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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 6, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Tech Mahindra unveils TechMVerse to drive commerce in the Metaverse
 
 
With an aim to transform customer experience and deliver real business outcomes, Tech Mahindra will leverage its world-leading network and infrastructure capabilities along with its foundational technological capabilities including pervasive Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, 5G, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Quantum Computing to build B2B use cases across sectors...
 
African Development Bank grant to improve governance of natural resource outflows in six African countries
The Transitional Support Facility has awarded a $2.8 million grant for the Governing Natural Resource Outflows for Enhanced Economic Resilience in Fragile and Transitional Countries (GONAT) project in the selected fragile and transitional countries..
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc to host GSMA Mobile 360 in Riyadh
Member Logo stc Group, the Saudi digital enabler in KSA and the region signed an agreement with GSMA Group to host the first ever Mobile 360 series in the city of Riyadh, during stc’s participation at the Mobile World Congress,...
 
•  stc Bahrain becomes first telecom in MENA region to launch Chainlink node
Member Logo stc Bahrain, a world-class digital enabler, has announced the launch of its official Chainlink node by which will provide smart contracts with access to a secure source of real-world data and secure off-chain computations....
 
•  Nokia selected by Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison as prime supplier in multi-year network expansion deal
Member Logo Nokia announced that it has been selected by Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) as the principal vendor to deploy and expand its 4G and 5G network across Indonesia in a three-year deal...
 
•  Huawei unveils its latest products and solutions at MWC Barcelona
Member Logo This includes the company’s third-generation TDD M-MIMO products and FDD ultra-wideband multi-antenna products. Huawei also introduced its newly released IntelligentRAN architecture during the show...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Saudi Arabia, Egypt sign MoU on digital transformation
Egypt’s National Telecom Regulatory Authority has signed a memorandum of understanding in the field of digital transformation with the Saudi Communications and Information Technology Commission...
 
ITU members to set standardization agenda
Technical standards are needed to harness the accelerating uptake of technologies in fields such as 5G, the Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence to help meet United Nations Sustainable Development Goals...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Disney to launch ad-funded version of Disney+
Disney+ will introduce an ad-supported subscription in addition to its option without ads, beginning in the US in late 2022, with plans to expand internationally in 2023...
 
Cellnex Telecom and Sofia Digital create new HbbTV-based streaming service
A new method of content discovery, running on Vestel TVs, has been created by Sofia Digital and Cellnex Telecom...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
PLDT and Telesat look to LEOs for remote connectivity
Philippines telco PLDT and global satellite operator Telesat of Canada say they have successfully conducted the Philippines' first on-orbit testing of high-speed broadband connectivity with Telesat's Phase 1 low...
 
Aeronet launches 2Gbps fiber service in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican B2B-focused ISP Aeronet has launched a new 2Gbps service plan, doubling the download speed currently offered by its AeroFiber brand...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
NTT DOCOMO, NEC to run 5G core network NF on AWS public cloud
NTT DOCOMO and NEC have launched a proof-of-concept (PoC) testing to run NEC's 5G core network (5GC) service in a hybrid cloud environment that leverages the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud using end-to-end cloud- native...
 
Telesat and Liquid Intelligent Technologies ink strategic cooperation agreement for Telesat Lightspeed services in Africa
As part of the agreement, the companies will closely collaborate on the commercial and technical aspects of integrating the Telesat Lightspeed enterprise-grade, high-throughput, low-latency satellite network with...
 
Mavenir expands Open RAN ecosystem
Network software provider ups its ante in the field of open radio access networks, with a new suite of O-RAN-compliant radios for deployments ranging from macro, mmWave and mMIMO...
 
 
Middle East
 
Qatar’s internet services among top-ranked globally
In Qatar, the data recorded 2.93 million internet users in January 2022, while the internet penetration rate stood at 99.0 percent of the total population at the start of the year...
 
Ooredoo awarded “Fastest 5G Network in Kuwait” for 2021 at MWC Barcelona 2022
Ooredoo Kuwait has taken major steps in the world of telecommunications over the past two years and during the pandemic, and continued to strengthen its networks up until this day while successfully continued to achieve key...
 
Zain KSA and Ericsson sign charging agreement
Ericsson will modernise Zain KSA’s systems while upgrading Ericsson Charging, Ericsson Mediation, Ericsson Activation and Ericsson CSS (Communication Solution Server); Ericsson's strategic platform for...
 
Thuraya launches Push-to-Talk communications solution
Thuraya PTT seamlessly extends the range of voice and data communications, reducing costs while improving efficiency for customers...
 
South Asia
 
Jiye Technologies announces Pakistan’s first B2B BNPL
The BNPL program has been started with aggressive expansion plans with input integrations to the farmers and agricultural sector to be introduced in the near future...
 
HUTCH completes successful implementation of advanced Oracle Cloud ERP system
Most legacy ERP systems including Oracle are fully deployed on-premises but now technology is moving toward the Cloud and Hutch decided to leap forward and implement a future-proof Oracle Cloud ERP...
 
North Africa
 
AT offers free digital library service on faster ADSL plans
Algerie Telecom is offering a free one-year subscription to its Fimaktabati online library to all new residential subscribers to its 4 Mbps and 8 Mbps Idoom ADSL plans...
 
African Development Bank grant to improve governance of natural resource outflows in six African countries
The Transitional Support Facility has awarded a $2.8 million grant for the Governing Natural Resource Outflows for Enhanced Economic Resilience in Fragile and Transitional Countries (GONAT) project in the selected fragile...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Our Telekom to benefit from Aussie funding to build new cell sites in Solomon Islands
The funds will be used to support the construction of six new 3G/4G telecoms towers for Solomon Telekom (Our Telekom) in 2022...
 
Chile’s Entel reports 40% progress in first phase of 5G roll-out
Chile’s leading telecoms operator Entel reached 40% of the first phase of its 5G network roll-out, having activated the service in 62 communities in nine regions of the country...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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