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March 3, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
SAMENA Council to Hold Leaders’ Summit 2021 on April 8th with Huawei as Host
 
 
SAMENA Telecommunications Council has announced that it will hold one of the world's premier ICT Industry leadership congregations, the Leaders' Summit, on April 8th, 2021. The SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit is an annual leadership event, which encompasses private and government sector leaders' participation, knowledge exchange, and progress driven goal-setting discourse among the Industry's stakeholders. To be held under the theme “Championing Digital Economic Growth from Policy to Reality", Leaders' Summit 2021 will serve as a platform for leaders, as new horizons of growth and progress are explored for enterprises, nations, and citizens alike. This annual international leadership summit will be hosted in...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc Bahrain partners with the American University of Bahrain to empower students and the educational sector in the Kingdom
Member Logo This strategic partnership has been carved out to support AUBH in developing entrepreneurial and innovation capabilities of students alongside the world-class curriculum it offers...
 
•  Huawei and Industry partners jointly unveil 5GDN@Smart grid white paper II
Member Logo To accelerate the commercialization of 5G + Smart Grid, industry stakeholders have been conducting extensive research and practice into synergizing 5G technologies with the electric power industry...
 
•  Cisco Webex innovation breaks through language barriers with real-time translation for more inclusive meeting experiences
Member Logo Cisco has announced the availability (in preview beginning this month) of its real-time translation feature while also dramatically expanding the language library from 10+ to more than 100 languages, ranging from Armenian to...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority: Great strides by the UAE's telecommunications sector during 2020
The UAE ranks first in the Gulf, Arab Region, and Western Asia, and seventh globally in the Telecommunication Infrastructure Index...
 
TCRA sets new rules for telecom ‘bundles’
The new guidelines also direct telecom companies not to issue three promotions and special offers of different kinds at the same time...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
5G roaming subscribers to reach 147 million globally by 2025
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the number of international 5G roaming subscribers will reach 147 million by 2025...
 
New TD-LTE service for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean ISP Utande has launched its first TD-LTE service, covering parts of the capital Harare...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
KT and LG U+ invest in homegrown app store
South Korea’s telecommunications firms KT and LG U+ said that they have invested a total of 26 billion won (US$23.1 million) in the homegrown app market ONE store, a subsidiary of SK Telecom...
 
NDR offers radio stations via DTT
The NDR radio stations are transmitted free-to-air via DVB-T2 and available on every DTT receiver following a channel search...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Openreach taps VIAVI to ensure network quality for UK full-fiber build-out
Openreach opts for optical network monitoring system to address network quality, including validating new construction...
 
GOST selects ORBCOMM’s satellite IoT technology
GOST provides marine security, monitoring, tracking, and video surveillance systems and is currently using ORBCOMM’s new satellite terminal...
 
 
Middle East
 
Saudi Arabia plans to move real estate transactions onto digital platform
Modernizing the real estate sector is a key part of the Kingdom’s efforts to diversify its economy...
 
Bahrain’s Brinc, Tamkeen, Batelco invest in smart city startup AREYtech
Brinc Mena, Tamkeen Fund, and Batelco have jointly invested US$53,000 AREYtech, as part of Brinc’s sixth iteration of its acceleration programme...
 
Dubai Health Authority plans to implement smart healthcare technologies
The Dubai Health Authority recently announced its plans to enhance the use of smart health technologies on the occasion of the UAE Innovation Month 2021...
 
South Asia
 
Dialog Axiata partners Gamata Sanniwedanaya
By facilitating the initiative, the Company aims to enable all Sri Lankans to move forward as one digital society and support the distant-learning and working requirements in this new normal...
 
Spotify now open for business for advertisers in Bangladesh
Since launch, Spotify has partnered with a limited selection of brands to advertise on Spotify Free in the region...
 
North Africa
 
Telecom Egypt plans launching HARP, a new subsea system circling the African continent
Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator and one of the largest subsea cable operators in the region, announces its plans to launch Hybrid African Ring Path (HARP) by 2023, a new subsea system that will...
 
Marlink and Soremar extend partnership to increase options for North Africa
Under the agreement, Soremar customers can access Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) and the mandated Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) via the Iridium satellite network...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
PLDT, DITO sign interconnection deal for fixed, wireless subscribers
The deal includes the construction of a transmission facility that will serve as the point of interconnection for subscribers...
 
Deutsche Telekom prepares global NB-IoT push
Deutsche Telekom upped its NB-IoT roaming agreements, with the company targeting further partnerships to boost availability of the technology for its enterprise customers...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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