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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
January 16, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
stc announces its accession to the UN Global Compact
 
 
stc’s announcement of its accession to the UN Global Compact aims to encourage companies around the world to adopt sustainability and social responsibility, to be one of the local networks of the UN Global Compact worldwide...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Cisco Forecasts Top Technology Trends For 2022
Member Logo With the start of the New Year, Cisco has revealed the technology trends that are expected to make a significant impact in 2022 and beyond...
 
•  Secure-by-design solutions by Huawei at Intersec 2022
Member Logo Huawei is showcasing at Intersec 2022 the next generation of cybersecurity solutions, standards, and strategies to help organisations in the Middle East be secure from the ground...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  AT&T ranks #18 on 2022 JUST 100 list
 
•  stc opens its newest flagship branch in Mahboula
 
•  Thailand launches ASEAN’s first 5G smart hospital
 
•  Omantel leads the innovation scene in Oman
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
TRA to study emerging technology in telecom sector
Telecommunication Regulatory Authority is conducting a study on emerging and digital technologies in the telecommunications sector as part of its transition to a digital future...
 
Uruguay launches mobile number portability
Uruguay’s Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining has announced that the launch of mobile number portability (MNP) officially took place on 12 January, enabling the country’s cellular customers to retain their...
 
North Africa
 
EgSA produces educational satellites for Egyptian universities
EgSA aims to enhance space innovation across 32 engineering and science colleges in Egypt through the educational satellite...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Network giant identifies rural areas of East Devon for 4G upgrade by summer 2024
The upgrades announced are part of the first phase of the SRN programme, where EE will invest to significantly reduce ‘partial not-spots’ in mobile coverage...
 
5G buzz continues with launches in Zambia and Lithuania
There’s been no let-up in 5G activity lately, with Zambia’s MTN announcing the country’s first 5G launch and Telia highlighting a dynamic spectrum sharing-based 5G launch now underway in Lithuania...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
ViacomCBS, Comcast announce content distribution agreements
Comcast has struck its second major carriage deal in a matter of days in a new distribution agreement to deliver the full ViacomCBS portfolio of broadcast, entertainment, news, and sports programming to its Xfinity...
 
Movistar+ renews Netflix agreement for five years
The deal, which follows one originally signed in 2018, will see the pair extend their partnership until 2026, enabling Movistar Fusión customers to sign up for and view Netflix...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Telehouse plans to open a data centre in Thailand in 2023
Telehouse is expanding its footprint in the Southeast Asian market, revealing plans to open a new data centre facility in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok...
 
SK uses NFC to guide CES visitors to a green future
he Korean tech giant used NFC for the exhibit to “not only help visitors have immersive experiences but also participate in actual carbon reduction” by providing them with a secondhand NFC smartphone...
 
BAI Communications partners with Mavenia to realise Sunderland’s smart city project
BAI Communications will build a new network centred on 5G to accelerate the adoption of transformative digital services for sectors such as manufacturing, logistics, education and social care...
 
 
Middle East
 
UAE Cyber Security Council, Injazat collaborate to improve cyber-attack detection and response
The MoU will enable all government and semi-government entities to be safeguarded by Injazat’s Cyber Fusion Centre’s ‘Detection and Response’ services..
 
New four-year strategy for Bahrain digital economy outlined
A new four-year strategy to push ahead with digitalising the economy, including the telecoms and information technology (IT) sectors, has been announced...
 
UAE's DEWA-SAT 1 nanosatellite launched
Using satellite communications, IoT, and AI will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of DEWA’s operations and support digitising energy networks, water distribution, and transmission networks...
 
Platform for fast and easy transactions launched in Oman
A new online platform, eHissab, recently launched in the country, has made commercial transactions smooth and fast...
 
South Asia
 
Pakistan on way to digital transformation
As the internet penetration has gone up to 70 percent in the country, countless case studies emerge that people successfully achieving their ambitions and turning their dreams into reality...
 
Banglalink, Teletalk sign MoU on infrastructure sharing
Banglalink and Teletalk have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities to share their respective telecom infrastructures...
 
Nepal’s internet bandwidth touches 1 Tbps mark
Ever-increasing Nepal’s internet bandwidth has now touched 1 Tbps, which is largely shared among the handful of leading ISPs and carriers for their internet services...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
SpaceX now has 1,469 active Starlink satellites
A recent report said that the satellite internet division of SpaceX now has more than 1,45,000 users across 25 countries globally...
 
Comcast, Broadcom achieve 4Gbps speeds in DOCSIS 4.0 trial
US cable giant Comcast has announced the successful test of a prototype 10G modem, which it says uses the core technology that will deliver multigigabit speeds to tens of millions of homes...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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