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August 9, 2021

Featured Member News

Batelco kicks off ‘Elevator to Success’ youth development programme

During the meeting, Batelco outlined the details of the 4-year programme, highlighting the curriculum for the first year that will be carried out in collaboration with Batelco’s partners for the programme, INJAZ Bahrain, Brinc and Clever Play...

Member News

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solutions by stc joins Manama-IX

By joining the platform, solutions by stc will be able to optimise its resources by eliminating the need to be present at multiple IX locations, benefitting from lower interconnect charges and transit costs...

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As Huawei CFO case enters final weeks, lawyer questions information in U.S. extradition request

Lawyers making a final push to convince a Canadian court not to recommend the extradition of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou have called into question the reliability of information provided by the United States...

Policy and Regulation

•	TDRA: 2G shutdown Is proceeding as scheduled The shutdown of 2G networks, also known as "GSM", in the networks of service providers (Etisalat and du) is scheduled for the end of 2022...

•	Bangladesh to set up a telecom monitoring system The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission is going to install a telecom monitoring system to oversee the activities of mobile operators and improve the quality of mobile phone services...

Middle East

•	Saudi Arabia digital content market to hit US$5.3 billion by 2030 Saudi Arabia’s digital content market is expected to grow to between SR16 and SR20 billion (US$5.3 billion) by 2030, according to a report by the Trend Corporation in cooperation with the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and...

•	AFS partners with PaySky Solutions to launch AFS Pay Arab Financial Services (AFS) havs signed a major partnership agreement to deliver Bahrain’s first full payments acceptance solution to businesses via an app: AFS Pay, which transforms merchant smartphones into payment...

•	UAE fintech Sarwa closes US$15 million Series B financing round Sarwa aims to deliver more innovative personal finance products, such as Sarwa Trade and Sarwa Crypto through its mobile app. Sarwa Trade, which is currently in the pre-launch stage...

South Asia

•	Banglalink tops in download speed, Grameenphone in 4G coverage: report Telecom operator Banglalink is in the first place in the country in terms of download speed. With this, for the fourth time, Banglalink is at the top in download speed, according to a report...

North Africa

•	Telecom Egypt manages 5 technical schools for applied technology Telecom Egypt launched the voice call service through the fourth generation VoLTE technology in Egypt, in cooperation with Ericsson in the main network, as well as Nokia and Huawei in other networks...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Vodafone Romania expands 4G coverage during the pandemic Between March 2020 and June 2021, Vodafone Romania expanded the coverage of the mobile network with over 700 4G stations...

•	TPG Telecom to acquire additional 5G spectrum in 3.6 GHz band TPG Telecom has entered into an agreement to acquire additional 5G spectrum holdings in the 3.6 GHz band from Dense Air...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Roku to unleash 23 more Quibi shows on free streaming channel On Aug. 13, the company will premiere 23 new Roku Originals (each of them from Quibi’s library) exclusively on the Roku Channel to stream for free with ads...

•	Polsat unveils new online and multiscreen offerings in line with rebrand Polish pay TV provider Polsat Plus Group has unveiled two new online and multiscreen TV offerings including one that will replace its existing Ipla and Cyfrowy Polsat Go services...

•	Kapamilya titles now streaming on Huawei Video Huawei Video is a pre-installed app in all Huawei smartphones, tablets, PCs, and smart TVs, and features both international and local titles...

Satellite & Internet

•	UK launches trial using water pipes for broadband roll-out The fiber in water scheme is simultaneously attempting to reduce leakage from the public water supply which is about 20% of the water that enters the system...

•	China launches Zhongxing-2E communications satellite The satellite, also known as ChinaSat-2E, will provide television, radio, broadband multimedia and other transmission services...

Global Telecom Update

•	Germany and Spain to test cross-border digital identity ecosystem The two countries will create a joint working group on digital self-sovereign identity (SSI) and will carry out a cross-border pilot in the near future...

•	Globe says telco towers sale paused as tower builders yet to scale up Globe announced in February 2018 that it was looking to sell its tower assets to an independent tower company, as the government then drafted plans for common telco towers...

•	Amdocs extends agreement with Vodafone Spain to modernize its CRM platform Following the companies’ recent successful Unified Digital Engagement project, Amdocs will work hand-in-hand with Vodafone Spain in managing the modernization of its CRM system...

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