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June 29, 2021

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stc and Huawei sign MoU to advance sustainable development and green initiatives in KSA

stc and its strategic partner Huawei have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to co-operate towards sustainable development, green initiatives, and social development, while creating a better-connected nation that bridges the digital divide...

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Omantel’s embraced Edlal initiative on entrepreneurship enters fifth year

As Oman entered 2021 with a refurbished set of policies on economic development of which manpower building is a key goal, the Edlal program on entrepreneurship, co-founded by Omantel, assumes even greater significance as a...

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Rakuten Mobile advances its network for 5G and IoT services with Cisco

The synergy of SRv6 and Cisco Routed Optical Networking will provide Rakuten Mobile with unmatched operational flexibility, network simplicity, speed-to-market, and a path to profitability...

Policy and Regulation

•	CITC launches first phase of Regulatory Sandbox for solutions developed by telcos Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) launched the first phase of the experimental regulatory environment "Regulatory Sandbox" to provide innovative solutions developed by telecom...

•	URSEC lowers fixed, mobile termination rates Uruguay’s Regulatory Unit of Communications Services (URSEC) has issued a number of resolutions to lower fixed and mobile termination rates charged by the country’s telecoms operators...

Middle East

•	National e-commerce strategy in the works to bolster Bahrain’s MSMEs A national e-commerce strategy is in the works that will enable Bahrain’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to be future-ready...

•	Qatar bolsters strategic partnership with Google Cloud This step comes following a previous announcement about establishing a Google Cloud region in Qatar allowing new and existing customers and partners to run their cloud data from Qatar...

•	Dubai launches GCC’s biggest digital art gallery Representing a new era of modern immersive art, the establishment of the center further enhances Dubai’s position as the city of the future...

South Asia

•	PTCL signs strategic contracts with Huawei Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited has signed strategic contracts with Huawei Technologies Pakistan for the transformation of its IP Edge and Optical Transport Network...

•	Brac, Bangla Trac sign MoU to promote Ami Probashi app Brac will engage itself to inform aspiring migrants about the mobile app, taking it to the marginalised communities...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Germany’s EWE to launch upgraded IPTV offering with Ocilion German energy company and alternative telco EWE has launched an upgraded TV offering, ZuhauseTV with Ocilion...

•	Vestel adds Amazon Music to its Smart TVs The new app has been rolled out to all Vestel-manufactured TVs across Europe and features on many familiar brands...

North Africa

•	Digital Egypt Builders Initiative partners up with South Korean university in AI master's program The initiative was launched in 2020 and it is basically as a one-year program offering 1,000 training opportunities for holders of bachelor's degrees in engineering and computer science who studied at any university on...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Rural Scotland to see significant boost in 4G coverage The Shared Rural Network (SRN) will see EE, O2, Three and Vodafone build and upgrade phone masts to end so-called partial not-spots: areas where only some, but not all, mobile network operators (MNOs) provide 4G coverage...

•	Taiwan Mobile’s 5G subscriber base surpasses 800,000 With the cellco noting that subscriptions had increased faster than expected, it was said to have attributed growth to longer service contracts...

Satellite & Internet

•	Speedcast completes Oil & Gas industry performance testing on Telesat's phase 1 LEO satellite for Petrobras Speedcast, a communications and IT services provider, has completed an oil and gas industry performance testing of Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO satellite using data provided by Brazilian state-owned petroleum company...

•	Vodafone Greece inks fiber sharing agreement Vodafone Greece has signed a 20-year framework agreement with Grid Telecom for the reciprocal sharing of fiber-optic backbone infrastructure...

Global Telecom Update

•	Vodafone launches commercial 5G standalone IoT pilots Vodafone has launched a commercial pilot of 5G Standalone services which will allow low latency, low power connections for the Internet of Things...

•	JT sells its IoT division to Perwyn The company’s IoT division was created as part of JT’s international expansion drive in 2014 and has doubled in size every year for the last three years...

•	PLDT’s Voyager Innovations bags US$167 million investment for MFS PLDT’s digital unit Voyager Innovations has secured investment worth US$167 million to help it expand into financial services via a new digital bank...

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