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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
September 14, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Etisalat Group CEO highlights UAE’s push for innovation making it a destination for everything digital at GSMA Mobile 360 Eurasia conference
 
 
The mobile industry is becoming a great enabler across economies, by continuing to build partnerships across industries to enable meaningful economic growth, expand employment opportunities, and empowering societies at large, emphasised Hatem Dowidar, CEO, Etisalat Group, at his opening keynote on the first day of the GSMA Mobile 360–Eurasia in Moscow...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Batelco Solar Park to produce clean energy on target for October launch
Member Logo Senior management from Batelco’s Network and Corporate Communications Divisions made a site visit to view the progress of Batelco’s Solar Park, which is currently being built in Ras Abu Jarjoor next to...
 
•  New FirstNet cell site launches near Baudette to support first responders in Northern Minnesota
Member Logo Northern Minnesota’s first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications thanks to the FirstNet® network expansion currently underway by AT&T...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Win free fiber for life with stc Bahrain starting at BD 5 per month
 
•  Huawei AR-HUD debuts at IAA MOBILITY 2021, delivering a new driving experience
 
•  stc greets returning passengers with a special welcome back gift
 
•  Oxford Report: 120% growth in the female workforce over 3 years
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Goverment announces proposal for partial privatization of Ethio-Telecom
The Government of Ethiopia has released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Partial Privatization of Ethio-Telecom to invite proposals from interested parties who can add value to the Company by bringing in best practices...
 
IT Ministry to launch 5G technology in Pakistan next year
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said that the Ministry of Information Technology would launch 5G technology in the country next year...
 
South Asia
 
NDPC launches digital payment app
Nepal Digital Payments Company Limited (NDPC) has launched a beta version of the digital payment app ‘Namaste Pay’ on September 14....
 
Huawei launches Seeds for the Future 2021 Bangladesh
Huawei Technologies Bangladesh Limited has launched the seventh Seeds for the Future 2021 Bangladesh to inspire ICT talents through a virtual inauguration event...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
SeaChange powers new Popcornflix app
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment’s Crackle Plus-owned OTT offering Popcornflix is now available in a new app powered by technology outfit SeaChange’s StreamVid streaming platform...
 
Fuse+ lit on multicultural streaming
Latin entertainment company Fuse Media has launched Fuse+, a new streaming platform dedicated to empowering and inspiring a multicultural, millennial audience...
 
Sport1 launches streaming platform Sport1 Extra
German broadcaster Sport1 has launched a subscription streaming platform for sports fans in Germany, Austria and Switzerland...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Vodafone presses UK to incentivise 5G, IoT development
Vodafone UK urged the government to prioritise a speedy adoption of digital technology, with a specific focus on 5G and IoT to meet an ambitious target of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050...
 
Telefonica taps NEC for open RAN push
Telefonica struck a deal with NEC to conduct open RAN trials in the operator’s four core global markets, a step towards achieving a goal for half of its 5G deployments to use the approach by 2025...
 
Australia's Vocus adopts tollring's new SaaS-based scam protect solution
Tollring’s Scam Protect automatically monitors millions of daily calls across a telco’s network and presents analytics on alerts and type of potential scam calls that come into the network...
 
 
Middle East
 
Salesforce solutions digitally transform AlMalki Group’s luxury retail experiences
Salesforce’s customer relationship management solutions are empowering AlMalki Group, a Saudi-based family-owned business, which specializes in the luxury retail and distribution market, to digitally transform the...
 
Expo 2020 Dubai: UAE mobile networks change names
As part of the world fair, Dubai is set to welcome 190 participating countries with an estimated 25 million visitors from across the globe...
 
Services by Kuwait customs go digital
The General Administration of Customs has announced the launch of the first phase of the tracking service for express mail consignments, part of its efforts toward digital transformation...
 
North Africa
 
Africa Data Centres says it will roll out the largest ever data centre expansion plan continent-wide
Africa’s carrier-neutral co-location data centre provider, Africa Data Centres, plans to build large hyperscale data centres throughout Africa, including the North African countries of Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
China has built more than 1 million 5G base stations
China had built more than 1 million 5G base stations by the end of August, as the nation steps up efforts to build a sound telecom infrastructure for widening the use of 5G in more sectors...
 
NetOne to deploy 260 new base stations
NetOne had already upgraded 75 base stations from 2G to 3G and a further 60 to 4G and the operator is expecting to install the country’s first 5G equipment as part of its network expansion...
 
SoftBank's 5G Network to cover 80 percent of Japan population
SoftBank Corp. said that it expects the coverage of its 5G large-capacity ultrafast mobile network to reach 80 pct of Japan's population by the end of October...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
TDC TV and internet extend reach on Norlys fiber network
Customers of Danish energy and telecom service provider Norlys can now sign up for internet and TV services from TDC Erhverv and YouSee on the company’s fibre network in southern Denmark and northern Jutland...
 
Arianespace Soyuz rocket launches 34 more OneWeb internet satellites to orbi
Nearly three dozen OneWeb internet satellites took flight, continuing to build out the company's broadband constellation...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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