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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 17, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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SDAIA, DARP & stc Launch Pilgrim’s Smart Bracelet (NUSK)
 
 
The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) and the Doyof Al Rahman Program (DARP), in partnership with stc Group, launched the Pilgrim’s Smart Bracelet (NUSK) project as a hi-tech service that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will begin to provide during the Hajj season for this year (1442 A.H)...
 
UAE ranks among top 20 globally for fixed broadband speeds
The UAE has ranked among top 20 countries globally in the fixed broadband index with the fastest average download speeds in May 2021, according to the latest data from Ookla...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat joins global Startup 5G program
Member Logo Etisalat has joined a startup 5G program designed to help communications service providers (CSPs) successfully accelerate the commercialization and monetization of 5G by introducing them to the right consumer innovation...
 
•  AT&T and Facebook team up to bring 5G-powered AR
Member Logo AT&T is working with Facebook Reality Labs to build collaborative video calling and augmented reality experiences across Facebook’s apps, including Instagram and Messenger...
 
•  Huawei's 5G Electric Power Virtual Private Network Ranks among Top 10 5G Industry Application Solutions
Member Logo The 5G Electric Power Virtual Private Network solution deployed by Huawei and China Mobile for China Southern Power Grid (CSPG) ranks among the top 10 which was acknowledged for its future-forward design, cutting-edge...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Ethiopia grants the final licence to Safaricom
The Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) said it has issued a telecoms licence to the Global Partnership for Ethiopia (GPE), which has been incorporated as Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia...
 
Ofcom consulting on annual fees for 2100MHz spectrum licences
Telecoms regulator Ofcom has published the proposed annual licence fees for UK spectrum licences in the 2100MHz band...
 
South Asia
 
StormFiber deploys IPv6 across its network
This comes as an important step in Pakistani ISP industry, one which is crucial to meet the growth in users across Pakistan...
 
Huawei, BUET sign memo
Huawei and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology signed a MoU on establishing an information and communication technology academy on the university campus...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Colombia aiming to finish 80% of 4G highway program by next year
Colombia’s 4G highways concession program is currently around 57% complete and infrastructure agency ANI aims to surpass 80% progress by August 2022...
 
KT Corp becomes first South Korean MNO to launch 5G SA commercially
South Korean mobile network operator (MNO) KT Corp has commercialised 5G standalone (5G SA) technology, making it the first in the country to do so...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Hopster joins Amazon Prime in Spain, Italy, Netherlands
Sandbox Kids, a UK-based provider of digital subscription content services for children and families worldwide, has launched the Hopster channel on Amazon Prime Video Channels in Spain, Italy and the Netherlands...
 
Magenta TV to launch on Apple TV
The app, which offers access to the full Magenta TV experience, will launch on July 20, with Deutsche Telekom also offering Apple TV 4K to new and existing customers as a rental or purchase device...
 
 
Middle East
 
Saudia signs agreement with GE to speed up digital transformation
With the help from the GE Digital, Saudia can simplify the process of managing its records through the Flight Programs Asset Records system...
 
UAE ranks among top 20 globally for fixed broadband speeds
The UAE has ranked among top 20 countries globally in the fixed broadband index with the fastest average download speeds in May 2021, according to the latest data from Ookla...
 
North Africa
 
Egyptian, Moroccan startups selected for Google for Startups Accelerator MENA
Startups from Egypt and Morocco have been selected to take part in the second cohort of the Google for Startups Accelerator Middle East and North Africa, a three-month digital accelerator programme for seed to Series A...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
iSAT Africa, SES Networks partner to provide reliable 4G services in East Africa
This new service will be available first via SES’s O3b medium earth orbit (MEO) constellation to subsequently migrate and expanded to SES’s next-generation MEO system, O3b mPOWER, in 2022...
 
Telefonica set to begin marketing fixed services on Tele Columbus network
The pair signed a wholesale cooperation agreement allowing Telefonica long-term access to Tele Columbus’ cable and fiber networks, which reach 2.4 million homes in Germany, back in October 2019...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Smart, Globe, DITO test mobile number portability capabilities
The country's 3 major telcos have completed the initial testing of their technical capabilities and interoperability in preparation for the implementation of the Mobile Number Portability Act...
 
Mavenir deploys Open vRAN at Deutsche Telekom’s O-RAN Town
The O-RAN network, launched in the city of Neubrandenburg this past June, is a multi-vendor open RAN network that will deliver O-RAN-based 4G and 5G services across up to 25 sites...
 
Avanti and Clear Blue aim to bring mobile broadband to rural Africa
This partnership will accelerate the rural rollout of low-cost connectivity solutions in areas where network coverage and broadband services have so far been limited or non-existent...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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