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April 27, 2021

Omantel HQ building wins LEED Platinum Certification in New Construction Category

Adding another important milestone to a long list of achievements, Omantel’s HQ has been awarded the LEED Platinum certification by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), having scored 86 points, making this iconic building the first building in Oman to obtain this level of certification...

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Over SAR 5 million from stc’s “Furijat with qitaf” campaign contribute to the release of 36 prisoners

The "Furijat with qitaf" campaign, led by stc and the General Directorate of Prisons, has donated SAR 5,702,404 riyals to contribute to the release of prisoners...

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Tech Mahindra FY21 revenues up 2.7% FY21 EBITDA margins at 18.1%

Tech Mahindra Ltd., a specialist in digital transformation, consulting and business reengineering services announced the audited consolidated financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended March 31, 2021...

Policy and Regulation

•	TDRA celebrates the Emirati Entrepreneurship Programme graduates The programme, financed by the ICT Fund, received a large number of Emirati female engineers, who are keen to build their entrepreneurship capacities and skills...

•	Policymakers from CIS region set digital development priorities ahead of World Telecommunication Development Conference Delegates discuss ITU infrastructure planning tools and note findings from Digital Trends in CIS 2021...

South Asia

•	Softlogic teams with Huawei as a Strategic Partner to introduce latest Enterprise Solutions to Sri Lanka Softlogic Technologies’ IT sector provides a platform for Huawei to provide a range of solutions along the IT value chain that could cater to the ICT landscape as well as a number of other industries...

•	Bangladesh charts 9 million new social media users According to The Digital Report, the total number of social media users in Bangladesh is 45million, a report published by We Are Social...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Rakuten signals major European expansion Rakuten has expanded its AVOD offering with the launch of over 90 free linear channels in 42 European markets...

•	Univision and Google sign multi-year partnership Spanish-language media company Univision has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Google...

Global Telecom Update

•	Beeline Russia, P.I. Works partner to deploy AI network solution P.I. Works’ proprietary Smart Network Planning solution incorporates business and network metrics into a single solution to effectively forecast the network traffic volume and plan future investment decisions...

•	IBM to help customers identify processes that benefit most from AI-powered automation IBM says that that applying myInvenio provides customers with a AI-powered automation portfolio for business automation, having established which processes will have the greatest impact...

•	Vodacom partners with African Union Development Agency in jab roll-out Vodacom Group will partner with the African Union Development Agency to build digital infrastructure to manage vaccinations, called mVacciNation...

Middle East

•	IT spending in MENA tipped to surge to US$171 billion in 2021 Businesses across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are likely to spend US$7.6 billion more on IT this year, as tech investments are poised to increase amid improving economic conditions, according to research...

•	Zain Bahrain accelerates into 2021 following an impressive network expansion in 2020 With the expansion, Zain Bahrain customers will experience enhanced network connectivity while using their data, voice packages...

•	Mastercard forges partnerships in Iraq and Ethiopia in march towards cashless society Mastercard has signed partnership agreements with both the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) and Zemen Bank in Ethiopia to accelerate the advancement toward a cashless society...

•	UAE government recognizes Lleida.net Lleida.net has been recognized as the first private entity to become UAE Pass Service Provider, the National Digital ID system promoted by the UAE government...

North Africa

•	Libya and Egypt sign telecom, technology and technical training agreements These included a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to improve and develop the international cable between Egypt and Libya, increasing the performance of international services by making use of Telecom Egypt’s submarine...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Azercell expands LTE network coverage beyond 85% Azerbaijan operator Azercell Telecom said it has expanded the network coverage significantly to 85.3% of the population by end of March 2021, soared from 35.9% of January 1, 2019...

•	Smart partners with True for 5G roaming service in Thailand With its latest partnership, Smart has expanded its 5G roaming availability in 15 countries with 21 partners worldwide...

Satellite & Internet

•	Kacific and 3 Link deploy satellite broadband to clinics across Vanuatu Kacific’s satellite internet service is designed to provide an affordable and accessible service to people in very remote areas...

•	Telxius activates Brazil - Argentina subsea cable Telxius announced that the new Tannat submarine cable, connecting Santos (Brazil) with Las Toninas (Argentina), is now open for service...

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