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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
April 11, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
Experts advocate that expanding 5G will drive digital-led economic growth across the region
 
 
Telecommunications leaders and experts from around the world recently gathered at the SAMENA Telecommunication Council Leaders’ Summit 2021 to review plans for putting today’s digital-led economy back on track. Held virtually due to social-distancing requirements, the summit was organized by the SAMENA Telecommunications Council, and hosted by Huawei for the eighth consecutive year...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc named most influential brand in KSA
Member Logo stc was named the most influential local brand in Saudi Arabia, according to a 2020 survey conducted by Ipsos. Ipsos looked at nearly 800 of the most influential and powerful brands across 14 markets...
 
•  BENEFIT signs a contract with Batelco to move its IT infrastructure to the Hamala Data Center
Member Logo Batelco has signed a contract with BENEFIT, the Kingdom's innovator and leading company in Fintech and electronic financial transactions services, to onboard BENEFIT’s core IT infrastructure to Batelco’s...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Guinea goes for digitised comms regulation
The Telecommunication and Posts Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Guinea and Global Voice Group have announced a partnership relating to the deployment of a leading-edge mobile and digital ecosystem regulation...
 
North Africa
 
UAE-based Global Ventures invests in Egyptian start-up Paymob
Egyptian digital payments provider Paymob has raised US$15 million in a new funding round led by UAE-based venture capital firm Global Ventures...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
WOM Colombia has 4G deployed in 120 municipalities
In terms of coverage, WOM says that its 4G network has been deployed in 120 municipalities, but connectivity is available in a total 765 municipalities via third-party roaming agreements...
 
Airtel upgrading to 5G in Kenya
Airtel Kenya has already installed 5G upgrades at 600 sites across three main locations – Nairobi, Malindi and Mombasa...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
KT Sat to expand satellite telecommunications services in Indonesia
Indonesia aims to offer universal telecommunications services across the country using satellite telecommunications...
 
New ISP GigaAir surfaces with FTTP broadband plan for Scotland
The ISP plans to build a new FTTP network to predominantly serve multi-tenanted buildings and a Fixed Wireless Access network for homes and businesses in both rural and urban parts of Scotland...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Huawei brings financial aid, free service for SMEs in Asia Pacific
The program aims to deliver further technical support for economic recovery amid the fight against the pandemic in the region, said a press release.
 
Viettel’s security firm triumphs at world cyber-attack contest
The contest aimed to detect security vulnerabilities in smart devices so that manufacturers can immediately fix them, thus helping to keep client information safe...
 
 
Middle East
 
Tata Communications, BIX strengthen partnership to enable next-gen OTN in Bahrain
With the partnership, Tata Communications and BIX aim to bring the power of high-speed connectivity and digital transformation to the Middle East region...
 
IFS to strengthen the digital transformation goals of Sohar Port and Freezone
Business

As a major contributor to trade in Oman, it is important that Sohar Port and Freezone makes adequate investments to ensure that they are future-ready to adapt and meet the emerging business requirements of the ports...
 
Commvault announces rollout of metallic SaaS-based data protection solutions in the Middle East
he Metallic cloud storage service combines the best of Commvault`s data management and Microsoft Azure`s infrastructure and platform services: providing global reach with worldwide coverage...
 
South Asia
 
Etisalat and Parallel Wireless partner for O-RAN in Afghanistan
Etisalat has collaborated with Parallel Wireless, Intel and Supermicro to deliver Central Asia’s first cloud-native O-RAN compliant 5G 4G 3G 2G Open RAN solutions in Afghanistan...
 
Dialog Enterprise partners NetFoundry to launch Network-as-a-service (NaaS) in Sri Lanka
Pioneering the journey of a digital ecosystem orchestrator, Dialog Enterprise together with NetFoundry, will be offering services around application connectivity and robust network security...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Disney+ now on Sky Q in Germany
The German arm of the Comcast-owned pay TV operator also plans to launch the streamer’s app on the Sky Ticket TV Stick, which enables viewers to watch its OTT offering...
 
BrutX SVOD platform arrives on Freebox
A new SVOD platform for millennials has made its debut in Iliad’s Freebox platform in France...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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