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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 7, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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SAMENA Telecommunications Council at MWC22 highlights importance of key recommendations and outcomes of the UN Broadband Commission’s WG on 21st Century Financing Models to close the connectivity gap
 
 
SAMENA Telecommunications Council’s CEO Bocar BA, as chair of the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development's Working Group on 21st Financing, Funding and Investment Models moderated a session on “Financing the Digital Transformation” during GSMA’s MWC22 Ministerial Programme. The session focused on three themes: (1) additional sources of financing, collaboration and shared investment, (2) pro-investment policies for connectivity expansion and (3) synergies and collaboration between telco operators and other beneficiaries of the digital ecosystem. It included speakers from the OECD, Mr. Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, Deputy Secretary General of the OECD, Her Excellency Ms. Vianna Maino, Minister of...
 
Omantel and Rihal sign an MoU to benefit from RPA solutions
 
 
Rihal, an Omani company specialized in providing data migration and management solutions, organized a ceremony at its head office in Muscat, for signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Omantel for providing a comprehensive training program in the field of robotic process automation (RPA) to a group of young people who are enrolled in the “Generation Z” program...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc Group, Etisalat (e&), du, Zain Group, Batelco and Omantel sign major pact to protect the environment and regional ICT sustainability
Member Logo stc Group, e& formerly known as Etisalat Group, Zain Group, Batelco, du, and Omantel signed an MOU at the Mobile World Congress 2022, aiming to accelerate and tighten cooperation to preserve and protect the environment and...
 
•  Etisalat UAE, part of e&, joins forces with Samsung to unleash smart solutions
Member Logo Etisalat UAE, part of e&, announced its unique partnership with Samsung to become the master distributor for the entire range of smart devices and solutions and operate the marketing, supply and distribution of its...
 
•  Tech Mahindra partners with APPSLINK to deliver an integrated localized payroll solution for Oracle SaaS customers
Member Logo Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services & solutions, announced a collaboration with APPSLINK, a Global award-winning Oracle Partner specialising in Oracle...
 
•  Cisco study finds privacy is now mission critical for organizations worldwide
Member Logo Cisco published its 2022 Data Privacy Benchmark Study, an annual global review of privacy corporate practices, on the impact of privacy on organizations and their views towards data privacy...
 
•  Huawei powers the digital economy with the launch of new intelligent solutions for enterprises and telcos
Member Logo At MWC Barcelona 2022, Huawei announced the launch of new intelligent solutions to empower enterprises and telcos, power the digital economy, and accelerate digital transformation across various industries...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Tech Mahindra unveils TechMVerse to drive commerce in the Metaverse
 
•  stc and Huawei launch 1st FTTR commercial service
 
•  CITC Governor: “The development and growth of the telecommunication sector enhances the Kingdom's leadership within this vital sector”
 
•  e& extends collaboration with Amazon Web Services
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Kazakhstan schedules 5G auction for end of May
The official highlighted that legislation was adopted in 2021 giving the Ministry the right to hold a 3500MHz auction, while ‘relevant rules were developed and registered with the Ministry of Justice last week’,...
 
German telco regulator launches inquiry into interoperability of messaging services
The German telecommunications regulator, the Federal Network Agenc has launched an inquiry after publishing a discussion papervon interoperability between messaging services...
 
Middle East
 
Ooredoo Qatar and Ericsson roll out shared indoor 5G connectivity
The solution, called Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855, has been commercially deployed in stadiums across the country to enhance the immersive experiences of international tournaments...
 
Saudi B2B marketplace acquires Egypt's Mowarrid
Sary, a leading marketplace that connects small businesses with wholesalers and brands through an application, said in a statement that the acquisition marks “a strategic move” towards its expansion in North...
 
World’s first neighbourhood Cloud comes up in Dubai
The initiative will provide residents, businesses, developers and the government with a secure and highly available sovereign cloud infrastructure to store and process their data locally...
 
South Asia
 
Zong leads PTA QoS rankings for Q4 2021
The survey gauged the CMO performances against the issued KPIs of voice, network coverage, SMS, and mobile broadband/data using a state-of-the-art automated QoS Monitoring and Benchmarking tool...
 
Digital platform for aquaculture introduced in Bangladesh
The digital platform combines both advisory support and a portfolio of products and services for aquaculture farmers and market actors, a press release said...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Telenor launches TV over 5G
Over the past three years, the Norwegian telco has been offering more than 100,000 customers a wireless broadband service from Telenor for homes, cabins and offices...
 
Vodafone Spain adds Cosmo On to VOD offering
Vodafone España is to add Cosmo On, the video-on-demand service of fashion and lifestyle brand Cosmo, to its TV offering...
 
 
North Africa
 
Egypt Post launches cashless payment system
This comes within the framework of Egypt Post’s interest in applying the best technological solutions to all services and transactions using advanced technologies and integrated digital solutions to facilitate...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
MTN plans open RAN trials with Rakuten in South Africa, Nigeria and Liberia
TN Group and Rakuten Symphony have agreed to run live 4G and 5G OpenRAN Proof of Concept (PoC) trials in South Africa, Nigeria and Liberia using the Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP)...
 
EE rolls out 200 4G small cells
EE has claimed successful rollout of 200 new 4G small cells spread across various cities in its UK network...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Truphone and Skylo demo ubiquitous cellular and satellite coverage
Skylo has successfully enabled ordinary cellular devices with Truphone SIMs to connect and transmit NB-IoT data via Skylo’s established satellite network, all without any additional hardware changes to the devices in...
 
Comcast boosts broadband speeds for subs in 14 states
Comcast customers in more than a dozen states across the northeast are set to benefit from faster broadband following a move by the operator to increase download and upload speeds by as much as 50% on a trio of service...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Comtech partners with RapidSOS to provide life-saving data to 911 agencies across the United States
RapidSOS is an emergency-response data platform that securely links life-saving data directly to emergency service providers and first responders...
 
Ukrainian mobile operators unite, launch national roaming
Initially, national roaming will be activated for subscribers of the contract form of service, and within the next three days, subscribers of prepaid communication will be connected...
 
Accenture shows off smart home energy tracking platform
Accenture presented a smart home energy consumption tracking platform targeting telco managed service offerings...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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