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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 9, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Zain ‘Best Mobile Operator’ and ‘Best ISP’ in Kuwait during 2021
 
 
Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, ranked first in the ‘Best Mobile Operator’ category for the tenth time and the ‘Best Internet Service Provider’ category for the sixth time in Kuwait for the year 2021 by Service Hero, the Arab World's only 100% consumer powered customer satisfaction index...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc earns the Excellence GTI Award and signs innovative technology partnerships
Member Logo The award was announced during the “GTI Online Summit 2022” that was held as part of the Mobile World Congress (MWC22) event in Barcelona. stc was presented and honored through this award for its dedication...
 
•  Mobily joins group to build 19,200 km undersea cable system
Member Logo Etihad Etisalat Company (Mobily) has become part of the Southeast Asia - Middle East - Western Europe 6 (SEA-ME-WE 6) consortium to build a 19,200 km-long undersea cable system linking Saudi Arabia with 10 other countries...
 
•  Huawei commits to invest into foundational technologies to reshape the technological paradigm
Member Logo At the recently concluded Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Huawei showcased a series of new technologies and solutions from across all of its business units to ensure success through digital transformation...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
IFT allows Red Compartida four extra years to fulfil coverage obligations
Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute has agreed to relax the coverage obligations of wholesale 4G provider Red Compartid...
 
Lithuania green-lights 5G launches on existing spectrum
Lithuania’s regulator RRT will allow operators to offer 5G services using their existing spectrum holdings...
 
North Africa
 
Vodacom Group gets green light for majority stake in Vodafone Egypt
Vodacom Group of South Africa has won the backing of its shareholders to acquire 55% of Vodafone Egypt from Vodafone Group to the tune of R41bn (US$2.7 billion)...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Telekom improves 4G, 5G coverage and capacity in 1,526 areas
Telekom Deutschland, the domestic fixed and mobile unit of Deutsche Telekom (DT), says it has rolled out 5G coverage and expanded capacity at 834 mobile sites nationwide in the last six weeks...
 
Montenegro’s Crnogorski Telekom launches 5G using DSS
From the start of this week, the users of Crnogorski Telekom in the Montenegrin capital Podgorica have had access to a 5G network in a number of locations, making the company the first operator in Montenegro to put a 5G...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Virgin Orbit to launch first Welsh satellite from UK spaceport
Leading launch company Virgin Orbit and European in-space manufacturing tech start-up Space Forge announce an agreement to launch the first satellite developed in Wales in summer 2022...
 
VOO extends gigabit connectivity to 22 extra urban municipalities
Belgian cable operator VOO has announced a new phase in the deployment of its gigabit-capable fixed broadband network, extending availability of ‘Gigaboost’ packages to 22 extra-urban communes in the Wallonia...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Infosys partners with Telenor Norway to enhance business agility and operational efficiency
Infosys announced its collaboration with Telenor Norway, Telenor’s wholly owned Norwegian telecommunications operator, to successfully transform its finance and supply chain operations...
 
Safaricom Ethiopia selects VMware as its telco cloud platform partner
Safaricom Telecommunication Ethiopia, as part of an international consortium named the Global Partnership for Ethiopia, was granted the second Unified Telecommunication Service License in July 2021...
 
Vodacom launches V-Hub for SMEs in South Africa
South African mobile communications company Vodacom Group stated that its ICT unit Vodacom Business has launched V-Hub, an online resource portal, specifically designed to help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...
 
 
Middle East
 
VMware opens regional office in Doha
VMware has opened a regional office in Qatar with over 20 members of staff that will also serve Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain and Yemen...
 
Orange Jordan and int@j launch “Inspiring Change through Digital World” award
The award was launched on International Women's Day, March 8, with the aim to offer more opportunities for women entrepreneurs and enhance the competitiveness of their projects and innovations...
 
New digital postbox in Bahrain launched
Beyon Connect, a subsidiary of Batelco, has launched OneBox, the first of its kind in Bahrain, according to a statement from the company...
 
stc participates in MWC Barcelona 2022
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...
 
MBC Group signs a strategic partnership with Dubai real estate startup platform, Stake
The deal will also support Stake’s expansion into serving a greater number of property investors as it grows in Saudi Arabia and then the United Kingdom...
 
South Asia
 
Ntc begins 4G in Pathibhara
Digital Nepal is the driving norm and the state telco is keeping no stone unturned in ensuring mobile communications expand far and wide across the country...
 
Demand for IT solutions in Pakistan growing rapidly
Along with large businesses, small and medium-sized companies are also working to improve their performance and profitability through IT solutions...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Magenta Telekom picks Broadpeak for Austrian Magenta TV launch
The tech is capable of delivering live, VOD, Cloud PVR, catch-up TV, time-shift TV, and other advanced services to subscribers on any screen...
 
HD+ IP launches on Samsung TVs
Samsung smart TVs will be able to receive German TV platform HD+ via the internet in addition to the Astra satellite system (19.2° East) from mid-2022...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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