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March 2, 2022

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CITC Governor: “The development and growth of the telecommunication sector enhances the Kingdom's leadership within this vital sector”

During his visit, H.E. praised stc Group’s pavilion participating at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, for the efforts made by the group in provisioning the ICT sector, as well as the recent initiatives announced by stc of establishing a major digital center for the Middle East and North Africa, which enhances the Kingdom’s leadership in the ICT sector...

e& extends collaboration with Amazon Web Services

e& announced that it is extending its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to address the growing demand for digitalisation in different industries with use cases focussed on enterprises in oil and gas, manufacturing, and logistics...

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Middle East operators establish region’s first Open RAN centralised test lab in collaboration with TIP and Intel

Middle East operators have opened the first regional community lab in collaboration with Telecom Infra Project (TIP) and Intel, following the signing of the Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) MoU last year. The move will...

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Tech Mahindra uses AWS to power netOps.ai Platform

Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering services and solutions, has signed a multi-year Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help...

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Huawei's BladeAAU Pro Drives New 5G Growth for du

he new BladeAAU Pro provides an innovative and simplified solution for du’s 5G commercial deployment by unlocking new possibilities of its 5G business development in innovative scenarios, spurring on du 5G business...

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New Syniverse CPaaS platform to accelerate enterprises’ digital transformation and improve customer experience

Syniverse announced it is the first global messaging and Communications Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) provider to offer a cloud-native, hyperscale digital engagement platform to improve enterprises’ customer...

Policy and Regulation

•	World first trial of 5G HAPS technology takes place in Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea Project Positioned at high altitude and providing a clear and evenly distributed signal, HAPS enables additional capabilities, including the Internet of Things (IOT), emergency communications, disaster recovery, temporary coverage...

•	MoITT to provide high-speed mobile broadband access to 2.7 million people With the future plan set in motion, the Ministry of IT & Telecom (MoITT) through Universal Service Fund (USF) will be providing high-speed mobile broadband access to approximately 2.7 million people in 4,109 unserved and...

North Africa

•	Egypt obligates hotel establishments to raise minimum internet speed The minimum internet speed for each hotel is determined according to its classification — whether five, four, or three stars or floating hotels....

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	4G broadband coverage in Malacca continues to improve The 4G broadband coverage rate for populated areas in Melaka increased to 99.63 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2021, compared to 95.50 per cent in the first quarter of 2020...

•	DITO launches 5G wireless home broadband in select areas of NCR The Philippines’ third telco DITO Telecommunity is levering its in-deployment 5G infrastructure to launch a wireless home broadband service in select areas in the National Capital Region (NCR), aka Metro Manila...

•	Turk Telekom and Mavenir announce 4G/5G open vRAN pilot Operator Turk Telekom is in the MWC news yet again, this time with an announcement that it has selected network software provider Mavenir and ComPro for an 4G/5G open vRAN pilot...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	fuboTV partners with Kantar fuboTV said that it would leverage Kantar’s media effectiveness product Brand Lift Insights to allow advertisers and marketers to better understand the effectiveness of their campaigns...

•	Alteox launches Disney on demand content on PostTV and tele.lu It follows a new distribution deal that has been brokered by Alteox Media Consulting, Post Luxembourg’s exclusive content provider and technical VOD partner...

Satellite & Internet

•	Intelsat demos private cellular over satellite using Azure 5G core Intelsat has demonstrated a private cellular network with Microsoft Azure Private Multi-Access Edge Compute and FlexEnterprise, Intelsat’s satellite-based global connectivity service...

•	Telus launches PureFibre X 2.5 Gbps internet in Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley Telus has just announced the launch of PureFibre X across the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley, a new tier offering Canada’s fastest home internet with symmetrical upload and download speeds of 2.5 Gbps...

Middle East

•	Saudi Arabian digital transformation firm raises $40m This investment will enable Master Works to accelerate its growth and prepare for a public listing in Saudi Arabia over the next few months, the company said in a statement...

•	Dubai's DSO launches ‘SANDBOX’ programme to support early-stage startups Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the integrated free zone technology park, announced the commencement of SANDBOX, the region’s first-of-its-kind startup programme to support early-stage technology startups scale and raise...

•	e& extends collaboration with Amazon Web Services e& announced that it is extending its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to address the growing demand for digitalisation in different industries with use cases focussed on enterprises in oil and gas,...

•	Ooredoo and SAP announce ERP deal at MWC SAP will provide multiple solutions to facilitate complete digitalisation, a key strategic goal for Ooredoo, as well as consolidation of all its ERP solutions to a centralised cloud platform...

South Asia

•	Pakistan issues common QR code standard to accelerate digitization With the issuance of a single country-wide QR code standard, Pakistan has joined the countries who have taken similar steps to promote low-cost digitization of payment services, especially at retail level...

•	Dialog Smart Home enables seamless home automation via range of intuitive solutions Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider, introduced a range of convenient and integrated solutions via ‘Dialog Smart Home’ to enable intelligent automation and intuitive control of...

Global Telecom Update

•	Globe finalises data centre carve out, names partners Globe rebranded as a digital telco in September and said in November that it was considering this option and submitted documents to the Philippines Stock Exchange (PSE)...

•	Safaricom in talks with Ethio Telecom on network sharing Safaricom, which as part of a consortium was in May 2021 named as the successful bidder for Ethiopia’s first new communications licence, has revealed that it is negotiating a network sharing deal with incumbent...

•	Vanu announces solar-powered base station rollout in Nigeria The base stations were deployed on behalf of an as-yet-unnamed leading Nigerian operator and voice and data traffic over the network is currently active...

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