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December 14, 2021

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Global Cisco study identifies top security practices to detect threats and ensure business resiliency

Cisco released its latest cybersecurity report, Security Outcomes Study Volume 2, surveying more than 5,100 security and privacy professionals across 27 markets to determine the most impactful measures teams can take to defend their organizations against the evolving threat landscape...

New data from ITU suggest ‘COVID connectivity boost’ – but world’s poorest being left far behind

New data from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs), also reveal strong global growth in Internet use, with the estimated number of people who have used the Internet surging to 4.9 billion in 2021, from an estimated 4.1 billion in 2019...

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More than 630 km of optical fibers & 40 mobile towers covering land port between KSA & Oman

stc exerted its technical capabilities to cover the land port between KSA and the Sultanate of Oman, which was recently inaugurated between Al Bat-ha area in Al-Ahsa and Umm Al-Zamoul at the Omani borders in a desert area...

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Zain Jordan agrees to sell and leaseback 2,607 towers to TASC Towers for US$88 million

Zain Group announces that its operation in Jordan has entered into a definite 15-year agreement to sell and leaseback the passive physical infrastructure of its 2,607 tower portfolio in Jordan to TASC Towers for US$88...

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Cologix and Console Connect by PCCW Global expand collaboration into Canada with first ever PoP in Montréal

Cologix, North America’s leading network-neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge data center company, and Console Connect by PCCW Global today announced that the Console Connect Software Defined...

Policy and Regulation

•	Egypt to improve coverage in Sinai This step is in line with the role of the NTRA to regulate and disseminate telecommunications services throughout the Arab Republic of Egypt, with the aim of strengthening national and social correlations and contributing to...

•	New data from ITU suggest ‘COVID connectivity boost’ – but world’s poorest being left far behind New data from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs), also reveal strong global growth in Internet use, with the estimated...

South Asia

•	Pakistani e-commerce startup Brandverse has won a multi-million dollar investment In recent news, a Pakistani e-commerce enabler called ‘Brandverse’ has won a multi-million dollar investment in a seed funding round led by JS Group...

•	ALTBalaji partners with Telenet to enter Nepal Telenet will focus on integration across local billing channels like digital wallets, telecom operators and payment gateways...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Vodafone Idea, Hungama partner on music streaming Vodafone Idea teamed with Hungama Music to launch a music streaming service on its Vi app, offering customers a six-month subscription at no extra cost...

•	Apple TV+ launches on Sky Deutschland The app is expected to be made available later this afternoon (Tuesday). It will also be introduced on Sky Glass when the streaming TV is launched in Germany during 2022...

Global Telecom Update

•	Russian Telco MTS acquires biometrics firm VisionLabs Russia's biggest mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems has agreed to purchase compatriot developer of face recognition systems VisionLabs for around through a subsidiary set up to develop, launch and market compatible...

•	Low-power GNSS positioning comes to LTE-M/NB-IoT platform The integrated GNSS solution offers Sequans’ IoT customers accurate positioning with lower power consumption, removing the need for an external positioning chipset for an overall higher performing, lower cost tracking...

•	25G PON supports 5G holographic call in University of Glasgow testbed The recent demonstration saw three 5G sites backhauled to core infrastructure via 25G PON. At the same time, the PON network support 10G XGS-PON traffic to demonstrate co-existence of 25G and 10G PON on the same...

Middle East

•	Seeq to support data-based decisions at Aramco The agreement will provide Aramco engineers and subject matter experts with Seeq’s self-service analytics, predictive modeling data analytics, and visualisation tools...

•	Mubadala, AD Gaming collaborate on developing regional gaming, esports ecosystem in UAE The agreement reflects the ambition of the two entities to support high-value products, creative industries and new technologies as part of Abu Dhabi’s diversification agenda...

•	Furma unveils plans for region's first digital furniture platform Furma also works as a gifting platform that allows home décor products to be coupled with various gifting items such as chocolates and cakes, allowing vendors to collaborate...

•	Montreal-based Amadis partners with Middle East financial solution provider The partnership will make transactions even faster as merchants accept contactless payments from Android phones, and other devices...

North Africa

•	Mazadat marketplace debuts in Egypt Mazadat develops and operates an African-flavored Arabic/English auctioning platform and ecommerce marketplace which empowers businesses, organizations, entrepreneurs as well as private individuals to sell and buy, anything,...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Samsung and Viettel launch 5G commercial trial in Da Nang Samsung Electronics and Viettel have announced the launch of 5G commercial trials in Da Nang, the largest city in Central Vietnam...

•	Majority of Germany now has 5G coverage This has been achieved by utilising a combination of the 3.6 GHz spectrum, which was auctioned off in 2019 for exclusive use for 5G, and Dynamic Spectrum Sharing initiatives by Telekom and Vodafone, which allows existing 4G...

Satellite & Internet

•	Neos Networks brings high-capacity fiber access networks direct to UK cities Neos Networks, one of the UK’s business connectivity providers, revealed its advanced plans to invest in a full fibre, last mile, metro network expansion programme across the capital and three key regional UK cities...

•	OneWeb to bring satellite manufacturing back to UK This follows a deal with Kymeta to develop a user terminal with an electronically steered flat panel antenna for the OneWeb LEO network...

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