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SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
February 7, 2022 |
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| Member News |
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Zain Esports teams up with PLAYHERA to rollout the region’s next generation gaming tournament platform – “PLAYHERA MENA”
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Zain Esports, the esports brand of Zain Group, and the region’s fast-growing gaming startup, PLAYHERA have announced a joint venture (JV) agreement to launch PLAYHERA MENA, targeting the region’s lucrative gaming... |
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solutions by stc introduces ‘Business Communication’, an innovative PTT solution for Corporate Customers
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solutions by stc, the specialized business arm of Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, introduced its latest collaboration tool ‘Business Communication’, a new communication service designed to assist... |
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Tech Mahindra partners with Yellow.ai to transform enterprise customer experiences with conversational AI
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As part of the partnership, Tech Mahindra and Yellow.ai will work towards developing next-gen conversational-AI solutions to elevate omnichannel capabilities such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Human Resources... |
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Zain KSA signs agreement with Huawei to develop and expand its digital services infrastructure
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Zain KSA signed an agreement with its global partner Huawei to expand and develop its cloud and digital services infrastructure. The announcement was made on the sidelines of the global future technologies event LEAP 2022... |
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| 3G, 4G and 5G Networks |
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XL deploys 4G LTE in most parts of Southeast Sulawesi
XL Axiata has expanded its 4G network in Southeast Sulawesi, Sultra Province, during the early part of this year, and now covers 107 (48% of) sub-districts in the region with around 1,200 villages served by its LTE signal...
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France ends January with 32,107 authorized 5G sites nationw
France had a total of 32,107 authorized 5G sites as of February 1, of which 23,085 were declared technically operational by the local mobile carriers, according to the latest sector indicators...
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| Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV |
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NBCU streams Winter Olympics coverage in 8K VR
The app will see NBCU stream more than 150 hours of live and on demand interactive virtual reality coverage of the ongoing Beijing Winter Olympic Games in 8K resolution...
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Vectra launches TV Smart Go
Poland’s leading cable operator Vectra has unveiled a new version of an application enabling mobile access to TV and content on demand...
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| Middle East |
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Tasnee launches major digital transformation with SAP
Tasnee, the first Saudi joint stock company wholly owned by the private sector, has partnered with global technology company SAP, to implement SAP S/4HANA Cloud, the core offering of RISE with SAP, to power its business...
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Middle East AI firm Mozn raises US$10 million to enhance Natural Language Understanding engine
Mozn will use the funds to enhance its Natural Language Understanding engine and unlock use cases that have never been possible before for the 2 billion people using Arabic and other related languages across the globe...
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Sharjah Digital Office platform records 128,000 visits, 7,271 transactions
SDO has revealed that payments for public parking fees, SEWA bills, and Etisalat bills, were amongst the most used services on the platform...
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BSV association partners with Saudi Digital Academy to launch BSV Blockchain Academy in Saudi Arabia
The BSV blockchain's Switzerland-based industry association and the Saudi Digital Academy (SDA) have signed a memorandum of understanding to launch a BSV Blockchain Academy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia...
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| Satellite & Internet |
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SpaceX lands in Tonga to reconnect island
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano eruption destroyed Tonga’s only fibre optic cable connecting to the internet and the rest of the world was greatly damaged by the eruption on Jan 15...
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PLDT Home Fiber footprint passed 14m households at end-2021
The carrier noted that last year it increased its fiber footprint by 73% from 2020, to 743,700km, boosting the total number of homes passed to nearly 14 million (2020: 9.0 million)...
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