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October 10, 2021

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Omantel along with Hutchison Ports Sohar and Huawei completes the first 5G smart port PoC in Middle East

Omantel, the leading integrated telecommunications services provider in the Sultanate, has embarked upon a new package of smart ICT solutions that leverage the company’s 5G capabilities and have the ability to revolutionize operations in Oman’s oil and gas, logistics and transport sectors, which are vital for the country’s sustainable economic growth...

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stc opens the doors to its largest and most advanced branch in Kuwait

Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, opened the doors to its largest and most...

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Batelco grants university student 4-year scholarship

Batelco introduces a Higher Education Scholarship in partnership with the American University of Bahrain (AUBH), the Kingdom’s first American-style University, to sponsor a 4-year university education of one Bahraini...

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Deutsche Telekom and Eutelsat co-operate to serve remote areas in Germany with high-speed satellite broadband

Deutsche Telekom and Eutelsat Communications have signed an agreement covering the distribution by Deutsche Telekom, Europe’s largest telecommunications provider, of high-speed satellite broadband via the EUTELSAT...

Policy and Regulation

•	CITC publishes public consultation on spectrum auction of 2100 MHz for non-terrestrial networks information femorandum» The Commission intends to hold this auction by the end of year 2021, for 2100 MHz (30*2 MHz) band, as part of the implementation process for “Spectrum Outlook for Commercial and Innovative Use 2021-2023" in Saudi...

•	Gigabit speeds now available to almost 87% of all premises, Nkom reports Norway’s National Communications Authority has revealed a notable increase in the number of homes and businesses which have access to gigabit speeds...

Middle East

•	Bahrain's iGA receives Covid-19 Innovation Award Bahrain’s Information & eGovernment Authority’s (iGA) BeAware Bahrain app has won the Covid-19 Innovation Award at the Smart Cities Summit 2021...

•	Active mobile broadband subscriptions in Oman rise by 7.5% The total fixed internet subscriptions in the Sultanate reached 510,151 by the end of August 2021 while the number of fixed internet subscriptions via internet protocol increased by 4.7 percent...

•	ServeU launches mobile application and operates electric fleet for their facilities management operations at Expo 2020 Dubai The newly launched mobile app is designed with a built-in booking system that provides customers a direct access to the mobile teams stationed at the Expo 2020 sites...

South Asia

•	RINSTRA first short form Digital App launched RINSTRA, Pakistan’s first short form digital media app launched by expatriate Pakistanis under the DICE umbrella, has launched a month-long digital campaign to create awareness about breast cancer...

•	Lankan software firm expands global presence with Melbourne branch LAYOUTindex, Sri Lanka’s bespoke software solutions company, has opened its doors to the Australian market with the launch of its first branch in Melbourne...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	TiVo IPTV platform comes to TIGO in Latin America TiVo has announced plans to bring its IPTV platform to customers of Latin American fixed and mobile services provider TIGO...

•	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...

North Africa

•	Egypt inks deal with IHS Towers to build communication towers Egypt Digital Company for Investment (EDCI), the largest shareholder in Egypt Towers for Technology Services Company, has signed an agreement with IHS Towers to obtain a licence from the National Telecom Regulatory Authority...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	4G+ and FTTH coverage continues in Fiji Telecom Fiji continues to increase the coverage of its Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband and wireless 4G+ service to customers throughout Fiji...

•	5G pushes crowded Indonesian telecom field toward 3 big carriers A wave of consolidation is hitting Indonesia's crowded wireless telecom sector, a market that once featured seven operators jostling for position, as the strain of 5G investment may reduce the field to just three big...

Satellite & Internet

•	Starlink Satellite Internet to Complete Its Beta Testing by October 2021 The beta testing of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service will be completed in October 2021, although it is not yet clear how it will vary from the present offering...

•	BridgeMAXX launches high speed internet service in Baltimore City This rapid growth in BridgeMAXX's coverage of the region is a result of investments that will more than double the capacity of its core backbone and enable service offerings to include speeds up to 500 Mbps...

Global Telecom Update

•	Globe to allow number porting services by Oct. 12 Globe Telecom said its GOMO brand subscribers will be allowed to switch to other networks, as required by the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) Act, by Oct. 12 this year...

•	Hiber abandons plans for IoT satellite constellation Dutch company Hiber is dropping plans to deploy an internet-of-things smallsat constellation, electing instead to provide similar services through a third-party system...

•	Orange tops VSG's Global SD-WAN Leaderboard Overall, the global SD-WAN market grew 39% in H1 2021, compared to the first half of 2020 according to a recent Dell'Oro Group report...

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