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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
September 28, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Etisalat to captivate visitors at Expo 2020 Dubai with the future of connectivity
 
 
Etisalat is ready to enthrall visitors to Expo 2020 Dubai with state-of-the-art digital experience making it one of the smartest, fastest and most connected site on earth. Expo 2020 Dubai is Etisalat’s first commercial 5G enterprise customer in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region to access 5G services...
 
121% mobile penetration in Bahrain
The mobile phone penetration rate in Bahrain has raised to 121 percent, with 98% users describing call quality as excellent...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc launches “Weyak” initiative
Member Logo Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced the launch of its new initiative...
 
•  Huawei's UBBF to Showcase Innovations and Address Challenges in Fiber Deployment and IPv6 & IPv6+ Transitions
Member Logo Huawei in collaboration with renowned industry bodies and partners, will be holding its 7th Ultra Broadband Forum (UBBF) in Dubai, starting October 19, 2021. A highest-level summit in the fixed-network domain, UBBF serves as...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  SAMENA ACCELERATOR Policy Roundtable during Huawei UBBF 2021 in Dubai to Address Rural Fiber Broadband Development & IPv6/IPv6+ Transition Issues
 
•  Etisalat senior executives share insights on the importance of inclusion & diversity to build an innovative workforce at ‘The Board Summit’
 
•  Huawei releases the Intelligent World 2030 Report to explore trends in the next decade
 
•  UN Broadband Commission Released Key 21st Century Recommendations to Finance Sustainable Broadband Development and Closure of the Digital Divide in the 21stCentury
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Comptroller greenlights 5G spectrum awards
Chilean telecoms watchdog has announced that the licences it awarded in February this year for 5G spectrum in the 700MHz, 1700MHz and 3.5GHz ranges have now been approved by the Comptroller General of the Republic...
 
ITIDA, Plug and Play sign agreement to boost Egyptian tech ecosystem
Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency and US-based venture capital (VC) Plug and Play have entered into a partnership agreement allowing for the launch of an innovation platform for startups...
 
North Africa
 
Morocco transport and logistics startup Cloud Fret raises US$390K
The Moroccan transport and logistics startup is working towards full digitization of the process to optimize transportation costs and reduce the environmental impact of cargo trucks through ethical and sustainable working...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Totum claims first indoor, direct-to-satellite IoT connection
Totum reports it has demonstrated a bidirectional communication between a fully integrated system-on-a-chip and a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite...
 
2Africa passes the 45,000-kilometre mark
2Africa can now officially boast that it is the longest subsea cable system in the world after the announcement that it has been extended to the Arabian Gulf, Pakistan and India...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
NEC and Xilinx working to create faster 5G radio units for O-RAN builders
Adaptive computing vendor Xilinx and NEC Corporation are collaborating on NEC's latest 5G radio units (RUs) and the resulting fast, versatile and instalment friendly model of RU should appear in early 2022...
 
SenseOn raises US$20 million for AI cyber platform
SenseOn combines broad detection and response capabilities across traditionally siloed security domains with AI-based automation and an open security data cloud...
 
Telefónica, Alias Robotic launch cyber security for robots lab in Munich
Telefónica Tech and Alias Robotics have inaugurated the world's first laboratory dedicated exclusively to innovation in cyber security for robots, at the Wayra Innovation Hub in Munich...
 
 
Middle East
 
Moro Hub deploys Nozomi Networks OT/IoT solutions in ME
Moro Hub, a subsidiary of UAE-based Digital DEWA, has signed a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) agreement with Nozomi Networks, provider of Operational Technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) security...
 
Orange Jordan offers sign language in all its shops
Orange Jordan announced that it now offers sign language in all its shops across the Kingdom to enable persons with hearing impairments to communicate in real-time and expand the beneficiaries of the SignBook application for...
 
Digital infrastructure enabled Saudi Arabia to confront pandemic
Guided by the national transformation program, the Kingdom’s technological progress has contributed to raising the level of transparency and digital efficiency...
 
121% mobile penetration in Bahrain
The mobile phone penetration rate in Bahrain has raised to 121 percent, with 98% users describing call quality as excellent...
 
South Asia
 
Bangladesh: Third submarine cable to be launched in 2024
The formal launch of Bangladesh’s accession to the third submarine cable began with the signing of a construction and maintenance agreement with the S-M-W6 consortium...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Première and Videofutur launch new French VOD platform
Premiere Max by Videofutur will be accessible on PCs, smartphones and tablets and without the need for an operator’s TV box...
 
A1 Makedonija launches A1 Xplore TV from Zappware
A1 Telekom Austria-owned North Madeconian fixed and mobile service provider A1 Makedonija has launched its version of A1 Xplore TV, the group’s advanced TV platform with technology from Zappware...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Fujitsu and KDDI enter into partnership to leverage 5G technologies
Fujitsu and KDDI have announced the signing of an agreement to collaborate on creating new services that ‘enrich the customer experience and contribute to the resolution of social issues’ by utilising...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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