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October 9, 2021

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Etisalat Group announces the appointment of its new Group Chief Operations Officer

Etisalat Group has announced the appointment of its new Group Chief Operations Officer (GCOO) as part of its significant transformation and planning for the next phase of growth and expansion of the company...

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stc sponsors the national campaign "Safe Education" to provide a healthy learning environment

Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced its sponsorship of the national...

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Etisalat rolls out special offers for Expo 2020 Dubai visitors

Etisalat announced the launch of a wide range of special Expo 2020 Dubai offers and benefits, enabling visitors and residents to stay connected on the world's fastest mobile network as well as experience the best of TV...

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Industry first commercial long-reach E-band verified by China Mobile Inner Mongolia and Huawei

E-band works at 80 GHz, and is perfect for backhaul given its ability to deliver a high bandwidth of up to 20 Gb/s and low delay. Given the high working frequencies, E-band supports only a limited transmission distance...

Policy and Regulation

•	Mexican 4G spectrum auction attracts two bidders The auction generated a total of MXN1.35 billion (about US$65.6 million), with AT&T Mexico and Telcel the sole winners of selected spectrum blocks...

•	NTA preparing roster of cyber security auditing firms Only the firms on the list will be able to secure cyber security projects with telecom operators and ISPs in the country...

Middle East

•	Mastercard brings Apple Pay to consumers in Qatar This further supports the efforts to develop digitization initiatives, enable merchant success, and accelerate the adoption of high-security digital payments, and aligned with the country’s national vision 2030 and...

•	UAE-based Yalla Esports announces new strategic partnerships The Middle East-based esports team and full-service gaming agency will develop an opportunity for gamers in the region with its partners, including Logitech and Western Digital...

•	Saudi's Al Moammar Information Systems to launch buy-now-pay-later app Saudi-based Al Moammar Information Systems Co (MIS) will launch a buy-now-pay-later app and an e-marketplace as part of a fully owned subsidiary, after approval from its board of directors...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Russian 3G networks to shut ‘by 2025’ A report quoting industry experts, says that large-scale disconnection of 3G networks will begin in 2023, and 3G networks will cease operating in most regions by 2025, by which year some 3G sections may remain in localised...

•	Verizon expands 5G service with home and business mobile internet in new cities According to an announcement by Verizon, 5G Home’s download speeds have increased to up to 1Gbps with typical download speeds of 300Mbps...

Satellite & Internet

•	SpaceX to start satellite internet service in Lithuania next year Lithuania aims to provide an internet speed of at least 100 Mbps to all its residents by 2025 and Starlink's technology would allow achieving this goal much faster...

•	Zzoomm goes live in Hereford following completion of latest financing round UK-based full fiber provider Zzoom has announced that its fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network – which offers residential users symmetrical speeds of up to 2Gbps – is now live in the city of Hereford...

South Asia

•	GrameenPhone selects NEC to modernise network Bangladeshi operator GrameenPhone has awarded a new radio equipment supply contract to NEC Corporation to expand and modernise GrameenPhone’s existing network...

•	Huawei launches Seeds for the Future in Nepal Commencing its arrival in Nepal at a press meet held at Patan Dhoka, the company officially inaugurated the Seeds for the Future program in Nepal...

•	iOM partners with Darktrace for leading AI cyber security The technology can protect cloud and SaaS, email, IoT, traditional networks, endpoints, and industrial systems...

North Africa

•	B2B eCommerce and Fintech Chari valued at US$70 million in Morocco most significant seed round Chari partners with FMCG Multinationals and local manufacturers to distribute their goods to local mom and pop shops in less than 24 hours...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Yahoo and Tubi extend SSP partnership The extended partnership will build on Yahoo and Tubi’s supply-side (SSP) relationship, and offer Yahoo demand-side platform (DSP) advertisers direct access to Tubi’s AVOD content library...

•	UK launch for Danish long-form video platform A Copenhagen-based start-up is launching in the UK following a seed funding round from the operator-led fund FirstPartyCapital...

Global Telecom Update

•	Ori integrates its edge solution on VMware telco cloud platform London based edge computing pioneer Ori Industries is partnering with VMware to facilitate enterprise implementation of edge computing across hybrid, telco and multi-cloud deployments...

•	Czechia's CRA, Vantage Towers sign IoT strategic partnership The five-year framework agreement for the LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide Area Network) network of CRA is for 500 Vantage Towers locations...

•	VMWare Edge helps businesses manage near and far edge apps VMware has announced its new Edge portfolio, which it says will help businesses run, manage and better secure apps in near and far edge locations and multi-cloud environments...

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