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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
December 20, 2021
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Thailand launches ASEAN’s first 5G smart hospital
 
 
This is the first and largest 5G smart hospital project in the ASEAN region. It will deliver a more efficient and convenient experience to patients by introducing technologies such as 5G, cloud, and artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, Siriraj Hospital and Huawei will establish a Joint Innovation Lab to incubate over 30 innovative 5G applications that will be promoted nationwide from 2022...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc supports special needs community in collaboration with Café 312
Member Logo Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc visited Café 312, Kuwait's first cafe of its kind run by employees with special needs, in support of the local special needs community and coinciding with the...
 
•  Asahi Europe & International collaborates with Tech Mahindra to lead their digital transformation programme
Member Logo Tech Mahindra will provide various services including infrastructure and service desk operations, device-as-a-service, software infrastructure asset management (SIAM), cloud migration and application modernisation...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  stc awarded for its best internal application across the Middle East
 
•  Satellite Operators join to shape the communications ecosystem of the future through the transformation of the EMEA Satellite Operators’ Association to the Global Satellite Operators’ Association
 
•  Batelco celebrates National Day under the slogan #from_Bahrain_to_Bahrain
 
•  Etisalat scoops three awards at ADDA ICT Leaders Meeting
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Estonia to put three 3.5GHz licences up for auction next year
Estonia looks set to offer three licences for 5G-ready 3.5GHz spectrum at auction in the first quarter of next year...
 
Orange and Telco OI win additional 700 MHz spectrum in French auction
French telecom authority Arcep has announced the results of the 5G spectrum auctions for the remaining blocks of 700 MHz paired spectrum still available for two of its overseas territories in the Indian ocean, Réunion...
 
Middle East
 
Orange Jordan and the German Development Cooperation inaugurate the 8th Orange Digital Center in the Middle East and Africa
Orange and the German Development Cooperation are inaugurating an “Orange Digital Center” in Amman, a digital ecosystem entirely dedicated to the development of digital skills and innovation to train young people...
 
Ooredoo Group and Huawei sign five-year strategic global frame agreement to enhance digital experience
The agreement covers all related implementation and integration services of Ooredoo Group operating companies; namely in Qatar, Indonesia, Algeria, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Tunisia, Myanmar and Maldives...
 
Mubadala and AD Gaming collaborate to develop esports ecosystem in the UAE
The MoU sets a framework for both comapnies to explore routes for collaboration and action that will support the development of gaming...
 
South Asia
 
UNICEF, Telenor hand over Digital Birth Registration system to Sindh govt
Designed with the goal of birth registration for kids under the age of 17, with special focus on children under 5 years of age, the Digital Birth Registration system since its inception in 2016 has already helped recognize...
 
NTC to provide telecom, broadband internet service to local govt offices
Nepal Telecom (NTC) will provide telecom and broadband internet service to all government offices at local levels across the country...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Molotov inks free-to-air deal with M6 Group
Just weeks after it became part of the fuboTV empire, French streaming service Molotov has branched out further in a deal with the M6 Group to distribute the M6, W9, 6Ter and Gulli channels, as well as the catch-up and bonus...
 
Comcast, Disney and Netflix lead streaming investment
Netflix continues to dominate SVOD content investment, contributing 30% of total SVoD content spend and 6% of total global content investment in 2021...
 
 
North Africa
 
Egypt’s e-commerce transactions amount to EGP 80 billion (US$5.08 billion) in 2021
Makhlouf pointed out that the D2C trend is just a part of the e-commerce world, citing that marketplaces like Amazon, Jumia, and Noon only account for 50% of the e-commerce sector...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Ruralink, others plan LTE fixed wireless deployments
Based on leading-edge private LTE technology that utilizes Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) frequencies, the innovative solution can deliver wide-area network coverage and true broadband connectivity to the greater...
 
Indosat Ooredoo rolls out 5G in Balikpapan
Indonesian digital telco PT Indosat Tbk (Indosat Ooredoo) announced the launch of 5G commercial services in Balikpapan...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
SpaceX launches communications satellite for Turkey
Turksat 5B satellite will provide more than 50 gigabits per second of capacity, according to Airbus Defense and Space, the satellite's manufacturer...
 
Telekom Malaysia and DNB strike fiber leasing deal
Telekom Malaysia has signed an agreement with state-owned wholesale operator Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) that will see the latter lease fiber as it seeks to accelerate its nationwide 5G deployment...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Verizon and Google Cloud partner on 5G edge computing
Verizon and Google Cloud are partnering to bring the cloud closer to mobile and connected devices at the edge of Verizon's network...
 
MTN deploying 250 rural sites in South Sudan with NuRAN
Rural communications firm NuRAN Wireless has signed a ten-year deal with MTN Group to deploy at least 250 sites across rural South Sudan...
 
London-based Chimera invests US$50 million in Airtel Money
Chimera Investment LLC, by the announcement, joins the three to hold minority interests, while Airtel Africa retains the majority stake in the entity...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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