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July 14, 2021

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Qrator Labs DDoS attacks mitigation service available in HUAWEI CLOUD Marketplace

Qrator Labs, a DDoS mitigation and continuous availability service provider, partners with HUAWEI CLOUD Marketplace to provide top-notch DDoS attacks mitigation service for wide range of customers within the Huawei ecosystem...

Bahrain achieves highest ranking of generations: ITU

Bahrain has escalated up the regulatory ladder to the highest generation of ICT regulation, fostering affordability in ICT services, according to a new report issued by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)...

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Zain Group second quarter 2021 net profit grows 17% to reach US$138 million, Board recommends half-year dividend of 10 fils

Zain Group, a leading telecommunications innovator operating in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces its consolidated financial results for the six months to June 30, 2021. Zain served 48.3 million...

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Etisalat highlights post-COVID efforts for the SMB sector in UAE

Etisalat’s key priority during and post COVID-19 was to support the small and medium businesses (SMBs) in their digital transformation journey by becoming a one-stop solution provider that enabled them to deal with a...

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Viu bolsters Asian content through volume deals with Huace Film & TV and Huace Croton Media

Viu, PCCW’s leading pan-regional OTT video streaming service, continues to expand its offerings to bring fresh and engaging premium Asian entertainment through its volume deals with China’s largest TV and film...

Policy and Regulation

•	UAE President issues decree appointing Majed Al Mesmar as TDRA's Director-General President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued a Federal Decree appointing Majed Sultan Al Mesmar as the Director-General of the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)...

•	Bahrain achieves highest ranking of generations: ITU Bahrain has escalated up the regulatory ladder to the highest generation of ICT regulation, fostering affordability in ICT services, according to a new report issued by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)...

Middle East

•	TAWAL fulfills its preparations to provide integrated services during Hajj Season this year Within its Hajj Season preparations plan, TAWAL had built 24 new sites to boost network coverage, and upgraded around 900 existing sites to fulfill the operators’ technical needs...

•	Mubadala-backed Yahsat expects new satellite launch in H2 2023 Yahsat plans to launch a new satellite in two years, aimed at introducing advanced data services to its clients by 2024, its chief executive said...

•	Ooredoo expands 5G data roaming partner networks for travellers this holiday season Ooredoo will continue to add more national and regional operators to its network of collaborators as they become available...

South Asia

•	Taleemabad releases mobile educational app on KaiOS Orenda, a company that aims to provide education to children all over Pakistan, has now launched its Taleemabad Learning App on KaiOS...

•	Dialog Television presents Amazon Prime Video for the first time in Sri Lanka Dialog Television, Sri Lanka’s premier Pay-TV service provider, extended the premium streaming service – Amazon Prime Video for the first time in Sri Lanka via its latest ViU Hub 2.0 decoder powered by Android...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	New OTT solution for Polish market Insys Video Technologies has implemented a fully branded OTT solution based on InsysGO for Petrus, one of the largest local cable TV operators in Poland...

•	YouTube expands Shorts to 100+ countries YouTube Shorts effectively serves as YouTube’s competitor to TikTok, giving users the ability to publish and promote short-form video content...

North Africa

•	Anghami announces six new telco partnerships across MENA in H1 2021 Anghami has also teamed up with Maroc Telecom to offer three months of Anghami Plus for free to any new postpaid customer choosing a plan of 99DH (US$11.09) and above in Morocco.

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	MTS, Ericsson test 1.4Gbps LTE-A MTS notes that the LTE-A standard allows aggregation of up to seven carriers with a total spectrum bandwidth of up to 140MHz, making the most of available spectrum to provide peak data rates up to 2Gbps...

•	EE aims for 5G coverage everywhere in UK by 2028 EE customers will be able to receive 5G "anywhere" in the UK by 2028, the phone network has announced, with half the population covered in two years' time...

Satellite & Internet

•	Panasonic rolls out XTS satellite coverage over China and APAC The beam over the Asia Pacific from Apstar 6D, Panasonic Avionics' first XTS satellite, has gone live through teleports in Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, and Perth...

•	Telenor, Onefiber ink fibre deal Danish telco Telenor has signed a wholesale agreement to provide services on the Onefiber network via the OpenNet platform, thus gaining access to an additional 100,000 premises in the medium-term...

Global Telecom Update

•	SK Telecom launches metaverse platform The mobile carrier is eyeing more practical uses of the platform beyond social networking and has incorporated online meeting features, such as sharing PDF and MP4 files...

•	Macquarie Data Centres announces new Sydney North facility Macquarie Telecom’s data centre business Macquarie Data Centres has announced a new facility in Sydney’s north...

•	Kiir to extend mobile telecommunications services to remote areas Kiir also lauded the private sector for supporting government’s efforts in directly intervening in the telecommunications sector...

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