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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
December 15, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Etisalat scoops three awards at ADDA ICT Leaders Meeting
 
 
Organised by the Department of Government Support (DGS), represented by Abu Dhabi Digital Authority (ADDA), the ADDA ICT Leaders Meeting saw industry leaders and private sector representatives gather at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre to discuss the strategic pillars of Abu Dhabi Digital agenda, and shed light on ADDA's planned initiatives and engagements for 2022...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Successful completion of stc Secondary Public Offering with a total offering size of SAR 12 billion
Member Logo The Public Investment Fund (“PIF” or “The Fund” or the “Selling Shareholder”) and Saudi Telecom Company (“stc” or the “Company”), Saudi Arabia’s leading ICT...
 
•  Huawei sponsors Cyber Security Salons Middle East 2021 to discuss cloud security challenges and collaboration
Member Logo As an initiative of Forum Global in partnership with Cullen International, the online event brought together key regional industry experts and Huawei speakers in a panel discussion to explore cybersecurity challenges faced...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
TDRA's National Telecom Equipment Lab hosts a delegation from University of Dubai
The UAE’s National Telecom Equipment Lab at the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) hosted a delegation from the University of Dubai...
 
NTRA obtains ISO certificate
The National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has obtained the ISO 9001 certificate in the Institutional Quality Management System for regulating telecommunication services in the Egyptian market by one of the major...
 
South Asia
 
Starlink to launch satellite internet across Pakistan
SpaceX has expressed eagerness to launch Starlink’s satellite broadband internet in Pakistan, as the country with 40,000 schools and small and medium enterprises presented a unique opportunity to the compan...
 
Senhasegura strives to build digital sovereignty in Sri Lanka
Senhasegura which is of Brazilian origin, will enable its customers to equip its network with an easily deployable PAM solution that promotes the right to security, prosperity, and organisational independence...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
START begins Baltics exclusive deals
START, a streaming service and the leader in creating premium content on the VOD market in Russia and CIS, has announced an exclusive package deal with TV3 Group for Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia...
 
discovery+ launches on Roku devices in the UK
discovery+ is launching on Roku streaming players and Roku TV models in the UK and Republic of Ireland...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Avaya enhances educational and logistics environments with UCaaS and cloud
Avaya has announced two deployments of its cloud-based unified-communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) offerings in learning and delivery environments, claiming marked increases in agility, flexibility and scalability while...
 
SLA Digital and Unitel partner for direct carrier billing in Mongolia
As part of the relationship, SLA Digital will be able to offer digital content providers access to Unitel’s other payment options including IPTV payments, Toki E-Wallet and payments made via U-Point, their points based...
 
South Korea to test AI-powered facial recognition to track COVID-19 cases
The nationally funded project in Bucheon, one of the country's most densely populated cities on the outskirts of Seoul, is due to become operational in January....
 
 
Middle East
 
UAE has fastest internet speed on Android 5G devices worldwide
The UAE has the fastest internet speed on Android 5G devices globally, according to data analysed by Ookla, which provides analysis related to Internet connection data rate and latency...
 
i2c and Ooredoo partner to release digital payment initiative in Qatar
Through the partnership, Ooredoo will be able to issue digital and physical Visa prepaid cards and allow users to access QR-powered or tap-to-pay payments, apart from other digital payment facilities...
 
Oman to mandate e-payment for select services
A decision has been made to mandate some commercial activities in Oman to provide e-payment services, to help achieve comprehensive digital transformation in line with Oman Vision 2040...
 
Vanrise teams up with SAS to support telecom operators in fraud management
Vanrise, the Lebanese provider of telecom solutions has announced their partnership with SAS, the international AI and Analytics Platform Provider, to launch an offering that caters to resolving telecom fraud...
 
North Africa
 
Uber, Paymob to broaden in-app payment solutions in Egypt
This will financially integrate a broader base of Egyptian drivers and riders, besides enhancing financial inclusion through ride-sharing technology, complementing Egypt Vision 2030...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Rostelecom/Tele2 reach 1,200 small villages in UCS 2.0 LTE project
LTE base stations have been deployed in 1,201 small settlements throughout Russia, exceeding Rostelecom’s end-year target (1,198 villages) for the UCS 2.0 project, which started in April...
 
Samsung and Viettel start 5G trial in Vietnam
Samsung Electronics and the Vietnamese multinational telecommunications company Viettel announced that the companies have started 5G commercial trials in Da Nang, the largest city in the Central Vietnam region...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Deutsche Telekom targets 2 million new FTTH connections in 2022
The operator has expanded its fiber-to-the-home network (FTTH) by 1.2 million homes in 2021, with plans to further increase its pace to 2 million a year in 2022...
 
Inmarsat teams for satellite IoT
RBC Signals will use the Inmarsat global mobile satellite network to drive IoT and other data and communications services and solutions for customers...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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