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February 10, 2022

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Zain Group 2021 net profit grows 2% to reach US$616 million; Board recommends cash dividend of 23 fils for H2 2021

Zain Group, a leading telecom innovator in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces its consolidated financial results for the full-year 2021, and fourth quarter ended 31 December, 2021. The Group ended the year with a customer base of 48.9 million, an annual increase of 2.4%, reflecting an addition of 1.2 million customers...

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Nokia partners with Zain KSA to expand and enhance its digital infrastructure

Nokia has signed an agreement with Zain KSA to expand the operator’s digital infrastructure and enhance its network capabilities covering all regions of the Kingdom...

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Huawei ranked among Top 10 Most Valuable Brands of 2022

Brand Finance has named Huawei among the top 10 most valuable brands for 2022 in its recently published Brand Finance Global 500 2022 report, jumping up 6 places from 2021 despite facing many unforeseen challenges...

Policy and Regulation

•	Pakistan begins paving way to 5G spectrum auction Pakistan’s government has established an advisory committee to prepare for the auction of 5G spectrum, the Express Tribune reports...

•	UK regulator opens door to mobile network consolidation Britain's telecoms regulator said it was not ideologically wedded to retaining four mobile networks, signalling an open-minded approach to a possible tie-up between Vodafone and Three...

Middle East

•	UAE and Spain boost collaboration in industry and advanced tech Its objective is to advance industries in both countries through industrial collaborations, research and development, knowledge and policy exchange, and technology transfer...

•	Saudi creative program sees 1st immersive technology ideas brought to digital life The first fruits of a special creative program launched in Saudi Arabia to generate innovative ideas using the latest immersive technologies are being showcased at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture...

•	Time To Reply Ltd signs strategic distribution agreement with VAD Technologies Time To Reply with VAD Technologies, as the first step in the fast tracking of a strategic partnership to sell the vendor’s Business Email Analytics products across a select range of countries in Middle East...

South Asia

•	TikTok partners with Zindagi Trust to create digital safety awareness TikTok, the leading short-form video platform, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zindagi Trust for an awareness campaign around safe usage of the internet...

•	Banglalink wins Ookla Speedtest Award for 4th consecutive time According to the recently published Ookla Speedtest Award report for the third and fourth quarters of 2021, Banglalink remains on top with a score of 20.04 with a median download speed of 13.77 Mbps, and a median upload...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Disney+ adds 12 million as company beats revenue predictions Disney has quieted concerns over a faltering end to 2021 by returning to form in its Q1 2022 results, adding 11.8 million Disney+ subscribers...

•	US free streaming audience set to surpass SVOD in 2022 Fatigue with subscription services is paving the way for rapidly increasing advertising video-on-demand (AVOD) viewership, now more closely reflecting US general population demographics says a study from Tubi...

North Africa

•	Inwi, Maroc Telecom top internet rankings in Morocco For fixed-line networks, the nPerf algorithm measures bitrates -- a rough unit of data transferred to a host device -- in terms of uploads and download speed, as well as internet latency -- the time it takes for data to go...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Ericsson, Siminn ink five-year contact to expand 4G/5G networks Icelandic telecoms company Siminn and Ericsson have inked a new five-year contract for the further development of Siminn’s nationwide 4G network and the expansion of its 5G infrastructure...

•	Globe Telecom hails 5G rollout investment for data traffic boost Philippines-based operator Globe Telecom recorded a “massive” boost in monthly data traffic on its 5G network last year, showing the fruit from its major investment into its network last year...

Satellite & Internet

•	Verizon launches 2Gbps fiber service in New York Verizon Communications has reportedly launched a symmetrical 2Gbps fiber broadband connection in New York City this week...

•	YahClick to expand its Africa network with Clear Blue YahClick, the satellite broadband service of UAE-based global satellite operator Yahsat, is teaming up with an off-grid power company lear Blue Technologies to expand its services of offering high-speed connectivity in...

Global Telecom Update

•	FWA deal aims to benefit businesses and residential areas across Mexico Wireless internet service provider XCIEN and fixed wireless access expert Tarana have announced a new partnership to bring high-speed, reliable internet service to businesses and residential areas across Mexico with plans...

•	EXFO collaborates with Red Hat to enable adaptive 5G service assurance in critical cloud applications Communications test, monitoring and analytics specialists, EXFO, are collaborating with Red Hat, a provider of enterprise open source solutions, to enable telecommunication service providers and enterprise customers to...

•	Inetum prepares a takeover in IT in Poland The TMT sector (telecommunications, media, technology) contributed significantly to last year's record on the Polish mergers and acquisitions market...

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