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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
October 31, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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stc partners up with Future Investment Initiative (FII) for the fifth consecutive year
 
 
stc has partnered up with the "Future Investment Initiative" for the fifth consecutive year as part of its strategy to support the Kingdom's digital transformation. stc provided technology support for the event, which included internet spots at high speeds of up to 8.5 gigabits per second...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Etisalat Group reports a 2% increase in consolidated revenues for Q3 2021 to AED 13.3 billion
Member Logo Etisalat Group announced its consolidated financial statement for the Q3 2021 ending 30th September 2021, with the aggregate subscriber base reaching 155.4 million, representing Year over Year increase of 4 %...
 
•  Batelco achieves a 9% YoY increase in net profit attributable to equity holders for the quarter ended 30 September 2021
Member Logo Batelco announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2021, the three months ended 30 September 2021 (Q3), and for the first nine months of 2021, the period ended 30 September 2021...
 
•  Huawei releases business results for first three quarters of 2021
Member Logo Huawei released its business results for the first three quarters of 2021. During this period, Huawei generated US$70.44 billion in revenue, and its net profit margin was 10.2%...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Telecom regulator invites firms to submit plan for implementing 5G
The Nepal Telecommunications Authority has given potential applicants a November 10 deadline to send in their "master action plan for implementation and promotion of 5G in vertical sectors"...
 
South Asia
 
Airtel 4G connects residents in Ratnapura under ‘Gamata Sanniwedanaya’ initiative
Airtel’s advanced 4G network delivers a solid combination of coverage and capacity to deliver a superior smartphone experience with drastically improved indoor coverage and stronger signal penetration...
 
Banglalink to build 3,000 more towers by 2022
At present, Banglalink has a total of 10,200 BTS towers across the country while the number is 18,023 and 13,812 for Grameenphone and Robi, respectively...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
A+E Networks EMEA taps Arqiva for cloud-based VOD solution
Arqiva has renewed its contract with A+E Networks EMEA for a further two years, including the delivery of VOD services to some 35 European head end affiliate platforms...
 
SES, SAWA launch new video platform
SAWA Rights Management (SAWA), a strategic service provider to the MENA pay-TV industry, has concluded a multi-year agreement with SES to deliver TV channels to commercial properties...
 
ViacomCBS boosts Spanish-language power with Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico acquisition
ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Spanish language content producer Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico from The Walt Disney Company and the...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Africell opens data center in Luanda, Angola
The new facility, located in Africell Angola's headquarters in the Kings Tower building in the capital city, will be used to host networking infrastructure for the company’s new mobile network in the country as...
 
KDDI, DT, MobiledgeX, Sturfee and Mawari show off AR at the edges
The augmented reality (AR) proof of concept (PoC) is aligned with the GSMA Foundry Telco Edge Cloud (TEC) initiative...
 
SKT split-off to launch, paves way for chip investment
The split-off will allow the SK Group company to better respond to changing dynamics in the chip sector through strategic investments, which were partly limited under the fair trade law here...
 
 
Middle East
 
Bahrain internet among cheapest in region
Bahrain's Internet prices are the second lowest among Arab countries with services costing up to two per cent of an individual’s income, it was revealed recently...
 
Digital Transformation to drive improved Customer Experience
At a recent industry event at CABSAT, Raluca Berchiu, Founder - Neo Health Academy, stated that basic connectivity provides the means for digital transformation and satellites are playing their part in making this possible...
 
UAEU and Ericsson sign MoU at GITEX GLOBAL to develop and test 5G autonomous driving use cases
UAEU and Ericsson have signed an MoU to collaborate on smart communications use cases with a specific focus on autonomous driving...
 
Abu Dhabi's YahClick signs partnership with iSat Africa
Satellite broadband service provider Yahclick, an Abu Dhabi-listed Yahsat subsidiary, has signed a partnership with iSat Africa to expand its enterprise business in Nigeria, Zambia, the DRC, and East Africa...
 
Neom Tech signs Oracle as first tenant of data center
To meet business continuity and compliance requirements, Oracle’s unique dual-region cloud strategy enables customers to deploy resilient applications in multiple geographically separated locations within a country...
 
North Africa
 
ShipBlu bags US$2.4 million for its e-commerce and fulfilment service in Egypt
The CEO says ShipBlu’s end goal is to make customers choose a three-hour delivery window for their packages and know what date to expect them, which contrasts how most traditional e-commerce fulfilment companies...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
MTN Nigeria to raise US$220 million to extend 4G network
The latest financial resources mobilised by MTN Nigeria fall within the framework of the Ambition 2025 programme launched at the beginning of the year by the MTN group and focused on its transformation into a digital...
 
EE begins using 700MHz spectrum for ‘indoor 5G’
British mobile network operator (MNO) EE, a subsidiary of BT, has announced the next phase of its 5G rollout, confirming it has switched on ‘indoor 5G’ at more than 50 sites across the UK...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Telenet partners with Fluvius to create ‘data network of the future’ in Flanders
Belgian full-service telecom operator Telenet has signed a deal with utility provider Fluvius to create what it describes as a ‘data network of the future’ in the Flanders region, including both cable and FTTH...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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