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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 2, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
stc sponsors BeInspired Obstacle Run 2021
 
 
Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced its sponsorship of the BeInspired Obstacle Run 2021. The competition attracted running enthusiasts from around Kuwait to participate in the challenging event held at Sahara Kuwait Golf Resort...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  AT&T to participate in the affordable connectivity program
Member Logo The ACP will provide eligible households with a benefit of up to US$30 a month and up to US$75 on qualifying Tribal lands to reduce the cost of broadband service...
 
•  Huawei Bangladesh for collaborative efforts to widen digital education, online learning scopes
Member Logo To resolve the crisis unfolded by the pandemic, all education stakeholders should address the need for digital education, online learning, and enhanced teaching methods and act accordingly, Huawei Bangladesh CEO Zhang...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  AT&T to release fourth-quarter 2021 results on January 26
 
•  Regional ICT talent recognized in the finale of the Huawei Middle East ICT Competition 2021
 
•  Huawei signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Omani Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth and Omantel
 
•  stc signs 3 agreements and launches the new data center in Jeddah
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
UAE launches new mobile service that displays identities of private companies
The Telecommunications and the Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) has initiated a new feature that will identify the caller’s name – landline or mobile number – of private companies on mobile...
 
Potraz calls for investment in broadband
Zimbabwe's telecoms regulator says the COVID–19 outbreak has exposed serious shortcomings in operators' capacity to meet demand for key services like broadband coverage...
 
South Asia
 
Ncell sets up 59 IT Labs in community schools
Ncell has established IT labs in 59 Community schools across Nepal, that will benefit 30 thousand students across the country...
 
Standard Chartered Pakistan launches innovative digital banking solution
Using the newly launched platform, clients can open their accounts, perform transactions, seek a host of services and subscribe for products, without the need of visiting the branch or using other customer servicing...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Online video flourishes as 87% of US homes take Internet
In this growing online universe in the country, 60% of adults with an Internet service at home watched video online daily, compared with 50% in 2019, 41% in 2016, and 5% in 2006...
 
Kinder Joy's launches new app for kids
An immersive new edutainment playing experience is now available across the region. Applaydu, a free edutainment mobile app, merges the physical and digital worlds to bring to life Kinder Joy's fun universe of...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Kaspersky warns of ecommerce cyber criminals
Although e-commerce platforms are all about offering people the convenience and accessibility they demand, the risk of falling prey to cybercriminals is also high, according to Kaspersky..
 
Airtel, K2 Telecom renew partnership
Airtel Uganda has renewed its partnership with Buganda kingdom's K2 Telecom. The partnership which started in August 2018, saw the integration of K2 customers into the Airtel fold under the number ranges 708 and 709. K2...
 
Russian mobile users up 3.3% in 2021
Russia's active mobile subscriber base totaled 259 million this year (2021), up by 3.3% from the year before but slightly off from the 260 million recorded at the end of 2019, said a study...
 
 
Middle East
 
Vodafone launches service operations in Oman
Vodafone Oman announced the launch of its service operations in the sultanate under the patronage of H H Sayyid Azzan Kais Tarik al Said...
 
Zain Bahrain selects Tecnotree for digital transformation
Through a multi-speed digital architecture, the project will transform Zain's BSS infrastructure into an open ecosystem capable of supporting Zain's vision...
 
Edtech platform Dawrat expands to KSA
Founded by Al Srayea and Yousef Bonashi in 2011, Dawrat aims to capitalise on the growing need for a skilled workforce in the Mena region especially in light of the rising interest among young people in entrepreneurship...
 
Visa and areeba collaborates to launch Tap On Phone
areeba and Visa announced their collaboration on the launch of a Tap On Phone solution, providing Small & Medium Businesses with the ability to accept contactless payments using their own smart devices...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt's Jumia launches payment service provider JumiaPay upon regulatory nod
The new PSP comes as part of Jumia’s strategic partnership with the National Bank of Egypt, with an objective of facilitating online payments as well as the distribution of various digital and financial services
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
2G/3G roaming to turn off for Claro customers
The telecommunications company Claro Dominicana began to notify its clients that as of February of this year 2022, users of the 2G and 3G networks will not work for “roaming” services on their trips to the United...
 
Taiwan Mobile to take over Taiwan Star to boost 5G
Taiwan Mobile, which had 7.11 million users as of the end of September, and Taiwan Star, which had 2.65 million users, would have a combined customer base of 9.76 million, the companies told a news conference in Taipei...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
China launches new communication technology experiment satellite
China successfully sent a new communication technology experiment satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province...
 
C Spire completes fiber broadband network acquisition
Aiming to meet the growing need for broadband access and other information technology services for consumers and businesses fiber broadband and business IT solutions company C Spire has announced completion of its...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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