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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
November 14, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Zain Ventures participates in ZoodPay, the ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ Super App series B $38m round
 
 
Zain Group, a leading telecom innovator operating in seven markets and serving over 48 million customers across the Middle East and Africa, announces an investment in ZoodPay, ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ (BNPL) Super App’s series B US$38 million fundraising through its venture capital arm ‘Zain Ventures’, joining other global and existing investors in the round...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc continues the biggest project of data centers across the region
Member Logo Saudi Arabia's leading digital company stc is continuing its data centers project Phase 3, which will be the biggest project of Data Center Construction across the region at one time, After the completion of Phases 1...
 
•  Etisalat and kitmytrip collaborate to promote Visitor SIMs
Member Logo Etisalat announced a strategic partnership with the travel technology company kitmytrip to formulate a business strategy and promote Etisalat's Visitor SIMs to incoming tourists via KMT partners across the globe and...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  President of Pakistan expresses appreciation for Huawei’s contribution to Pakistan’s digitalization
 
•  Cisco and Meta partner on open compute project contribution
 
•  Batelco celebrates winning two MEA Technology Achievement Awards
 
•  stc signs a partnership agreement with the Royal Commission for Al-Ula to develop the digital services strategy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
NTA seeks consultations for implementation and promotion of 5G in vertical sectors
Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA), the governing body for telecommunications in Nepal is seeking consultations for the implementation & promotion of 5G in vertical sectors of Nepal...
 
Libya PM plans to open telecom sector to competition
Libyan Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba has said that the country’s telecoms sector needs to be opened up to competition to improve services, Libya Herald reports...
 
New Zambian cellco Beeline Telecom to launch by 30 June 2022
Beeline Telecom, which was awarded Zambia’s fourth mobile licence in February this year, will launch a commercial service by 30 June 2022, it has been revealed...
 
Middle East
 
Total fixed Internet subscriptions in Oman rise 7.4% till September 2021
Of this, total fixed telephone line subscriptions reached 585,362 by the end of September 2021 while prepaid and postpaid analogue fixed telephone lines fell by 4.8 per cent to 283,891 subscribers compared to the same period...
 
Digital transformation reduces government operating expenses by 82%
The digital transformation led to a reduction of government operating expenses by up to 82%, and contributed to saving the time taken to complete the transaction by 76% without attending government service centers...
 
Trigon announces partnership with PeopleLink for the UAE and Oman Region
Trigon will be responsible for distributing a range of PeopleLink’s video-conferencing products, including endpoints, camera & audio devices, digital podiums, interactive devices, control systems, and video-enabled...
 
North Africa
 
Telecom Egypt's 9 month profit hikes 72.5%
Telecom Egypt reported consolidated net profits of EGP 6.1 billion (US$0.39 billion) in the first nine months of 2021, a surge of 72.5% year-on-year (YoY) from EGP 3.53 billion(US$0.22 billion), including minority...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Kymeta, Intelsat and Fraunhofer IIS show off satellite-enabled 5G in a moving car
They claim this is the first such test in a mobile (moving) environment and that it paves the way for 5G non-terrestrial networks...
 
Cogeco looks to grow Atlantic Broadband footprint 4% in its fiscal 2022
Cogeco outlined a plan to expand its Atlantic Broadband footprint in the U.S. to approximately 70,000 new locations in its fiscal 2022, aiming to push fiber to homes in areas currently served only by DSL or cable...
 
 
South Asia
 
Teletalk plans to open 5G on limited scale by 2022
Subscribers of Bangladesh's lone state-owned telecom operator Teletalk in Dhaka may receive fifth generation mobile phone service 5G on a limited scale by the year 2022.
 
WorldLink broadband expands coverage in Nepal
The ever-widening WorldLink’s service has begun its internet services in two more areas in two different districts - Manakamana and Pang...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Antenna Hungária expands online TV service
The Hungarian national transmission company Antenna Hungária has made its online TV service mindigTV Go available on more devices...
 
Euskaltel adds support for Chromecast to TV app
Spanish regional cable operator Euskaltel, now owned by MásMóvil, has launched a new version of its Edonon TV app that incorporates support for Chromecast, enabling users to send content direct from their mobile or...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
NREL completes test showing effectiveness of 900 MHz private LTE
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) successfully successfully completed phases one and two of its project validating the performance of an 900 MHz private LTE network for...
 
Vodafone CR: 5G network now available to more than 50% of Czech population
Mobile network operator (MNO) Vodafone Czech Republic has disclosed that it now covers more than 50% of the population with its 5G Non-Standalone (NSA) network, which was launched in October 2020...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
BH Telecom taps Oracle for converged charging in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s BH Telecom has selected Oracle’s Converged Charging System as it looks to revamp its prepaid product offerings and prepares to monetise 5G...
 
Google Fi rolls out end-to-end encryption for phone calls between Fi users
Google Fi, launched back in 2015, is an MVNO telecom service by Google, providing calls, SMS, and data services through networks operated by T-Mobile and US Cellular in the USA...
 
Viettel, Da Nang to gear up ‘smart city’ project
The central city of Da Nang and the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) have agreed on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to complete the development of Da Nang into a ‘smart city' by 2025...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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