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November 17, 2021

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Huawei and Mauritius Telecom scored “Most Innovative Product or Service” award at Africa’s largest telecommunications event

Huawei and Mauritius Telecom's “my.t 360°” Digital Operation Platform have won the “Most Innovative Product or Service” Award at the 2021 online AfricaCom Awards ceremony. The AfricaCom Awards is the most influential technology, media and telecommunications awards ceremony in Africa that recognizes innovative and outstanding contributions to the African telecommunications industry...

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Omantel Group reports profit of RO168mn for nine months

Omantel Group has reported a net profit of RO168.1mn for the nine months period ended September 30, 2021 compared with the net profit of RO167.7mn for the corresponding period of last year, a marginal increase of 0.2 per...

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stc Bahrain announces plans to financially support students through their education

stc Bahrain, a world-class digital enabler, announces plans to financially support students in Bahrain as part of its corporate social responsibility strategy. The new initiative will provide 18000 BD each for five...

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Eutelsat and Gazprom collaborate to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency of gas pipelines

The two-year program focused on reducing the volume of vented gas during repairs on gas pipelines at 13 companies, saw some 400 transfers undertaken using mobile compressor stations across a section of Russia spanning from...

Policy and Regulation

•	CITC unveils gaming performance by Saudi Arabia’s telecom service providers in Q3 of 2021 The report is part of CITC’s framework to promote healthy competition among telecom operators to provide the best experience for gamers, raise the level of transparency in the market, and provide investors and the...

•	Icasa publishes spectrum information memorandum The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has published an updated Information Memorandum (IM) for the licensing of the International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) spectrum for a second round of...

South Asia

•	BRAC Bank, GlobalLinker join hands to launch first ever SME Networking Platform in Bangladesh BRAC Bank and GlobalLinker, a leading business networking and enablement platform for SMEs, have agreed to launch a digital platform on which the SMEs of Bangladesh can be empowered to network amongst themselves...

•	NT’s first quarterly net profit soared 49 percent An increase in use of internet service mainly due to a rise in use of e-commerce, online classes and internet based games also ensured the company with good financial returns...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Straits inks MoU with Baicells Technologies for collaboration in 4G and 5G rollout, digital transformation of O&G industry Baicells Technologies currently boasts over 700 private LTE networks across the world, with a large percentage of those trusted networks operating within North America...

•	T-Mobile says it hit its 2021 goal of faster 5G coverage for 200 million people The carrier announced that it has reached its 2021 goal of getting 200 million people covered with this faster cellular network, coming in six weeks ahead of its previously stated target of the end of this year...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	IPVconnect taps Nagra for move from satellite to streaming US TV, internet and IP voice provider IPVconnect has tapped TV technology outfit Nagra to help it move from its current satellite TV broadcast offering to a video streaming service...

•	VideoByte and IRIS.TV partner to bring enhanced contextual enablement to C Video data platform IRIS.TV and VideoByte, the provider of global best-in-class connected TV (CTV) advertising technology, have announced that they are partnering to bring video-level contextual enablement to CTV through...

Middle East

•	Jordan makes "positive strides" toward digital transformation Jordan is taking positive steps in the field of cybersecurity, and has advanced in the global cybersecurity index from the eighties to the seventies among more than 170 countries...

•	UAE-based gaming platform Zone launches ‘play to earn’ platform The UAE-based ‘game-fi’ ecosystem, Zone, has launched a platform that integrates the user base with a ‘play to earn’ environment...

•	Inmarsat and Panasonic boost in-flight connectivity for Middle East airlines In-flight entertainment and communication systems company Panasonic Avionics Corporation has announced agreements with both Iraqi Airways and Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia).,,

North Africa

•	Egypt mobility risk assistance startup BlinkApp raises 6-figure pre-Seed investment The Egyptian mobility risk assistance startup looks to have its technology installed on smartphones purposefully to achieve better driving behavior, fast roadside assistance, and road safety for everyone...

Satellite & Internet

•	SpaceX launches 53 more Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9 launched 53 Starlink satellites to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida...

•	Xplornet announces FTTH rollout to 200,000 rural Ontarian premises; launches UCaaS solution Canada’s Xplornet Communications has announced a plan to deliver affordable fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) internet to 200,000 homes and businesses in rural communities across Ontario...

Global Telecom Update

•	Orange Business Services powers Safran with smart-tracking IoT Telco deploys more than 15,000 trackers and 250 antennas at two aircraft engine production sites in France to remotely locate and manage tools and equipment in real time...

•	TIP and WBA to create new 6GHz Wi-Fi backhaul options for mobile operators The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) and Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) have announced a new joint mission to rationalise the 6GHz band and make better use of this precious resource...

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