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SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
August 16, 2021 |
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| Member News |
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Expansion of 2Africa subsea cable system to The Gulf, Pakistan and India
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The 2Africa consortium, comprised of China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC, announced today the addition of a new branch to the 2Africa cable... |
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Etisalat announces the availability of next-generation Samsung Galaxy Z Series for pre-order across UAE
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Etisalat announced that the latest Samsung Galaxy Z Series is now available for pre-order across the UAE. Comprising the Galaxy Z Fold3 5G and Galaxy Z Flip3 5G, the brand’s next-generation flagships fuse world-class... |
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| Recent Developments |
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18 billion spending on local content and 40% drop in water consumption |
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Saudi Arabia customers benefit from 5G investment with 50% increase in speed |
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AT&T helps nation’s largest rehabilitation solutions provider accelerate patient outcomes with development of first-of-its-kind app and interconnected cloud platform |
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Omantel partners with Elevatus to assess Generation Z talent |
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| Policy and Regulation |
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Ministry of Digital Economy launches e-participation policy
The Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship has prepared an e-participation policy defining the roles and responsibilities of government agencies in enabling e-participation, on aspects related to information,...
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Croatia awards 5G licences
The Croatian regulator HAKOM) has allocated radio frequency spectrum in the 700 MHz, 3600 MHz (and 26 GHz frequency bands for 5G mobile communications networks...
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| Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV |
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ICARO and TV Azteca announce AZTECA NOW
The new AZTECA NOW app will provide LATAM audiences with mobile access on both Android and iOS devices to TV Azteca’s premium multi-vertical original content including its award-winning telenovelas...
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Digi grows in Romania
Digi Communications saw its Romanian pay-TV subscriber total grow by 15.3% in the year to June 30, as it ended s the end of H1 the company had 4,960,000 RGUs...
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| 3G, 4G and 5G Networks |
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A1 launches Croatia’s second 5G network
The operator will deliver services using 700MHz and 3.5GHz spectrum, and noted that the low-latency network would be capable of delivering gigabit download speeds...
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Equitel rolls out 4G services
The new 4G high-speed broadband network offers faster speeds to browse, stream, download and upload for customers in line with current market demands...
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