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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
September 4, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Etisalat named Best Regional SMS Service Provider at CC Global Awards 2021
 
 
Etisalat announced that it has been awarded the Best Regional SMS Service Provider at the fifth annual Carrier Community (CC) Global Awards ceremony on 2nd September in Berlin. The CC Global Awards, which are independently judged by a panel of telecom analysts and experts, recognise innovations and achievements among telecom wholesale operators and ecosystem partners around the world...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  FirstNet and 5G unlock new tools for public safety
Member Logo As 5G networks become more ubiquitous, the speedy, secure and low-latency technology is poised to unlock a wide array of new tools for public safety teams centered around the instant transmission of video, data and voice...
 
•  ON2.0 enables all-optical target network and new business
Member Logo At the 2021 Asia-Pacific Target Network Conference today, Victor Zhou, President of the Optical Transmission Network Domain of Huawei, gave a keynote speech titled “ON2.0 Enables All-Optical Target Network and New...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
8.5 million people used the UAE’s national portal in the first half of 2021
The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) has announced that the number of the UAE’s national portal users reached 8.5 million during the first half of 2021...
 
NTA and 257 local levels sign MoU for internet service
Nepal Telecom Authority and 257 local levels have signed a memorandum of understanding with the objective of providing free internet service in the earthquake-affected eight districts for two years...
 
Middle East
 
Globitel, Comtech deploy projects for telcos in Saudi
Globitel, a telecom solutions provider, in cooperation with Comtech Telecommunications Corp.'s Location Technologies group, has implemented location-based services for two mobile operators in Saudi Arabia and the Middle...
 
Dubai FDI supports expansion by Amazon Web Services in the UAE
The Dubai Investment Development Agency (Dubai FDI), the investment promotion agency of Dubai Economy, has welcomed the announcement by Amazon Web Services (AWS) of its plans to open data centres in the UAE in the first half...
 
Zain Bahrain is committed to creating a sustainable and greener telecom network in the Kingdom
Energy-efficient technologies are part of Zain Bahrain's sustainability goals to optimize energy usage, reduce its carbon footprint and positively impact the lives of Bahrain's citizens...
 
North Africa
 
Amazon relaunches Souq.com in Egypt to Amazon.eg
Amazon announced that it is re-launching Souq.com as Amazon.eg, a dedicated online store for customers in Egypt...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
NENT Group, Play ink Viaplay distribution partnership for Poland
Nordic Entertainment Group has agreed on a multi-year distribution deal with Poland's leading mobile operator Play to make its flagship Viaplay streaming service broadly available to the telco’s millions of...
 
SPI’s FilmBox launches on Dutch cable
SPI International’s FilmBox is now available to Caiway and Delta subscribers in the Netherlands, as of September 1, 2021...
 
 
South Asia
 
Banglalink revenues up 6.9% in April-June 2021
Banglalink, the third largest mobile operator of Bangladesh, recorded around 7% year-on-year growth in revenue in the second quarter, thanks to greater use of digital channels by customers during the government's...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Croydon signs open access deal for 4G connectivity
Croydon Council has signed an open access agreement with network service provider Freshwave for the company to install small cells onto council assets in a move to improve 4G connectivity in the London borough...
 
Ericsson and Vodafone 5G trial cuts network energy consumption in half
The carrier first deployed commercial 5G services in 2019 with the help of Ericsson, and this past June, deployed 5G standalone (SA) trials in London, Manchester and Cardiff...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Intelsat partnering with coreNOC to provide internet connectivity to the Dominican Republic
Intelsat, operator of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network, has entered into a synergistic partnership with coreNOC, Audio Union International, KM Systems and an undisclosed capital fund...
 
FTTH drives Portuguese fixed broadband market
Portugal had 4.2 million fixed broadband accesses at the end of H1, or 4.3% (173,000) more than in the same period last year...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Sparkle launches first green data centre in Greece
Sparkle’s data centers are designed to provide customers with sustainable, secure and best-in-breed infrastructures for their mission-critical IT systems while providing fast and reliable connectivity to the world...
 
Vodafone Portugal deploys VIAVI's app-aware intelligence platform
Viavi Solutions announced that Vodafone Portugal has deployed NITRO GEO, a subscriber-centric, app-aware intelligence platform that delivers powerful insights into the customer experience while enabling Vodafone to handle...
 
Verizon and Microsoft roll out private edge solution for enterprise
Extended through its relationship with Microsoft, Verizon 5G Edge with Microsoft Azure Stack Edge is a cloud computing platform that brings compute and storage services to the edge of the network at the customer premises...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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