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August 8, 2021

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Los Angeles Fire Department and County Department of Public Health use FirstNet® to improve public safety communications

These tech advancements allow first responders and other personnel who support them to better serve those who live, work and visit the city and county of Los Angeles...

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Cisco schedules conference call for Q4 and Fiscal Year 2021 financial results

Financial results will be released over PR Newswire via US National and European Financial distribution, after the close of the market on Wednesday, August 18, 2021...

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Huawei releases 2021 H1 business results

Huawei released its business results for the first half of 2021. Its overall performance was in line with the forecast. In H1, Huawei generated US$49.62 billion in revenue, with its net profit margin reaching 9.8%...

Policy and Regulation

•	TRA Oman seizes six companies for illegal activities Six companies have been seized by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), for practicing unlicensed activities...

•	Saudi Arabia strengthens its digital transformation partnership with G20 countries The Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technologies, Ing. Abdullah bin Amer Al-Sawaha, met the Minister of Economic Development and Innovation of the Italian Republic, Giancarlo Giorgetti...

South Asia

•	USF committee approves 30 projects in Pakistan The USF has shown a 100 percent increase in its productivity since inception, with six projects in the first year, 12 in the second year and 25 projects in the third year...

•	Huawei to give fresh impetus to local start-up ecosystem Startups in Sri Lanka will receive fresh impetus over the next three years with leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Parrot, Verizon, and Skyward bring 4G LTE connected drone to the US market Verizon, Parrot, and Skyward announced an exclusive partnership to bring the out-of-the-box 4G LTE connected drone solution to the United States...

•	M1 and StarHub open standalone 5G trial Singaporean telcos M1 and StarHub announced the pair have opened up trials of 5G standalone service...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Accedo and Common Sense Networks launch curated kids’ OTT service Video experience solution provider Accedo has continued its partnership with Common Sense Networks to launch Sensical, an OTT service with curated and vetted videos for children aged 2 to 10...

•	Prime Video comes to Foxtel The Foxtel Group has announced a distribution deal with Amazon to integrate Prime Video into its set-top boxes by the end of 2021...

Middle East

•	Saudi IoT market set for solid growth on rising urbanisation The smart infrastructure, health services and educational sectors among other industries are being supported enough with the internet of things and thereby supporting the growth of the Saudi Arabia internet of things...

•	Zain Bahrain continues to advance its 4G & 5G networks nationwide, and expands indoor coverage With a strong focus on 5G, modernization and expansion of LTE, significant investments have been made to further improve reliability, indoor coverage and support faster speeds...

North Africa

•	Vodafone Egypt completes due diligence on Bee, Masary This deal is expected to accelerate the business volume of both Bee and Masary through benefiting from Vodafone’s expertise and to help the two companies expand regionally...

Satellite & Internet

•	ArianeSpace launches two telecoms satellites into orbit ArianeSpace has launched telecommunications satellites for Embratel and Eutelsat into orbit...

•	TelOne ponders going wireless Landline phone and data services operator, TelOne, is contemplating going wireless through adopting optic fiber technology to curb a surge in cases of theft and vandalism of its telecommunications infrastructure...

Global Telecom Update

•	Infobip to boost Espresso Senegal’s WhatsApp communication Global communications platform for business, Infobip will provide WhatsApp customer communication services and its Conversations CPaaS-based contact centre system to Senegal mobile operator Expresso...

•	Vodafone launches Alexa-integrated WiFi booster Vodafone has revealed Pro Broadband with Alexa, which is the first and only UK voice-integrated WiFi booster with Alexa built-in...

•	Nozomi Networks launches new security services programme The MSSP Elite programme aims to equip MSSPs with Nozomi Networks’ operational technology (OT) and IoT cybersecurity solutions, expertise and selling resources...

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