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November 20, 2021

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Batelco renews strategic partnership with Rashid Equestrian and Horse Racing Club

Batelco announced that it has renewed its longstanding partnership with the Rashid Equestrian and Horse Racing Club for the 2021-2022 season, ahead of the third Bahrain International Trophy, which took place on Friday, the 19th of November...

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Etisalat Group signs an agreement to acquire elGrocer to bolster digital services portfolio

Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC “Etisalat Group” signed an agreement with elgrocer Ltd to acquire 100 percent of elgrocer DMCC, to support its digital ambitions by enriching its services bringing...

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Huawei Global Oil & Gas Summit 2021: Intelligent Oil & Gas Fields Solution

Huawei recently hosted the Global Oil & Gas Summit 2021 in Abu Dhabi, themed "Drive Data to Barrel, Embrace Intelligence to Grow". During the summit, Huawei launched a new solution – Intelligent Oil & Gas Fields...

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

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Etisalat launches SMB Awards 2021

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AT&T cybersecurity delivers new managed SASE solution to connect and protect the multi-cloud, hybrid enterprise

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Zain Ventures participates in ZoodPay, the ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ Super App series B $38m round

Policy and Regulation

•	TDRA reviews the role of communications technologies in enhancing the aviation sector TDRA’s Director-General pointed out that the meeting of aviation industry giants under the umbrella of Dubai Airshow confirms that Dubai and the UAE have already returned to normal life after the pause imposed by the...

•	BTRC moves to make 4G internet faster The telecom regulator plans to set new standard for 4G and broadband internet speed as part of its move to ensure much-needed faster digital connectivity for the users across the country...

South Asia

•	Sri Lanka’s digital economy expands to 4.37% of GDP Sri Lanka’s ICT/BPM workforce is supposed to reach 300,000, from 125,000 in 2018, which would then be supporting a US$3 billion industry in 2024, from the current US$1 billion...

•	MoneyGram, bKash to enable real-time payments for 55 million Digital P2P payments provider MoneyGram International, Inc. has integrated with Bangladesh mobile financial service bKash to enable more than 55 million bKash users to receive funds in real-time from around the world...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	XroadMedia inks Russian OTT deal Russia’s M3, with is part of National Media Group (NMG), has selected XroadMedia to enable advanced content discovery, recommendations and personalisation in its more.tv OTT service...

•	French cinema streamer Cinessance launches in the US and Canada The platform, which is launched in partnership with 24i, presents viewers with a catalogue of classic and modern French cinema...

Global Telecom Update

•	Vodafone to deploy Technicolor Wi-Fi 6 DOCSIS 3.1 Gateways in Germany Vodafone and Technicolor Connected Home are planning to rollout next generation DOCSIS 3.1 gateways to support enhanced broadband access for multi-user and multi-device traffic in the home...

•	MobiFone becomes first Mobile Money service provider MobiFone has become the first telecoms company to provide Mobile Money services in Vietnam after receiving permission from the State Bank of Vietnam on November 18...

•	LG U+ completes a successful trial of DriveNets network cloud solution on its core network This successful POC trial is the latest step in LG U+’s evolution towards a fully cloud-native, disaggregated network...

Middle East

•	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)...

•	Tawazun, Yahsat announce launch of joint venture The first product will be a Star Technologies branded IP satellite modem system, that will complement Yahsat’s existing satcom capabilities to enable differentiated high-performance solutions and establish an...

•	Ericsson and KAUST announce R&D partnership to develop 5G and 6G technologies in Saudi Arabia Ericsson and King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) have announced an initial three-year research and development (R&D) partnership focused on three research projects aimed at advancing telecommunication...

•	MTN Group exits Yemen via stake sale to Emerald International MTN Group has transferred its majority 82.8% shareholding in MTN Yemen to Emerald International Investment, thereby exiting the market...

North Africa

•	Egyptian e-grocery Rabbit raises US$11 million in pre-seed Rabbit has developed a huge geographical coverage by adopting hybrid delivery models built around hyper- localized fulfillment centers and a growing third-party supplier network...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Movistar México increases 4G coverage Movistar México has expanded 4G coverage from 37 localities in 2018 to 258 at the end of 3Q21, driven by an agreement with AT&T...

•	ice launches 5G in Oslo Norway’s third mobile network operator ice today announced the commercial launch of 5G services, with coverage initially spanning 14 cell sites in the Oslo area, using the 2100MHz and 700MHz spectrum bands...

Satellite & Internet

•	Starlink now serving 140,000 subs across 20 countries Starlink – the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite broadband provider backed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX venture – has revealed that it is now serving around 140,000 subscriptions across more than 20 countries, up...

•	Openreach passes six million homes and businesses with FTTP; outlines next 170 rollout locations The infrastructure firm notes that the network is reaching 47,000 new homes and businesses every week, with engineers laying around 770m of cable per minute, or connecting a new premises every 13 seconds...

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