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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 1, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
stc receives “Outstanding Leadership and Growth – Achievement Award” from MEA Business
 
 
Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, announced that it has won the ‘Outstanding Leadership and Growth’ award from MEA Business, the region’s first augmented reality enabled business magazine, in recognition of the Company’s various achievements and initiatives...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  AT&T to spin off interest in WarnerMedia to shareholders
Member Logo The transaction, which will spin off 100% of AT&T’s interest in WarnerMedia to AT&T’s existing shareholders in a pro rata distribution, followed by the merger of WarnerMedia with Discovery, is expected to close...
 
•  Tech Mahindra Q3’22 revenues up 18.7% YoY
Member Logo Tech Mahindra Ltd., a specialist in digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering services announced the unaudited consolidated financial results for its quarter ended December 31st, 2021...
 
•  Huawei's rotating chairman Guo Ping announces plans to build a new cloud region in Saudi Arabia during LEAP 2022
Member Logo Speaking to attendees at LEAP 2022 technology innovation conference, Huawei’s rotating chairman Mr. Guo Ping said that Huawei would soon build a cloud region in Saudi Arabia...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Anatel approves satellite applications from LEO firms Starlink, Swarm
Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency has issued Starlink Brazil Holding a licence granting it ‘satellite exploration rights’. Starlink...
 
Icasa receives 6 applications for spectrum licensing process
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa said it has received six applications in respect of the international mobile telecommunications spectrum licensing process marking a step towards the auctioning of...
 
South Asia
 
Jazz Investment reaches US$10 billion in Pakistan
In a statement, Jazz said that it has invested more than US$10 billion since its inception, including US$ 560 million in the last couple of years alone after its merger with Warid especially to improve its Quality of...
 
GP teams up with AB Bank to offer free Internet data
AB Bank and Grameenphone Limited have signed an agreement under which the bank will give away free internet data to the selected customers of the bank...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Seifert teams with Axel Springer to launch sports streamer
The new service is set for launch in the autumn of 2023, with the aim of attracting sports fans by bundling league rights and events in a single offering...
 
HBO Max confirms second wave of European launches
WarnerMedia’s premium streaming platform HBO Max has confirmed it will launch in a further 15 European countries on March 8 following on from its successful launch in the Nordics and Spain in October 2021...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Globacom signs network expansion deal with Ceragon
Ceragon Networks has announced the signing of a deal with Nigerian telecoms operator Globacom to further expand its network coverage and capacity, and enhance service delivery to customers...
 
New partnership aims to boost business in Latin America
The partners say that the cooperation will prove valuable in particular to T-Mobile US and TIM Brasil, both FreeMove Alliance members, whose multinational customer bases are regularly doing business across the Americas...
 
Juniper predicts 40% of subscribers will have RCS capabilities by 2026
Rich Communication Services (RCS) expected to thrive despite strong competition from non-telco messaging options...
 
 
Middle East
 
Digital transformation of Jordan to be focused at conference
More than 200 experts from several ministries and industries and 30 expert speakers will brainstorm on new ideas and discuss the roadmap for the future of digital transformation of the country at the 2nd Digital...
 
Gellify Middle East to boost innovation in healthcare industry
Gellify Middle East is all set to boost innovation in the healthcare industry as it launched Digital Healthcare Practice Headquarters in UAE and unveiled Blockchain, Data Interoperability, and new AI Technologies during Arab...
 
G42 Cloud, Kyndryl to accelerate cloud adoption and business transformation
Through this collaboration, G42 Cloud and Kyndryl aim to accelerate cloud adoption in the UAE and the Middle East..
 
Aramco and mCloud explore AI ESG solutions through digital tech hub
The hub will enable both parties to jointly develop new AI-powered innovations with a focus on ESG solutions...
 
North Africa
 
Ericsson partners with universities in Morocco to boost students’ digital skills
The partnerships are part of Ericsson’s #AfricaInMotion campaign and aim to strengthen mutual partnerships in areas of ICT skills development, career mentoring, training, digital learning, and innovation...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Unitel 4G reaches all provincial capitals
Unitel repored on its website that its 4G LTE network now covers all 18 of the country’s provincial capitals, compared to 17 previously, while its combined 4G and 3G coverage now reaches ‘516 locations, communes...
 
Orange announces mass 5G rollout in Spain connecting 1,100 towns and cities
Orange has announced a massive 700 MHz frequency 5G network rollout plan to cover 1,100 Spanish towns and cities (ciudads), including nearly 200 in Madrid and Catalonia, with 140 of them having a population exceeding 50,000...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
EnduroSat and SayariLabs partner to launch Kenya’s first software-defined nanosat
The nanosat will provide agricultural monitoring as well as land use mapping to prevent calamities in the region...
 
Giganet, Anixter team to expand FTTP internet service to the UK
Further momentum in UK full-fiber broadband market sees leading ISP entering into a multi-year agreement with subsidiary of Wesco International, to support the expansion of gigabit connectivity delivery across the UK...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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