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April 5, 2021

HUAWEI IdeaHub lights up the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa

Huawei, a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, lights up the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa, to unveil its award-winning productivity tool for the smart office – IdeaHub...

Member News

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stc partners with Extreme E as the debut Desert X-Prix’s digital enabler

stc has participated as the official digital enabler of this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Desert X-Prix – the world’s first ever Extreme E race...

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AT&T SD-WAN with Cisco expands to support workforce mobilization and US federal government agencies

AT&T continues to grow and evolve its AT&T SD-WAN capabilities, adding new features from Cisco to support remote workers plus FISMA compliance for government agencies, a federal information security standard...

Policy and Regulation

•	PTA launches portal to protect critical telecom data, infrastructure The PTA took the initiative as part of its strategy to improve the security posture of the Pakistan Telecom Sector...

•	Telecommunications declared as emergency service in Bangladesh The government has declared the telecoms services and all organizations associated with it as an emergency service...

North Africa

•	Morocco, Senegal sign agreements in decentralization, civil aviation, IT The second agreement touches on the information, communication technology industry and will allow both countries to develop, strengthen, and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in the area, through the exchange of...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	5G adoption is tracking 3X as fast as LTE Global adoption of 5G is happening at 3X the pace as with 4G LTE, according to newly released statistics from the trade organization 5G Americas...

•	China to reach 739 million 5G subs by 2025 China is forecast to reach 739 million 5G subscribers by 2025, according to a recent study by ABI Research...

Satellite & Internet

•	GigNet to take over GigNet-1 submarine network project GigNet says it has agreed to buy the assets, operations, and work so far on a submarine cable system that will run between Florida and Cancun, Mexico...

•	Satellite operator Telesat selects CloudOps to develop cloud infrastructure CloudOps will deliver a cloud infrastructure that will allow Telesat to deliver highly flexible services to customers over its Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit satellite network...

Global Telecom Update

•	Verizon, AWS expand partnership, bring private MEC to enterprise customers The dedicated MEC platform is fully integrated with AWS cloud services and Verizon’s 5G private network...

•	Telekom Romania says mobile subscribers rate up by 6.3 percent in 2020 Telekom Romania registered last year a significant increase in the number of mobile postpaid subscribers, of 6.3 percent, to 1.65 million, a trend that seems to continue in 2021...

Middle East

•	COVID pandemic propels Jordanian businesses' digital transformation The Kingdom is advancing towards digital transformation, thanks to the directives of His Majesty King Abdullah, according to experts...

•	Hamdan bin Mohammed inaugurates 8th edition of Cybertech Global in Dubai As part of a comprehensive smart transformation, the nation has not only developed high levels of preparedness to face any kind of challenges and threats arising from digitisation, but also enhanced its readiness to embrace...

•	Embee Software launches operations in the Middle East Embee Software has expanded its operations in the Middle East to help enterprises modernize their workplace and take the best technology solutions to drive successful digital transformations...

•	YouTube Kids launches in MENA YouTube is launching its child-friendly app, YouTube Kids, in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region...

South Asia

•	Nepal Telecom likely to begin 5G trials by mid-July The telecom operator cannot charge customers during the trial period, and it will not have to pay any frequency charge...

•	Dialog Axiata conducts a series of programmes coaching digital skills & entrepreneurship for women Dialog Axiata conducted a series of initiatives focusing on digital entrepreneurship, health and well-being to empower and uplift women to succeed in the new normal...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Tet+ launches with points system The new Latvian streaming platform Tet+ has made its debut using a points-based system...

•	ABS-CBN adopts Amagi to take operations to the cloud The broadcaster is primarily involved in content creation and production for television, online, and over-the-top platforms...

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