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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
April 4, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Zain Global Connect to link Jeddah to Marseille through J2M undersea cable
 
 
Zain Group, a leading telecom innovator in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces that Zain Global Connect (ZGC), its wholly owned subsidiary in charge of consolidating Group’s initiatives into the Wholesale Carrier domain, is connecting the Middle East with Europe through the J2M (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Marseille, France) submarine cable system...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Equinix to build first data center in Salalah in partnership with Omantel
Member Logo The data center is being built in cooperation with Omantel, the regional leading wholesale carrier of the Middle East, and will be commercially and operationally managed in full by Equinix as a carrier neutral and open...
 
•  stc Bahrain to launch region’s first-of-its-kind Technology park in partnership with the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications
Member Logo The project is in line with stc Group strategic objectives to build a Mena digital hub and invest in breakthrough technologies as a global telecommunications and ICT player. stc Bahrain has been instrumental in driving...
 
•  Huawei highlights deep cooperation with towerco at TowerXchange Meetup MENA in Dubai
Member Logo Huawei, a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, took part in TowerXchange Meetup MENA 2022, the leading event for the region's telecom tower...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Arab States put WRC-19 outcomes into practice
​​Countries across the Arab region, like those worldwide, need to enhance their knowledge of the Radio Regulations, the treaty maintained by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on radiocommunication...
 
Namibia presses pause on issuing new licences to review market
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) has confirmed that it will not issue new telecoms and broadcasting licences between 1st October 2022 and 30th September 2023...
 
North Africa
 
Morocco, UK launch cyber security centre for Africa in Marrakech
Morocco is becoming increasingly reliant on digital infrastructure, therefore technology becomes a potential weakness in security...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Deutsche Telekom expands 3.6GHz 5G network in Germany
German carrier Deutsche Telekom reported that over 5,000 antennas are now compatible with Standalone (SA) 5G in the 3.6 GHz band...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Inmarsat selects Sandvine's Network Intelligence in its OpenStack private telco cloud
ORCHESTRA is a dynamic mesh network combining ELERA (L-band) and Global Xpress (Ka-band) satellite networks, with terrestrial 5G as well as targeted low earth orbit (LEO) satellite capacity...
 
Proximus presents fiber rollout plans for West Flanders
Belgian full-service provider Proximus has announced plans to connect more than 65,000 homes and businesses in the southern part of West Flanders to its open fiber network by 2024...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
NTT DoCoMo to manage customer information with Oracle Clo
NTT DoCoMo has opted for the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) as the new development system for its customer information management...
 
Infobip obtains Zambia licence
Infobip has acquired a Service without Network (National) licence to operate in Zambia, which will help the firm expand in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region...
 
TPG Telecom launches private cloud service to Queensland customers
TPG Telecom has launched a private cloud service in Brisbane to provide managed IT services to businesses and local councils across Queensland...
 
 
Middle East
 
Saudi Arabia’s ICT spending to reach US$32.9 billion in 2022
Saudi Arabia’s information and communications technology, or ICT, spending is expected to reach US$32.9 billion in 2022, a year-on-year growth of 2.3 percent, the International Data Corp. forecasted...
 
Abu Dhabi Media's ADtv app added to Huawei's AppGallery
Abu Dhabi Media and China's Huawei Technologies have teamed up to add the UAE public service broadcaster's ADtv mobile application to the Huawei AppGallery, one of the biggest app stores in the world...
 
Umniah combines Nutanix cloud platform with Citrix virtual desktops for enterprises in Jordan
Umniah, in cooperation with ProTech, Cloud Champion partner of Nutanix in Jordan, delivered a turnkey solution comprising of Citrix Virtual Desktop software running on top of Nutanix Enterprise Cloud hyperconverged...
 
Omnix lifts business process efficiency and remote IT services
Omnix will also set up an experience center head office in Dubai, where customers will get to see the benefits of the technologies and know more during interactive in-person workshops...
 
South Asia
 
edotco Sri Lanka partners with HUTCH to provide customized telecommunication infrastructure services
edotco Services Lanka (Private) Limited (edotco) recently inked an agreement with Hutchison Telecommunications Lanka (Private) Limited (Hutch) to provide customized 'build-to-suit' Multipurpose Smart Street Lamp pole...
 
PayWell gets PCI DSS certification
PayWell is amongst a very few in the digital payment industry of Bangladesh that have obtained such high standard of compliance certification...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
ZOO Digital launches Danish operation
As part of its ongoing global growth initiative, content globalisation firm ZOO Digital has announced the launch of ZOO Denmark, a Copenhagen-based facility that will become the company’s Nordic hub for localisation...
 
VIZIO launches Jump Ads cross-platform viewing solution
VIZIO has announced a new cross-platform viewing solution designed to bridge the gap between linear TV and streaming services...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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