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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 11, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
SAMENA Council Invites Industry Stakeholders’ Participation in Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF) in Dubai
 
 
SAMENA Council is supporting the 12th Global Mobile Broadband Forum hosted by Huawei, which will be held on October 13 and 14, 2021 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The MBBF 2021 offers an opportunity for the mobile and adjacent vertical ecosystems to reconnect, rebuild, and reimagine a fully connected, intelligent world...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Batelco brings Apple Pay to customers
Member Logo Batelco brings its customers Apple Pay, a safer, more secure and private way to pay that helps customers avoid handing their payment card to someone else, touching physical buttons or exchanging cash — and uses the...
 
•  AT&T ranked #1 in latest J.D. Power study
Member Logo AT&T has been ranked #1 in customer satisfaction with large enterprise and medium business wireless service in the latest J.D. Power study...
 
•  Cisco to unveil new innovations to accelerate digital transformation at GITEX 2021
Member Logo At GITEX Technology Week, Cisco will showcase its latest suite of technologies designed to advance public and private customers’ digital transformation agendas and take customer experience to the next level...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Omantel along with Hutchison Ports Sohar and Huawei completes the first 5G smart port PoC in Middle East
 
•  Etisalat Group announces the appointment of its new Group Chief Operations Officer
 
•  Cisco shares vision for a digital and sustainable future at Expo 2020 Dubai
 
•  solutions by stc and Datumcon join forces to bring the ‘internet of eyes’ to Kuwait
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Egypt’s telecom regulator to increase cell phone service on highways
The National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has started implementing an urgent plan to expand cell phone coverage on five main roads...
 
Brazilian regulator ANATEL approves use of TVWS
Brazil's national telecommunications agency ANATEL has approved the framework authorizing using a TV White Area (TVWS)...
 
Middle East
 
Dubai's DSO partners with Moro Hub to accelerate digital transformation in high-tech park
The partnership will foster business advancement for both parties and enable them to emerge as leaders in innovative technology and its implementation in line with the Dubai 10X initiative that envisions Dubai to be ahead of...
 
Bupa Arabia to invest in Healthtech and Insurtech startups
The company said it aims to benefit from the digital transformation supported by Vision2030 and the Saudi Financial Sector Development Program...
 
Alba highlights IR4.0 role in boosting digitalisation in Middle East
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) said its high-level delegation was recently in Berlin to take part in the 24th Arab-German Business Forum 2021 where they held discussions on several key industrial issues...
 
North Africa
 
Maroc Telecom, 1st in Morocco, 13th in Africa
Maroc Telecom was ranked first Moroccan company in the ranking established by Brand Finance, occupying the 13th rank in Africa with a brand value of US$761 million (nearly 7 billion MAD) and climbing 5 ranks from its 18th...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Vodafone launches Insight TV in Czech Republic
Insight TV’s millennial focused linear UHD channel has made its debut on Vodafone TV in the Czech Republic...
 
Red Bull TV launches on Vestel
The app will be available on more than 20 TV brands across Europe, and offers access to live and on demand streams across genres such as adventure, culture, music, biking and water sports...
 
 
South Asia
 
DBN launches Home Broadband packages for Sri Lanka government employees
Dialog Broadband Networks (DBN), a subsidiary of Sri Lankan operator Dialog Axiata, has introduced Home Broadband Postpaid Data packages for government sector employees...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
4G internet boon to Somalia’s growing e-commerce and online businesses
E-commerce and online shopping have experienced significant expansion in Somalia, particularly the capital Mogadishu, resulting in the creation of dozens of online stores that conduct most of their businesses on the...
 
eir's 5G network now available in 20 locations in Co, Meath
eir announced that its 5G network is now available in 20 locations across Co. Meath, with national coverage of the network now reaching more than 70% of the population of Ireland...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
TIM launches satellite service for the underserved
Telecom Italia (TIM) has gone live with a new satellite-based offering that is set to bring high-speed broadband services to the most difficult to reach areas of Italy...
 
Upp partnering with Light Source on FTTH rollout
UK-based infrastructure vendor Light Source is working with domestic broadband provider Upp to help deliver the latter’s ongoing fiber-to-the-home network rollout...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Orange Business Services and Singtel announce major gains in industrial IoT over LTE and 5G
Mobile operators Orange and Singtel have demonstrated their plans to create and run automated services for industry over 5G...
 
VodafoneZiggo selects Red Hat to provide hybrid cloud platform
VodafoneZiggo has selected Red Hat to provide a hybrid cloud platform based on Red Hat OpenShift, the enterprise Kubernetes platform...
 
The global satellite IoT subscriber base to reach 15.7 million by 2025
According to a new research report from IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the global satellite IoT communications market is growing at a good steady pace...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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