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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
August 22, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
AT&T and GM redefine automotive connectivity with 5G
 
 
General Motors and AT&T will bring 5G cellular connectivity to millions of GM vehicles coming off the assembly line over the next decade in the United States. GM and AT&T are working together to set the benchmark for automotive connectivity with a fifth-generation cellular network architecture to meet the needs of an all-electric and autonomous future...
 
5G business development was a major contributor to Kuwait carriers’ positive H1 2021 financial results
Gulf states such as Kuwait, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia have become 5G leaders, and are all in the top 10 in terms of 5G coverage and speed. Among these countries, Kuwait was one of the first countries to deploy 5G on a large scale. Since June 2019, three leading operators in Kuwait have started to deploy 5G on a nationwide scale. Recent reports in H1 2021 show that 5G development of these operators has entered a new growth track...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Batelco signs MoU with the American University of Bahrain
Member Logo Batelco signed an MoU with the American University of Bahrain (AUBH), the Kingdom’s first American-style University, to jointly launch academic and extracurricular initiatives, which aim at enriching the students...
 
•  Cisco reports fourth quarter and fiscal year 2021 earnings
Member Logo Cisco ended fiscal 2021 strong with Q4 performance of US$13.1 billion in revenue (up 8% year over year) and fiscal year revenue of US$49.8 billion...
 
•  International Group of Artificial Intelligence (IGAI) recognizes Huawei Bahrain’s ‘Seeds for the Future’ program
Member Logo Huawei’s flagship CSR program ‘Seeds for the Future’ has been recognized in Bahrain by the International Group of Artificial Intelligence, one of the world's fastest-growing AI communities...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  solutions by stc hosts virtual event on Cisco technology
 
•  The global cybersecurity market will grow to US$281 billion in 2027
 
•  Omantel’s ICT offerings fuel digital economy
 
•  Jawwal, the first mobile operator in Palestine, to launch its digital product “PLUS”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Egypt’s Telecom Regulator adopts a framework for establishing data centers
The National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has adopted the regulatory framework for establishing data centres and providing cloud computing services....
 
Saudi's MoJ launches artificial intelligence unit
The ministry said that the AI unit aims to take advantage of global and local expertise in this area to support and upgrade the efficiency of working groups...
 
South Asia
 
Dialog Enterprise partners MiHCM to launch MiHCM Lite for small & medium businesses
MiHCM which can be accessed through its mobile application or on the web, has been reimagined as a fully-fledged enterprise class cloud HR platform...
 
City Group to build hi-tech park in Bangladesh
City Group is to going to build a hi-tech park in Bangladesh to manufacture technology products such as microprocessors, chips, circuits, mobile phones and laptops...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Finland’s DNA adds Amazon Prime Video to TV Hubi service
Finnish cable and telecom service provider DNA has added Amazon Prime Video to its Android TV-based DNA TV Hubi offering...
 
Comcast and ViacomCBS to launch SkyShowtime
Comcast Corporation and ViacomCBS are to launch a new subscription video-on-demand service to 20 European territories...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Teraco competes JB3 data centre facility in South Africa
Teraco has over 600 clients, including key networks, cloud providers, global content, and managed IT service providers...
 
Discover Global Network and Flutterwave extend e-payment for African businesses
Discover Global Network and Flutterwave have signed an agreement that will help increase acceptance for both local and international e-commerce merchants...
 
Mobile carriers attempt to expand further beyond telecom business
KT is focused on gaining a foothold in the subscription business for its internet data centers and cloud service, while trying to kick-start new business items in the artificial intelligence, robots and digital biotechnology...
 
 
Middle East
 
Oman-made smartphone to be launched this year
The phone has been developed to work through the fourth-generation cellular networks, and work is currently underway to assemble a phone to suit the fifth-generation networks to deal quickly with data...
 
Tpay Mobile collaborates with Huawei to unlock in-app purchases
The collaboration is live across 12 mobile operators in seven MEA countries, enabling over 60m subscribers to purchase from Huawei AppGallery using direct carrier billing...
 
Ookla ranks Asiacell as best mobile operator in Iraq for network coverage in Q1-Q2
Ookla has ranked Asiacell as the best operator in Iraq for mobile network coverage in Q1-Q2...
 
5G business development was a major contributor to Kuwait carriers’ positive H1 2021 financial results
Gulf states such as Kuwait, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia have become 5G leaders, and are all in the top 10 in terms of 5G coverage and speed. Among these countries, Kuwait was one of the first countries to deploy 5G on a large...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt’s digital transformation tops H2 2021 technology trends
Egypt’s digital transformation ranks as the top technology trend of the second half of 2021, supporting business and innovation taking citizen services to a new level, according to SAP...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Digicel Fiji upgrades LTE network
Additional demand for data during the COVID-19 lockdown has prompted Digicel Fiji to upgrade its LTE network...
 
NEC, Fujitsu kick off 5G Open RAN interoperability tests
Japanese gear makers NEC and Fujitsu have reportedly teamed up to speed up the deployment of Open RAN base station equipment with the aim of driving growth in the 5G market...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
ESnet and GÉANT upgrade loop to 200Gbps
ESnet and GÉANT have boosted the capacity of ESnet’s network loop in Western Europe to 200 Gbps...
 
Starlink satellite internet to launch in the Czech Republic
The satellite internet project, which will cover the entire globe, intends to offer coverage to remote areas...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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