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October 12, 2021

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Zain holds Ordinary General Assembly; agrees to distribute a semi-annual cash dividend of 10 fils, totaling US$150 million

Zain Group, a leading mobile telecom operator in seven markets across Middle East and Africa announces the company’s Ordinary General Assembly met today in Kuwait and approved the recommendation of the Board of Directors to distribute semi-annual cash dividends of 10 fils per share, for the first half of the current fiscal year...

Member News

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Cisco establishes industry trust benchmark for digital transformation

Cisco's New Trust Standard offers an industry benchmark for businesses to grow confidence and develop trusted digital relationships with their customers...

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Huawei announces new President at HUAWEI CLOUD Middle East

Huawei, a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, has announced the appointment of Frank Dai as the new President of HUAWEI CLOUD Middle East. In his new...

Recent Developments

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Batelco brings Apple Pay to customers

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

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

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Cisco shares vision for a digital and sustainable future at Expo 2020 Dubai

Policy and Regulation

•	Saudi Arabia's CITC launches the third phase of roaming service Saudi Arabia’s Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) has launched the third phase of the free local roaming service and expanded the service to 691 more villages in the Eastern Province, Northern...

•	TDRA: 1.7 million mobile numbers ported between service providers The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) announced that more than 1.7 million mobile phone numbers have been transferred between licensees since the launch of the service back in 2013...

South Asia

•	REDtone's RedRetail to launch mobile top-up service at retail stores with Telenor Pakistan RedRetail (a venture of REDtone Group) has signed an agreement to enable mobile payment services at retail stores across Pakistan in partnership with Telenor Pakistan...

•	SLT-Mobitel joins hands with CSSL to accelerate technology diffusion The SLT-Mobitel platinum partnership is supporting the efforts of CSSL which is advocating acceleration of digital transformation of the country to leverage Industry 4.0 opportunities for Sri Lanka to become a wealthy...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Vialis launches hybrid DTT/OTT service with Viaccess-Orca French energy company and operator Vialis has launched a new DTT and OTT service in the East of the country...

•	Flix Snip launches dedicated short-form kids streamer Flix Snip Kids will showcase a curated selection of age-appropriate mini-movies and series from around the world...

Global Telecom Update

•	MTN plans to invest US$120 million in South Sudan MTN Group has announced plans to invest over US$120 million in its South Sudanese operations over the next three years...

•	Oracle’s planned cloud region expansion will include Africa Multinational computer technology corporation Oracle has confirmed a massive cloud region expansion that will, for the first time, include Africa...

•	Tesco and BT join asset managers calling for net-zero reporting Tesco PLC and BT Group PLC are among a long list of companies which have asked the UK government to force them and other businesses to become more transparent about their climate ambitions...

Middle East

•	Abu Dhabi Investment Office, AWS launch cloud training programme The training programme builds on the existing relationship between ADIO and AWS, focused on boosting the digital economy in Abu Dhabi...

•	Oman Data Park offers Nebula AI by joining Nvidia Partners Network The launch is in line with Oman's vision for 2040 and the Sultanate's efforts to keep pace with new developments in the field of computing and the fourth industrial revolution...

•	Ransomware attacks acute in Saudi Arabia: KPMG The frequency of cyberattacks on industrial operations has increased in recent years, with ransomware attacks particularly acute in Saudi Arabia, according to KPMG's latest publication on Industrial cyber defense...

•	Mint Middle East announces partnership with Payolog Mint Middle East, one of the region's fintech payments behemoths, has forged a partnership with Texas-based global payments solutions leader Payolog, which is set to capture the next wave of the digital payments...

North Africa

•	Orange Money Maroc: Prosper money transfer offer Orange Money Morocco customers can now easily and securely receive money from their relatives abroad directly into their Orange Money accounts...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	beCloud upgrades LTE network with MIMO 4T4R technology Belarusian Cloud Technologies (beCloud), the country’s common infrastructure provider, has announced the latest expansion and modernisation to its LTE networks across major parts of the country...

•	Claro, Altice spend US$73mn to use 5G spectrum in Dominican Republic Operators Claro and Altice were the winners of the radio spectrum tender held in the Dominican Republic that will allow the deployment of 5G services...

Satellite & Internet

•	PH Space Agency eyes satellite internet for remote areas The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) has launched a program to help the country achieve more robust internet connectivity, particularly in remote and far-flung areas...

•	Deutsche Telekom taps RDK for broadband gateways Deutsche Telekom is deploying RDK as the global software platform for broadband gateways throughout its fiber, DSL and cable footprints...

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