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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
December 13, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
stc and Nozomi Networks Team to Deliver Advanced Cyber Security Solutions to OT & IoT Environments across Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
 
 
Nozomi Networks Inc. and stc announced that they have partnered to address the growing demand for security services and solutions designed to holistically address IoT and OT cybersecurity requirements for customers in industrial automation, manufacturing, healthcare, public safety systems, smart cities, utilities and building management systems (BMS) industries across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Six Omani start-ups join Omantel’s Innovation Labs
Member Logo Omantel, the leading telecommunications company in Oman, is thrilled to announce that six innovative Omani Starts-Ups have successfully joined the Omantel Innovation Labs as part of the first cohort of the Omantel...
 
•  Network as a Service: Learnings from this year’s Cisco Global Networking Trends report
Member Logo Responding to disruptions (45%) and accommodating new business needs (40%) were cited in the report as the top network challenges during 2021. 46 percent of respondents believe that the top benefit of NaaS will be freeing up...
 
•  Huawei launches 5G in Bangladesh in collaboration with Teletalk
Member Logo Rolled out by Teletalk Bangladesh Limited with technical support from Huawei, 5G will expedite Bangladesh’s digital transformation and put within everyone’s reach the panoply of advanced technologies enabled by...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
ECOI to extend most frequency licences to 31 March 2023
The Electronic Communications Office of Iceland (ECOI) has revealed plans to extend most frequency authorisations set to expire in 2022-2023 until 31 March 2023 in order to harmonise the validity of all operating...
 
Poland reallocating 2100MHz band for 5G next year
Poland’s regulator UKE (Urzad Komunikacji Elektronicznej / Office of Electronic Communications) has confirmed its reallocation plans for the 2100MHz band...
 
Middle East
 
Oman's Health Ministry launches 'Shifa' app
It is a special electronic application for individuals that saves all medical information and is a platform for exchanging medical information between the patient and the treating doctor...
 
UAE companies named as Leading MENA Digital Innovators
Crescent Petroleum, RAK Ceramics, Western International, Asmak Holding Company and RAK HR Department named Leading MENA Digital Innovators...
 
Digitalization key to boosting SME growth in MEA: study
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region are recognizing digitalization as essential to staying competitive in a transformed business and economic environment...
 
South Asia
 
18.87 million mobile phone sets manufactured locally
Cellular companies, operating in Pakistan, have locally manufactured around 18.87 million mobile phone sets after the introduction of Mobile Manufacturing Policy in June 2020 to encourage local production...
 
Banglalink committed to nationwide 4G rollout
In the last quarter, Banglalink reported that 33 per cent of its customers used 4G, and the customer base grew by 63 percent year on year...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Tet+ becomes white label service
The platform has already reported positive results in Tet’s home market, with over 70% of new customers choosing to take out a subscription...
 
Universal movies to stream on Peacock 45 days after release
Comcast’s NBCUniversal has unveiled a new theatrical windowing model that will see most titles from Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) streamed exclusively on Peacock as early as 45 days after their theatrical...
 
 
North Africa
 
UNESCO, Huawei launch ‘Technology-enabled Open School Systems for All’ in Egypt
UNESCO and Huawei announced the launch of their joint project “Technology-enabled Open School Systems for All” (TeOSS) in Egypt, Ghana, and Ethiopia...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Celcom deploys 250 new sites, optimises 8,000 sites nationwide to date
Celcom Axiata accelerated capital expenditure has enabled 250 new network sites to be built and 8,000 sites optimised with improved 4G coverage and capacity across the nation...
 
First fully 5G city in Kazakhstan to be founded in Turkistan
With their strategic agreement, Kcell and Ericsson intend to accelerate the development of 5G technologies in the country...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Astranis signs deal to bring satellite internet to 3 million people in Peru by 2023
Astranis, a San Francisco-based company with an alternative approach to providing internet access from satellites announced a deal that would bring broadband to millions of people in Peru in two years...
 
Liberty Networks Germany begins rolling out FTTH
Liberty Networks Germany, Liberty Global’s new German joint venture with InfraVia Capital, has begun rolling out fiber-to-the home under the helloFiber brand...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
1&1 signs tower deal with Vantage
European mobile tower company Vantage Towers has signed a long-term agreement to lease tower infrastructure to German telco 1&1 to enable it to launch as the country’s fourth mobile network operator...
 
Indosat Ooredoo, Groundhog to tap digital advertising market
The platform utilizes machine learning, proprietary algorithms, and real-time bidding technologies to allow users to precisely identify the right target audience for specific campaigns, product promotions, and marketing...
 
Telefonica, DEKRA develop 5G cybersecurity solution using cryptographic
Telefónica and DEKRA recently presented a 5G cybersecurity demonstrator applied to connected mobility that can make vehicular communications more effective, reliable and secure by using 5G and cryptographic technology...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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