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August 7, 2021

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SDAIA President visits largest digital operations center and applauds partnership with stc

HE Dr. Abdullah bin Sharaf Alghamdi, the President of the Saudi Data and AI Authority (“SDAIA”), met Eng. Olayan M. Alwetaid, the stc Group CEO, at the Group’s headquarters in Riyadh in light of the partnership between SDAIA and stc...

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AT&T Latin America named the 3rd Best Multinational Workplaces in the region

Great Place to Work®, the global authority on workplace culture, has announced that AT&T Latin America ranked 3rd in the 2021 list of Best Multinational Workplaces in the region...

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Huawei climbs rankings on The Fortune Global 500 despite US government sanctions

The Fortune Global 500, the annual ranking of the top 500 enterprises worldwide as measured by business revenue, ranked Huawei 44 this year, up from 49 in the previous year, despite US government sanctions on the company...

Policy and Regulation

•	PTA invites bids for NGSM spectrum The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has invited applications from local and foreign bidders for the auction of additional next generation mobile services (NGMS) spectrum in the country...

•	Egypt’s Telecom Regulator surveys satisfaction of mobile users in H1 2021 The survey was carried out on 17,000 users of mobile phone services, taking into account the geographical distribution, age, and gender of all segments of society...

Middle East

•	FAB’s Payit, Magnati team up with WOW for digital payment solutions Payit digital wallet, powered by First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), and Magnati has partnered with WOW Electronics Transport Services to launch a state-of-the-art digital payment service for its leaders and their riders...

•	Saudi Arabia 4IR strategy targets AI, the Internet of things, heavy drones A World Economic Forum (WEF) Committee leader announced the intention to finalize and launch projects across six different thematic areas in Saudi Arabia under the Kingdom’s fourth industrial revolution (4IR)...

•	Telecom companies back state efforts against coronavirus Mobile telephone companies have joined ranks in backing up Kuwait's apparatuses in the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) since its outbreak last year...

South Asia

•	Telenor committed to promoting skills for a digital future via EdTech In its efforts to reduce inequalities and provide access to education for all, Telenor Pakistan has signed an agreement to scale Orenda’s Taleemabad project...

•	NTC to build a separate company to provide IT Solutions The company will be managing and coordinating many important computer-related tasks, including billing systems, apps, inputs, websites, HR monitoring software, etc...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	New OTT service launched in Poland It will offer three thematic packages and will only be available to subscribers of the SVOD service CDA Premium...

•	Paramount+ to launch on Sky across Europe Paramount+ is the latest app to come to the Sky Q advanced TV platform, adding more than 10,000 hours of content to the service...

North Africa

•	Vodafone Egypt, Microsoft ink MoU to improve youth skills via Begin platform Begin platform will act as a link between entrepreneurs and SMEs owners to find work and source talent in the Egyptian labor market...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	FCC publishes first-ever standardized 4G LTE coverage map Users can click boxes to show the coverage of each of the nation’s four largest mobile carriers: AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and UScellular...

•	Verizon and AWS expand 5G MEC coverage to three more locations Verizon 5G Edge, a real-time cloud computing platform, with AWS Wavelength brings AWS compute and storage services to the edge of Verizon’s wireless network...

Satellite & Internet

•	MTC launches commercial VSAT services MTC has announced the commercial launch of VSAT technology to provide internet connectivity in rural areas not covered by its wireless and fixed broadband networks...

•	Virgin Media O2 extend 1Gbps FTTP coverage A further 4,000 homes in Engald can now access gigabit broadband speeds from Virgin Media (VMO2), which occurred after the UK ISP extended the reach of their Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based internet service...

Global Telecom Update

•	Vodafone NZ boosts IoT reach to meet rising demand The push to broaden IoT coverage forms part of a regional investment programme by the operator and comes as a second Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI2) reaches completion...

•	1&1 partners with Rakuten to build Germany’s fourth mobile network 1&1 has partnered with Japan’s Rakuten to build out a new Open RAN network, becoming the first operator in Europe to rely entirely on the new technology for its mobile network...

•	Swisscom will become a Chainlink node operator Switzerland-based telecommunications company Swisscom has said it will join Chainlink’s oracle network as a node operator...

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