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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
April 17, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
AT&T opens Connected Learning Center in Tupelo, Mississippi
 
 
AT&T is opening a new Connected Learning Center at El Centro in Tupelo to provide internet access and education tools to those who face connectivity barriers vital to their long-term success...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain hosts Ramadan Iftar banquet for Kuwait Airport personnel
Member Logo Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, hosted a Ramadan Iftar banquet for Kuwait International Airport personnel in recognition of the great efforts exerted by Civil Aviation and Ministry of Interior staff...
 
•  Huawei signs MoU with Top ICT system integrators of Pakistan for more cooperation in commercial sector
Member Logo As a commitment to shared success and better profitability with partners, Huawei signed MoU’s with Pakistan’s top system integrators including Wateen Solutions, New Horizon Computer, Computer Marketing Company...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Network sharing negotiations end in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Communications Authority has announced infrastructure sharing discussions between Safaricom and state-owned Ethio Telecom have ended, with a launch impending...
 
Potraz to balance tariff hikes, affordability
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe will allow telecommunication network operators to adjust tariffs in tandem with rising costs to ensure sustainability of operations in the sector...
 
Middle East
 
Ooredoo enables 5G access for prepaid customers
Ooredoo Qatar has announced a promotion offering 5G access at no extra charge for all its prepaid customers...
 
Emirates Health Services elevates patient journey with Patient Experience Management solution
The advanced patient experience management solution by SEDCO streamlines the patient journey at every point, from pre-arrival to post-service, while automatically routing patients across the different centres and healthcare...
 
Saudi Arabia sees major growth in NFC payments
In light of the quantum leap in financial technologies and related sectors, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has witnessed remarkable progress in near-field communication (NFC) payment transactions, via mobile devices and cards...
 
South Asia
 
3G/4G users reach 111 million in Pakistan
The number of 3G and 4G service users in Pakistan has significantly increased and reached 111 million by end of February 2022...
 
Dialog says it installed antenna structure at Galle Face
The initiation of the said installation is one of the network solutions being implemented to alleviate the network congestion in the area experienced of its customers...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Salto teams up with Amazon Prime
Salto notes that a first agreement had already been concluded between the two companies, allowing access to Salto on Amazon Fire TV Cube or Fire TV Stick/Lite/4K streaming media players, as well as voice control associated...
 
SK Telecom to add game features to its ifland platform
SK Telecom will add new features in its metaverse platform ifland that will let users play games and create and sell in-game items within this year...
 
 
North Africa
 
OPay plans to issue prepaid cards
OPay Egypt, a fintech and electronic payments company, has announced that the Central Bank of Egypt has granted it the initial approval to issue prepaid cards through its OPay app...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
JENDELA to improve 4G efficiency in Malaysia
The collaboration would be able to expand internet coverage and upgrade the 4G network in all areas including urban, suburban, rural and remote areas in the country...
 
Samsung, VMO2 roll out 4G, 5G sites
The test demonstrates interoperability between VMO2’s 2G, 3G, and 4G networks and Samsung’s latest 4G and 5G solutions and Dynamic Spectrum Sharing kit...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
PSN selects Hughes Jupiter Ground System for new Nusantara Lima satellite
Under the contract announced, a total of 11 Jupiter gateways will power 100 Gbps of capacity across Indonesia and nearby countries...
 
Serbia Broadband expands Giga network
According to the company, the digitisation process has also started in Kula, Vrbas, Trstenik and Novi Pazar...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
team.blue Denmark deploys Ciena's Waveserver Ai
team.blue Denmark has selected Ciena’s Waveserver Ai platform to serve as the foundation for its WAN-ring, providing point-to-point metro data center interconnect (DCI) network service between sites...
 
MTN Cameroon, Camtel strike roaming agreement
MTN Cameroon and state-owned Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel) have penned a national roaming agreement which will see the latter expand its coverage significantly...
 
Intel acquires private 5G network provider Ananki
Intel has acquired private 5G network provider Ananki, several months after the startup spun out of the non-profit Open Networking Foundation to commercialize open-source network technologies...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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