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December 21, 2021

Featured Member News

UAE Trade Connect crosses AED10 billion milestone

Etisalat Digital’s blockchain arm UAE Trade Connect (UTC) has crossed the milestone of handling invoices worth AED10 billion within its first eight months of operation. This amount represents the value of invoices presented by member banks into the UTC system for fraud analysis and duplicate financing checks...

Cisco Talos reveals top cybercrime tactics and tips for safe online engagement this holiday season

With experience in identifying and analyzing the entire cyberthreat landscape, Cisco Talos shares its advice for consumers to stay secure during the remainder of the festive period and beyond...

Member News

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stc participates in the 3rd Cybersecurity Education and Research Conference

Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, participated in the third Cybersecurity...

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Tech Mahindra supports digital transformation of Telefónica Germany’s microwave network with Open SDN

Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions, announces that it has been working with Telefónica Germany to digitally transform its...

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EU ranks Huawei as the world’s 2nd highest investor in R&D

Huawei has ranked second in the 2021 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard, up from third place in the previous year’s edition. The 2021 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard is a European Commission publication...

Recent Developments

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Thailand launches ASEAN’s first 5G smart hospital

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stc awarded for its best internal application across the Middle East

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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

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Batelco celebrates National Day under the slogan #from_Bahrain_to_Bahrain

Policy and Regulation

•	TRA moves to secure IoT market from security threats Ahead of what is anticipated to be a strong inflow of electronic devices incorporating Internet of Things (IoT) technology, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the Sultanate of Oman is formulating...

•	6th World Telecommunications/ICT Policy Forum charts course for an equitable and inclusive digital future Over 400 top representatives from the public and private sectors affirmed the need to align information and communication technologies (ICTs) and rapidly evolving new and emerging technologies...

•	Canada launches 3800MHz policy and licence framework consultation This consultation follows the decision to repurpose the 3800MHz band to support 5G services, which was announced in May 2021, with a 3800MHz spectrum auction planned for early 2023...

Middle East

•	Farnek piloting remote IoT solution at Aster facilities in UAE The system can alert technical mobile teams to respond to problems at each location, and uses sensors to record temperature changes and energy consumption...

•	Arab countries urged to take advantage of digital technology in developing cultural policies The 22nd session of the Conference of Arab Culture Ministers urged Arab leaders to take advantage of digital technology in developing cultural policies...

•	Zain Jordan signs Cloud IMS agreement with Ericsson The agreement supports capacity expansion using the Ericsson Cloud IMS solution to enable voice over LTE (VoLTE) and Wi-Fi calling for businesses and consumers across the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...

North Africa

•	Egypt, Libya launches electronic system to facilitate labour mobility The joint Libyan-Egyptian technical committee, responsible for coordinating the return of Egyptian workers to Libya, held several sessions in Tripoli and Cairo in this regard...

Satellite & Internet

•	AIS launches 2Gbps fiber service in four provinces Thai telecoms operator AIS has announced the launch of a 2Gbps fibrer-optic fixed broadband service for home customers...

•	Kacific switches to AWS for rural connectivity in Asia-Pac In order to scale up the delivery of its broadband internet for the rural regions of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Kacific Broadband Satellites will migrate its IT infrastructure and critical business applications to...

South Asia

•	Alternative bandwidth channels arranged after fault in submarine cable: PTCL With reference to AAE-1 ( Asia-Africa-Europe-1) international submarine cable cut, PTCL has arranged alternate channels for bandwidth to meet the requirement of internet usage in Pakistan...

•	ComBank launches 100 STEM Smart Classrooms in Sri Lanka The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has completed its project to equip 100 schools island-wide with Smart Classrooms that deliver digitized educational content...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Cinedigm strikes mutual streaming content-deal with Shout! Factory Debuting in early 2015, Shout! Factory TV offers a blend of original programming and TV shows and movies curated from major studios, independent producers and its own entertainment library...

•	Astro selects Kaltura for streaming service Malaysian entertainment provider Astro has chosen the Kaltura TV Platform to power sooka, its new streaming service that’s targeting millennials...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Not-spot West Norfolk villages to get better 4G coverage Villages in West Norfolk can expect better 4G broadband coverage in future after the announcement of a boost to services by mobile firm EE...

•	MASMOVIL (Yoigo) 5G network reaches 54% population coverage Spanish mobile operator Grupo MASMOVIL has revealed that its in-deployment 5G network is now available in 686 cities/municipalities in 40 Spanish provinces across the country, blanketing 54% of the population...

Global Telecom Update

•	DZS collaborates with LG Uplus in O-RAN ALLIANCE plugfest This testing validated multi-vendor 5G interoperability and end-to-end alignment to O-RAN ALLIANCE specifications for open Radio Access Network (RAN) elements, including fronthaul, midhaul and backhaul interfaces...

•	Telefónica aims for greener network with new liquid cooling solution Telefónica has tested a new liquid cooling system developed by specialist firm Submer that, according to the operator, has the potential to increase the energy efficiency of facilities such as central offices and data...

•	SaskTel deploys Alepo’s Zero-Touch Network Solution SaskTel has launched its digital mobile service, Lum Mobile, in Saskatchewan using digital enablement expert Alepo’s Zero-Touch Network Solution...

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