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September 6, 2021

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China Mobile, Huawei, and other partners set up a 5G VoNR+ (New Calling) working group

VoNR+ new calling will bring new communication experience to users and showcase the unique value of 5G. A typical application of VoNR+ new calling is remote collaboration. Remote collaboration allows guidance to be remotely provided through videos in real time...

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Etisalat mobile subscribers to enjoy free Alhosn app access

Etisalat announced that all its postpaid and prepaid customers would be able to access their Alhosn app in public places without activating or purchasing a data plan...

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Cisco to enhance digital skills in Saudi Arabia

Cisco has announced a strategic partnership with the Saudi Federation For Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones (SAFCSP) to develop the skills of 8,000 trainers working in the field of cybersecurity and programming, through...

Recent Developments

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Omantel’s ICT offerings fuel the digital economy

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Etisalat named Best Regional SMS Service Provider at CC Global Awards 2021

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Eutelsat’s EUTELSAT 172B selected by Lintasarta to support rural connectivity services in Indonesia

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Million interactions carried out annually by ccc

Policy and Regulation

•	UAE’s TDRA in move to develop ICT for smart transport The purpose of the measurements, the first of their kind in the Middle East, is to guarantee good quality of telecommunication services provided to individuals travelling by trains and that railway services are affected...

•	SIM registration programme to begin in October Ghana’s Minister of Communications and Digitalisation has announced that the delayed national SIM card re-registration exercise will begin on 1 October and run until 31 March 2022...

South Asia

•	Zong joins forces with tele-medicine firm Sehat Kahani Pakistan mobile operator Zong has joined forces with telemedicine enterprise Sehat Kahani to offer thousands of free remote and online consultations...

•	Bangladesh blockchain project shows promise A project to implement a blockchain traceability system for a new fast-growing variety of carp farmed in Bangladesh has been declared a success...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	T-Mobile CR deploys 270 new 5G sites As a result of its network expansion, the company says that the 5G network is now available to 10.4% of the Czech population...

•	Vodacom switches on 5G network in Northern Cape Vodacom Central Region has become the first network provider to switch on the first live 5G mobile network in Kimberley, in the Northern Cape...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Latin America to reach 131 million SVOD subs Latin America will have 131 million SVOD subscriptions by 2026, up from 76 million at the end of this year...

•	Ultimate Pool launches streaming service Ultimate Pool Group, the organiser of Professional English Eightball Pool events, has launched a video streaming platform...

Middle East

•	Deloitte launches Technology Fast 50 Program Professional services firm Deloitte has launched its Technology Fast 50 Program, a competition for fast-growing technology companies in both established and emerging technologies, in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and...

•	Kuwait’s KNPC partners with VMware for digital transformation Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) has taken its digital transformation to the next level with VMware...

North Africa

•	Morocco to host hyperscale data center in pan-African initiative The Data Centers will be interconnected via cloud software and aim to revolutionize the tech industry in Africa...

Satellite & Internet

•	Full Fibre Limited announce next series of ‘forgotten towns’ to benefit from its fibre-optic broadband infrastructure Full Fibre, the leading national wholesale telecoms network provider has announced the next 119,000 UK homes and businesses to receive fiber broadband...

•	New internet satellite for Vunamoli village Vunamoli village in Ba recently had an internet satellite installed with assistance from Fiji Pine Limited...

Global Telecom Update

•	uCloudlink looks to improve data connectivity with new industry partnerships in Malaysia Powered by uCloudlink's CloudSIM technology and its PaaS and SaaS platform, uCloudlink allows users to extensive access to global and local resources from mobile and fixed broadband network operators...

•	iD Mobile signs new, direct contract for MDS Global to deliver industry leading BSS MDS Global has announced that iD Mobile, has signed a new, direct contract with the company to enable it to continue to leverage its flexible, real-time BSS...

•	Africa Data Centres announces massive expansion plan Carrier-neutral co-location data centre provide Africa Data Centres has unveiled what it call the continent’s largest-ever data centre expansion plan...

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