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June 20, 2021

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Etisalat to commercially deploy 5G high-band in the UAE

Etisalat to deploy 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) across its commercial network. The 5G high-band commercial deployment will help achieve high performance 5G downlink data speeds of 4.2Gbps and latency of 8 milliseconds (ms)...

Member News

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stc recognizes Tarahom Volunteer Team for their goodwill contributions

Chief Executive Officer of stc, engineer Maziad Alharbi, on behalf of stc, honored the members of the Tarahom Volunteer Team in appreciation of their vital role and continuous contribution to the community...

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BT announces national rollout of Care Home Companions service to help tackle loneliness in care homes

BT colleagues are using their personable and local communication skills they’ve learnt as customer service advisors to chat with residents who might not have anyone else to talk to on a regular basis...

Policy and Regulation

•	The UAE chairs the ITU Council Virtual Consultations of Councillors The UAE's chairmanship of the consultations enhances the UAE's global leadership in the ICT sector and reflects the support of UAE leadership for Emirati competencies...

•	Belgian Chamber of Representatives approves 5G auction law Belgiumâ€™s lower house of parliament has approved the prerequisite bill for launching the countryâ€™s planned multi-band 3G/4G/5G spectrum licence auction...

Middle East

•	GCC governments urged to focus on ethical data use GCC governments have been advised to give citizens control of their information and focus on ethical data use as they strengthen digital service delivery...

•	Bahrain’s BIC migrates its core business, financial systems to Microsoft Cloud The solution was designed and deployed in line with the Information and eGovernment Authority of Bahrain’s Cloud-First Policy, in which the kingdom’s leadership calls for the modernisation of ICT through...

•	Dubai Health Authority deploys smart health-care technology for patient monitoring Dubai Health Authority (DHA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Enpy, a Dubai-based start-up, to explore the use of an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered device for remote patient monitoring...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Metalloinvest to roll out private LTE network from MegaFon at Lebedinsky iron ore mine Metalloinvest says it will launch a private LTE wireless data network at iron ore operation Lebedinsky GOK, one of the world’s largest open-pit mines, in cooperation with MegaFon...

•	Telia Estonia expands 5G network in 50 locations Swedish multinational telecommunications company and mobile network operator Telia Estonia said it now runs 5G services in more than 50 areas across Estonia...

Satellite & Internet

•	Satcoms partnership aims to boost 4G backhaul connectivity in Mexico Satellite communications company ST Engineering iDirect has been awarded a contract to AXESS Networks, with the first Newtec Dialog XIF hub deployed in Mexico to connect remote communities and businesses...

•	Orange Belgium starts roll-out of wholesale FTTP in Brussels The infrastructure will be accessible in a passive state to any interested service provider which will be allowed to connect and run its own active network equipment...

South Asia

•	PTCL, KPITB complete 5G test Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board have successfully tested 5G technology in a limited environment and on a non-commercial basis...

•	Dialog Axiata launches its latest data center built to global standards in Piliyandala Dialog Axiata has announced the launch of its latest fully-owned Data Centre in Piliyandala, built to the latest ISO and global data center standards with the highest level of reliability...

•	Ncell’s parent company Axiata Group merging with Telenor ASA Ncell‘s Investor and Malaysian telecom firm Axiata Group Bhd and Norway’s Telenor ASA’s will strike a deal to merge the Malaysian mobile operations soon...

North Africa

•	Egypt ranks 94th globally in fixed broadband internet speeds during May Egypt was ranked 94th globally in fixed broadband Internet speeds during May on the Speedtest Global Index, which measures Internet speeds worldwide...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Film1 Action launches on Amazon in Netherlands The linear channel Film1 Action has made its debut on Amazon Prime Video Channels in the Netherlands...

•	Freecaster secures Live and VOD content with BuyDRM BuyDRM announced that Freecaster is using KeyOS multi-DRM platform to secure premium live and VOD content for viewers in France and around the world...

Global Telecom Update

•	Syniverse and AlefEdge partner for 5G edge Syniverse will supply the private wireless network elements, and AlefEdge will contribute edge compute functions and access to a growing stable of application developers...

•	Vodafone, AWS Wavelength unveil Europe’s first multi-access edge computing services Vodafone has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to launch multi-access edge compute (MEC) services delivered with AWS Wavelength for UK business customers...

•	35% of global mobile gaming revenue came from China in 2020 APAC region contributed nearly 60% of mobile gaming revenue in 2020, said a study. China accounted for the lion’s share of the global mobile gaming market...

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