.9 million subscribers The improvement at Disney+ was driven by an increase in subscribers, partially offset by higher programming and production cost amortization...

•	LaLigaTV agrees Amazon Prime distribution LaLigaTV is joining the line-up of Amazon Prime Video in the UK, with the subscription channel being added until at least the end of the 2021/22 season...

•	Dotscreen renews freenet TV HbbTV portal contract Dotscreen has renewed its multi-year contract with Media Broadcast, the platform operator of freenet TV in Germany...

Global Telecom Update

•	Major infrastructure deal target Kenya’s underserved areas The project is being implemented through Kenya's Universal Service Fund (USF), whose purpose is to support widespread access to ICT services and promote capacity-building and innovation in ICT services in the country...

•	KVH and TechBinder partnership opens IoT for smart vessel optimisation TechBinder has joined the KVH Watch solution partner programme to deliver data monitoring and remote intervention services to ships...

Middle East

•	Orange Jordan and Int@j meet with advisory committee to discuss Jordanian Startups Map The study will be conducted over three months in different stages to draw a map that includes a comprehensive database of Jordanian startups, based on the stages they reached...

•	Saudi STC Pay introduces contactless cards STC Pay, a mobile wallet operated by Saudi Arabia’s biggest telco STC has introduced contactless cards for use at point of sale (POS) machines, e-commerce transactions, and cash withdrawal at local and international...

•	AWS completes case study on BNET's smooth cloud adoption Amazon Web Services, the global provider of cloud services, said it has completed a case study on the successful cloud adoption of Bahrain’s National Broadband Network (BNET)...

•	DCT Abu Dhabi to launch 'Abu Dhabi Specialists Programme' for GCC market The e-learning platform has been created to train and educate industry professionals across the GCC with all destination-related information about the emirate through a series of online courses...

North Africa

•	CIT, Parliamentary Affairs Ministers sign digital transformation cooperation deal The protocol involves the use of the latest information and communication technologies to achieve institutional development and digital transformation at Egypt's Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	NetFortris expands managed internet solution NetFortris has expanded its Managed Internet by NetFortris Solution to include 4G LTE wireless service as a primary connection...

•	Movistar achieves 1.62Gbps in new Colombian 5G pilot The new pilot involved a 5G-connected medical trolley and achieved transmission speeds of up to 1.62Gbps/176Mbps (downlink/uplink)...

Satellite & Internet

•	CST extends FTTH to the north of Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe’s incumbent provider CST has announced the expansion of its fiber-optic network to the north of the island nation...

•	Long March 3B launches communication technology test satellite The satellite is mainly used for satellite communications, radio and television, data transmission and other services, and conducts related technical test verification...

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