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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
March 24, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
stc holds its Annual General Meeting for the Year Ended on 31 December 2021
 
 
Kuwait Telecommunications Company (stc), a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, held its Ordinary General Assembly (AGM) and Extra-Ordinary General Assembly (EGM) at the Company’s Headquarters – Olympia Mall / West Office Towers on Wednesday 23 March 2022, where the attendance represented 77.2% from the total shareholders...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Huawei recognizes progress across the ICT ecosystem at annual Middle East Partner Forum
Member Logo More than 1,000 leaders from across the Middle East’s ICT ecosystem have come together to recognize progress in the region and to chart future priorities for shared success at the Huawei Middle East Virtual Partner...
 
•  Nokia extends Orange partnership with 5G Core deal
Member Logo Nokia \\ announced that its flagship Core networking products have been selected by Orange to help the operator deliver new advanced 5G services and stronger and more reliable network performance in France and other European...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Bangladesh to auction 5G spectrum on March 31
The telecom regulator is set to hold the spectrum auction for fifth-generation (5G) connectivity on March 31 as the government looks to roll out the service by this year...
 
35 million Nigerians not yet connected to telecommunications, digital financial services
This was made known by the executive vice-chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission during an event to commemorate World Consumer Rights Day 2022...
 
Middle East
 
Vodafone Qatar launches Wi-Fi guarantee for Gigahome internet services
Vodafone Qatar has launched its new Wi-Fi Guarantee as part of its GigaHome internet services, which guarantees Wi-Fi access for customers across their entire home...
 
Ookla introduces Downdetector for Saudi Arabia
Downdetector provides free public access to a system that lets people see availability of online services, based on crowd-sourced data...
 
New digital platform launched to link federal, local courts
A new unified digital platform has been launched in the UAE to link federal courts with local courts, through a project that includes data linkage and litigation affairs...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Progress update on rural Scotland 4G mobile infill project
Mobile operators, including EE, O2 (VMO2) and Vodafone, have already agreed to provide a 4G service via many of the new mast sites, once built...
 
MTN to cover 25% of South African population with 5G by end-2022
MTN South Africa is aiming to reach 25% coverage of South Africa’s population with 5G infrastructure by the end of the year, and 60% by 2025, according to CEO Charles Molapisi...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Starlink hits 250,000 subs milestone
Starlink – the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite broadband provider backed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX venture – has revealed that it is now serving around 250,000 subscriptions ‘across consumer, enterprise...
 
isc signs for dark fiber network in Northern Ireland
Jisc has agreed a seven-year deal with Neos Networks to establish a new dark fiber network to support higher education and research in Northern Ireland...
 
 
South Asia
 
ICTA signs agreement with Dialog Networks to operate and manage government information centre
The enhanced GIC will provide many conveniences to the general public which include the ability to obtain information of over 300 listed government organizations...
 
Banglalink intends to float IPO
Banglalink Digital Communications Ltd, the third-largest mobile phone operator in Bangladesh, has expressed its intention to raise funds from the country’s capital market by offloading 10 per cent of its paid-up...
 
Digital accounting app Metric raises US$900,000 in pre-seed funding
Pakistan based digital accounting app Metric, which caters to small and medium businesses (SMBs) and startups, has raised US$900,000 in pre-seed funding in an oversubscribed round...
 
North Africa
 
Egypt Post, Bahrain’s Beyon Connect launch joint venture
The Egyptian National Postal Organisation and Bahrain-based Beyon Connect, a subsidiary of Batelco, reached an agreement to establish a new joint venture to deploy digital postbox solutions...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Viaplay to launch in UK with sports, NENT confirms
Nordic Entertainment (NENT) Group has increased its ambitions for streaming service Viaplay in the UK, announcing the addition of sports rights to the service...
 
Asia Pacific OTT revenues to rise by US20 billion
This, according to the latest report from Digital TV Research, will 62% more than the US..32 billion recorded last year...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Phase3 Telecom, scales up layered security for optimized network infrastructure
This upgrade will also provide support in areas that require cyber resilience in Nigeria’s telecommunications sector and a proactive infrastructure network security due diligence to help businesses scale efficiently...
 
Touch 'n Go eWallet teams up with Dotlines to include migrants in cashless society
Touch 'n Go eWallet is teaming up with Singapore-based Dotlines to enable migrants to participate in a cashless society...
 
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure continues to build
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is expanding with 11 new compute, networking, and storage services and capabilities that enable customers to run their workloads faster and more securely at lower costs...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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