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January 30, 2022

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Etisalat Group strengthens Smiles online marketplace presence with acquisition of elGrocer

Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC “Etisalat Group” announced that, further to the announcement on 18 November 2021, it has completed the acquisition of elGrocer DMCC...

Member News

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AT&T and United Way to provide thousands of free devices to Southern Dallas residents

AT&T commits US$1 million to Southern Dallas Thrives initiative to provide 2,000 free laptops, digital literacy and tech support for underserved residents...

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Huawei retains leadership in 5G RAN portfolio

Huawei's 5G RAN portfolio has been ranked a leader for the third year in a row in GlobalData's recent H2 2021 report 5G RAN: Competitive Landscape Assessment. This report is released every six months to evaluate the...

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Tech Mahindra Included in Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for Third Consecutive Year

Tech Mahindra announced that it has been included in Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the third consecutive year. Tech Mahindra is amongst the 7 Indian companies to be included in 2022 Bloomberg's...

Policy and Regulation

•	Kazakhstan streamlining spectrum licensing process before auctions The draft order will inform the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation & Aerospace’s strategy for the upcoming spectrum auctions...

•	TDRA honors the winners of the International Virtual Hackathon The Telecommunications and Digital Regulatory Authority (TDRA) honored the winners of the International Virtual Hackathon in a ceremony...

North Africa

•	Tunisian AI startup raises $100 million from Chimera Abu Dhabi, Google InstaDeep, a Tunis and London-based enterprise AI startup that creates decision-making systems, has raised US$100 million in funding rounds that included Chimera Abu Dhabi and Google...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Weah launches LTC 4G VoLTE mobile network In an effort to make communication accessible and affordable to its citizens, Liberia Telecommunications Corporation (LTC) officially launched a 4G VoLTE mobile network in the country..

•	Deutsche Telekom expands 5G capacities at almost 1,000 sites Deutsche Telekom said it has built up 5G capacities at 958 sites nationwide over the past six weeks, the telco said in a statement...

Satellite & Internet

•	Rural satellite internet service initiative to improve internet access in 200 locations in Kelantan Through this cooperation, Kelantan will be able to provide internet services via satellite to the people in the state, especially those in rural areas..

•	Community Fibre doubles full fiber network rollout target Community Fibre, a pure fiber focused on the rollout of services London, has announced that it is doubling its rollout target in the capital, and now aims to pass 2.2 million premises by the end of 2024...

Global Telecom Update

•	Telia agrees sale of 49% stake in Swedish tower network A consortium of Brookfield and Alecta recently bought a 49% interest in Telia Towers, which owns the telco’s tower assets in Finland and Norway...

•	Orange Belgium, La Grand Poste create 5G Lab in Liège Orange Belgium has forged a partnership with the Grand Poste of Liège, which is a hub dedicated to creative companies and innovation...

•	92.9% of Poles use a mobile phone and 70.5% use the Internet Among Poles over 15 years of age, 92.9 percent used a mobile phone, and 70.5 percent used the Internet in 2019, according to the public opinion poll on the functioning of the telecommunications services market and consumer...

Middle East

•	Iraqi startup Baly raises US$10.5 million Iraqi-based super app Baly raised a historic US$10.5 million in its latest funding round — the largest ever for a tech startup in the country...

•	Dubai-based Customer Experience Leader has been nominated for the prestigious CXMStars™️ - Top CX Influencer award Dubai-based, Raluca Berchiu, has been nominated for the prestigious CXMStars™️ - Top CX Influencer award. This is the Customer Experience Magazine’s annual list of people who distinguish themselves by...

•	MoHAP, Amazon's AWS ink MoU on cloud-based electronic medical record system The MoU covers the fields of an electronic medical records system, data strategy and health care portal that focuses on providing the best health services to members of society...

•	Zain Cloud receives highest rating for cloud computing services Zain Cloud, the cloud computing service provided by Zain KSA, has achieved Class (C) classification from the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC)...

•	BNET holds Strategy workshop under the theme "One Team, One Vision" The primary objective of the Strategy workshop is to drive operational excellence by fostering innovation and optimisation, led by an inspired team, and based on the principle "One Team, One Vision"...

•	GSMA sets out 5G roadmap for Middle East & North Africa The GSMA has published an analysis showing how robust 5G growth in the Middle East and North Africa has followed ambitious 5G spectrum assignments...

South Asia

•	Startups bringing Pakistan's farming into digital age Agriculture entrepreneurs are bringing the digital age to Pakistan's farmers, helping them plan crops better and distribute their produce when the time is right...

•	Grameenphone gains on capex splurge Bangladesh-based Grameenphone highlighted mobile revenue and data growth in Q4 2021, as its wider LTE network coverage attracted new subscribers...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Tele2 rebrands streaming service Tele2 Sweden has launched a new streaming bundle, at the same time changing the name of Comhem Play to Tele2 Play...

•	Comcast to double Peacock content spend as it pivots to ad-supported subscription model Comcast is to double the amount it spends on programming on streaming service Peacock this year to over US$3 billion as it seeks to drive take-up, with a plan to increase domestic content spending to US$5 billion in the next...

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