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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
April 11, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
stc signs strategic MoU with “Jood Eskan”
 
 
As part of its efforts to support “Jood Eskan” Initiative, stc signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Development Housing Foundation (Sakan), aiming to promote and develop joint efforts between the two parties in a step to form a strategic partnership for providing digital support to “Jood Eskan” Initiative...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  AT&T and Discovery close WarnerMedia transaction
Member Logo Warner Bros. Discovery will create and distribute the world’s most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film and streaming...
 
•  Console Connect relaunches CloudRouter®
Member Logo Console Connect’s CloudRouter® removes the complexity of network configuration and management by creating a secure, dedicated and on-demand network between different network endpoints, such as cloud and SaaS...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Minister briefs President on plans to ‘de-monopolise’ Kazakhtelecom group
Kazakhstan’s Minister of Digital Development has given a briefing to the country’s President on developments in the telecoms, IT and digitalisation sectors, including progress in the national strategy to...
 
Nepali regulator calls for end to fixed broadband price war
Nepal’s regulator has warned the country’s internet service providers to end the unnecessary price war in the for high speed fixed broadband services...
 
Middle East
 
Orange Jordan launches giglancing program
The giglancing program seeks to train 1,000 youth and job seekers across the Kingdom, whether in the tech field or other specialisms, to enroll them in the gig economy by honing their skills to find work opportunities via...
 
TRSDC inks deal with Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority
This partnership will lay the foundation stone for innovations in the field of smart technology with the aim of building national capabilities in the field of data and artificial intelligence...
 
Ooredoo among top 5 telecoms in GCC
Ooredoo has ranked third largest telecom company in the GCC in terms of assets in 2021, according to Forbes Middle East...
 
South Asia
 
Zong partners with OPay to enhance availability of mobile recharge
This partnership will help both organizations in moving forward in their mission to provide digital solutions to their customers...
 
Banglalink launches digital services marketplace ‘AppLink’
Banglalink, the third-largest mobile network operator in Bangladesh officially launched a digital services marketplace, named "AppLink", aiming to connect its customers with local developers...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Redge unveils new streaming solution
A new video streaming solution named Redge Media for Books has been announced at the For the future education congress in Lublin, Poland...
 
Freeview Play hits on-demand content milestone
Freeview Play, the free connected TV offering of the Freeview UK digital terrestrial TV service, has revealed that its viewing has increased by over 10,000 hours since 2021, with the platform now home to over 40,000 hours of...
 
 
North Africa
 
Global ambitions drive Algerian tech start-up Yassir
The firm has indirectly created more than 40,000 driver and delivery jobs and its revenue is skyrocketing at up to 40 percent a month...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
OptimERA brings third option for cell service to Unalaskans in LTE network launch
A local internet provider that has previously only offered WiFi to Unalaskans announced that it's launching a new LTE service...
 
Three UK’s 5G network reaches 370 towns with 2,700 sites
U.K. operator Three UK currently operates 2,700 5G sites in 370 towns and cities across the country, the company said in a release...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
SpaceX, USAID deliver 5,000 Starlink terminals to Ukraine
Starlink is designed to provide high-speed, low-latency broadband internet across the globe using a constellation of satellites...
 
Baktelecom expands network in Baku
Baktelecom has expanded the coverage area of its fiber-optic services in the Surakhany district of Baku by deploying a new GPON network with capacity for 1,600 users in the Dede Gorgud housing estate...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Airtel, Telkom users can now use Lipa na M-Pesa service
It was enabled by Merchant Interoperability in their objective to enable customers from the mobile money services, T-Kash, Airtel Money and M-Pesa to make direct mobile payments to any business till number,..
 
Telenor IoT to scale RGNT Motorcycles’ connectivity solutions
With Telenor IoT’s connectivity service, RGNT can deliver GPS and OTP (one time password) functionality, automatic software and design upgrades, and security to their customers while maintaining style and speed...
 
Globe says ready to deploy free calls, free charging stations in Agaton-hit areas
Globe Telecom is preparing to deploy its free calls and free charging stations to assist residents as tropical depression Agaton causes service outages and power failures...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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