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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
November 10, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Cisco and Meta partner on open compute project contribution
 
 
As part of its commitment to the open source community and the hardware and software disaggregation movement, Cisco announced that it is collaborating with Meta on an Open Compute Project (OCP) contributed design...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain Group’s net profit for nine months ended September 2021 grows 5% to reach US$ 450 million
Member Logo Zain Group, the leading telecom innovator in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announced its consolidated financial results for the third-quarter (Q3) and nine-month periods (9M) ended September 30, 2021...
 
•  Huawei donates CNY1 million worth of vocational vouchers to help women enhance STEM skills
Member Logo Huawei has announced that it will donate CNY1 million worth of vocational skills exam vouchers to 2,000 female STEM students from hundreds of application-oriented undergraduate universities and secondary and higher...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Saudi Digital Government Authority launches regulatory sandbox
The Saudi Digital Government Authority (DGA) has launched the regulatory sandbox for government technology companies to enhance digital government services in the Kingdom...
 
Potraz targets 1 500 schools, health centres
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has begun a project to connect 1 500 schools and 1 500 health centres to the internet to improve information dissemination...
 
Brazilian 5G authorisations expected on 14 December
The winners of Brazil’s recent 5G spectrum auction can expect to receive their final authorisations from the government on 14 December...
 
South Asia
 
Xiaomi to start local assembly of mobile phones in Pakistan next month
Ever since the new Mobile Device Manufacturing (MDM) Policy has been approved, a plethora of companies have started taking interest in acquiring assembling licenses...
 
Veon Bangladesh unit to use nationwide wholesale network
The company, Banglalink, announced that has joined rivals Teletalk, Grameenphone and Robi to use the BTCL network recently...
 
SLT-MOBITEL partners The Creative Isle to launch virtual interactive marketplace for micro and small-scale entrepreneurs.
The virtual marketplace will prove a key enabler gateway to help these entrepreneurs transcend geographic barriers and connect with buyers and sellers...
 
North Africa
 
Orange and Vodafone have plans for Egypt’s new capital
Two of the world’s leading telecommunications companies, Orange and Vodafone, have made major announcements in the regional press about planned undertakings in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
SES to launch HD+ IP streaming service in Germany
Luxembourgish satellite and terrestrial telecommunications network provider SES is launching a new streaming service for the German market...
 
British music streaming firm ROXi launches new FREE TV Music App on millions of TVs
British music streaming company ROXi, backed by Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams, announces the launch of its revolutionary new free TV Music App available on millions of TVs across the UK...
 
 
Middle East
 
Sohar International enters into strategic alliance with Vodafone Oman
Sharing a common vision to deliver exceptional customer service, innovative products and services, and contribute to the economic growth of the country, the signing of the MoU is a significant milestone for both Sohar...
 
UAE based Rama Vision announces expansion plans
The plans came to include expanding towards partnering with leading regional banks helping those implementing digital transformation and AI applications to the daily consumer banking transactions...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Digicel pushing for 99% LTE coverage
Digicel Jamaica says it's well on the way to expanding its long-term evolution (LTE) coverage across the island to foster what the company calls “a digital lifestyle” among Jamaican...
 
Telia deploys 5G standalone core with Nokia
Telia Finland Telia can now offer residential customers in Finland wireless broadband connections with guaranteed speeds, thanks to its new Nokia-built 5G SA network...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
UK Space Agency funds new laser-based satellite communications system
By using lasers instead of radio frequency, the CubeSats become much more secure and can transmit 1,000 times more data per second...
 
Fiberklaar to deploy fiber network in Lokeren
Fiberklaar has confirmed it will proceed with its planned fiber broadband deployment in Lokeren after more than 20% of residents subscribed to the service during a demand aggregation campaign...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
MTN partners with Flutterwave in new mobile money partnership
MTN has partnered with payments technology company Flutterwave to enable Flutterwave business customers to use MTN Mobile Money (MoMo) as a payment method...
 
G8 to increase long-haul DWDM network capacity in Brazil
Brazilian service provider, G8 Telecommunications has committed to increasing network capacity to meet the growing needs of enterprises, network operators, and government companies across the country...
 
Smart Africa, Afriwave pact for connectivity and data capacity
Smart Africa and Afriwave Telecom Ghana Limited have partnered to collaborate on the One Africa Network and Interconnect Clearinghouse initiative, Data Center and Cloud Project, and Intra-African Connectivity Project, to...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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