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February 20, 2021

HE Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications Engineer Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed visits "BNET" to review work progress

BNET Chairman Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa welcomed HE Engineer Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed, Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications at BNET headquarters in Hamala, who was on a visit to discuss work progress in accordance with the Kingdom’s national telecommunication plan. The visit was attended by Batelco Chairman Shaikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Khalifa and members of BNET board of directors and its executive team...

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Console Connect and Princeton Digital Group improve access to the cloud for businesses in Singapore with direct and on-demand connectivity

Console Connect by PCCW Global and Princeton Digital Group (PDG) have teamed up to provide businesses in Singapore with secure, fast and flexible connections to leading cloud providers located throughout Asia...

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Tech Mahindra amongst Forbes Top 50 Organizations in Blockchain for 2021

Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering services and solutions, announced its inclusion in the 2021 Forbes Blockchain 50 companies list, a highly respected global...

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Ritchie Peng: Building optimal 5G networks by sustained innovation

During the Huawei Pre-MWC Shanghai 2021 online briefing, Mr. Ritchie Peng, President of Huawei's 5G Product Line, delivered a keynote speech titled Building Optimal 5G Networks by Sustained Innovation...

Policy and Regulation

•	ZICTA awards Beeline Telecoms Nation’s 4th mobile license ZICTA has announced that it has granted Beeline Telecom Limited a licence to commence mobile phone operations in the country...

•	Ghana planning SIM re-registration The Ghanaian government has revealed plans to implement a SIM re-registration programme as part of efforts to increase security and combat the criminal use of technology...

Middle East

•	UAE tops MEA region in terms of foreign investments in biotechnology sector UAE has succeeded in consolidating its position as an attractive destination for investments and business...

•	Gaming market accelerates as UAE, Saudi consumers stuck at home turn to video games The video game industry in the UAE and Saudi Arabia received a massive boost last year due to new lockdown habits, and a new report predicts that it will flourish even more this year...

•	Microsoft brings Compliance Manager to Oman The move comes as an increasing number of companies in the sultanate implement hybrid-working models to balance employee safety with business continuity...

South Asia

•	Dialog posts FY 2020 revenue growth of 3 percent The Group concluded the Financial Year (“FY”) with stable performance, across all business segments...

North Africa

•	AETA helps Morocco’s MAP cover the news As part of an expansion plan, the information agency recently added RIM to its offerings, which broadcasts news and information 24 hours a day, nationwide and online...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Azerfon expands network in Nakhchivan Azerfon has deployed 13 new 3G base transceiver stations (BTS) in the Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan within the last two months...

•	Malaysia to spend US$4.9 billion over next decade to roll out 5G connectivity Malaysians can expect faster and wider Internet connections in the coming years as the government is injecting USS$4.9 billion to roll out the country's 5G network over the next 10 years...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	BBC launches North America streaming service BBC Studios has debuted a new streaming service, BBC Select which will initially be available on Amazon Prime Video Channels and the Apple TV app, in the United States and Canada...

•	SPI International launches FilmBox+ Looking to combine leanback viewing with the flexibility of on-demand, FilmBox+ offers access to thousands of VOD titles along with more than eight live channels...

•	Altimedia provides web-based middleware for VOO TV+ VOO, a Belgian telecommunication quadruple-play operator to which Altimedia provided a web-based middleware platform, launches VOO TV+, its new television experience...

Satellite & Internet

•	TalkTalk launches FTTP-based connectivity over CityFibre network in four locations TalkTalk’s premium fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) based service will offer average symmetrical speeds of 506Mbps, with its top-tier ‘Fibre 500’ plan...

•	Orange opens up Slovak network Slovak Telekom will start to use part of Orange’s fiber-optic network to provide services from April this year...

Global Telecom Update

•	Switzerland climbs to top of global e-commerce index Switzerland replaced the Netherlands at the top of UNCTAD's Business-to-Consumer E-commerce Index 2020, which ranks 152 countries on their readiness to engage in online commerce...

•	Telefonica Germany signs strategic partnership with Wipro to transform IT The two have agreed a five-year strategic contract to modernize its Business Support Systems (BSS)...

•	United Group snaps up two local operators in Bulgaria United Group is set to acquire 100% of the share capital of the Bulgarian operators Net1 and ComNet Sofia...

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