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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
February 14, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
stc participates in “The Avenues Sky” for three weekends
 
 
Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced its participation in “The Avenues Sky” – season 2, a family-fun filled initiative held every weekend from February 10th to the 26th, with a range of activities for children and adults...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  New FirstNet cell site launches in Salisbury to support first responders
Member Logo Salisbury’s first responders are getting a major boost in their wireless communications thanks to the FirstNet® network expansion currently underway by AT&T...
 
•  Nokia launches first phase of share buyback program
Member Logo In line with the announcement on 3 February 2022, the Board of Directors of Nokia Corporation ("Nokia" or the "Company") has today decided to launch the first phase of the share buyback program...
 
•  Huawei co-hosts 2022 online ICPC Training Camp
Member Logo The first phase of the Huawei-powered 2022 ICPC Training Camp concluded on Tuesday, after two days of online trainings for 2022 International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) contestants provided by world-class coaches,...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
TDRA issues a report on enabling digital transformation in the United Arab Emirates
The report included the most important stations that the digital transformation process has gone through in the country since its establishment...
 
CITC issues fixed wireless links regulations
The Communications and Information Technology Commission has issued the “Fixed Wireless Links Regulations” through which CITC offers Ultra Wide-band channels, adopts new licensing mechanism for fixed wireless...
 
Middle East
 
Prince Sultan University, VMware to launch Innovation Centre
Prince Sultan University (PSU) and VMware will launch an Innovation Centre that will enable students, researchers, and businesses to experience cloud, modern apps, and security solutions, supporting Saudi Arabia’s...
 
Satellite operator Yahsat wins US$248 million UAE contract
Abu Dhabi’s Yahsat Government Solutions has secured a 909.5 million dirhams (US$247.5 million) mandate to provide enhanced services to the UAE Government for its satellite communications capabilities...
 
MENA SVOD revenues to reach US$4 billion
SVOD revenues for 20 countries in the MENA region will grow by US$2.3 billion between 2021 and 2027, reaching a total of US$4 billion...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Kabelio adds 6 channels to Swiss DTH satellite platform
The new services are Super RTL, ORF Sport+, BBC Three, CBBC and Rouge TV from French-speaking Switzerland as well as Swiss education and culture channel auftanken.TV...
 
Streaming success for Discovery in Beijing
Viewership of Discovery’s coverage of the ongoing Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has already surpassed the 2018 games within one week...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Brazil certifies Seaborn Networks as RCB provider
Submarine fiber optic cable systems operator Seabras 1 Brasil announced its network has been approved to provide connectivity to the Brazilain Stock Exchange (B3, enhancing the financial services market in Brazil...
 
OneWeb launches 34 satellites, bringing constellation to 428
OneWeb confirmed the successful deployment of 34 satellites by Arianespace from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana...
 
 
South Asia
 
Grameenphone partners with itel to introduce affordable 4G smartphone
Grameenphone has partnered with smartphone brand itel to launch the cobranded handset itel A23 Pro in Bangladesh with an aim to bring affordable 4G smartphones into the market to enable advanced connectivity for people...
 
North Africa
 
Telecom Egypt and GRID Telecom sign a strategic MoU to connect Egypt and Greece
Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator and one of the largest subsea cables operators in the region, and GRID Telecom, subsidiary of the Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) in Greece,...
 
Preparation underway for Libyan-Tunisian-Algerian Conference on digital and economic transformation
The conference program aims to hold working sessions between the participating countries to exchange experiences in a way that develops a culture of the digital economy...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Philippines Smart expands 5G roaming service to 45 countries
Philippines operator Smart Communications has announced that it has expanded the 5G roaming, serving customers in forty-five countries worldwide...
 
German utility companies to build private 4G network
This will help to pave the way for the digitisation of the energy transition, as the spectrum is particularly suitable for use in building a highly available and blackout-resilient nationwide wireless network...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Mobile money pilots attract nearly half a million users
More than 463,000 people have so far used mobile money services since the first pilot platforms were launched by operators in Vietnam late last year, reports Vietnam Plus...
 
TM to enhance customer experience with 2600 MHz spectrum
Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) has reaffirmed its commitment to enhancing customer experience, capacity and value with the 2600 megahertz (MHz) spectrum band...
 
Vodafone taps Oracle for UK 5G
Vodafone UK revealed further progress towards standalone (SA) 5G, tapping Oracle Communications to supply cloud-native network policy management...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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