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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
April 19, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank joins UAE Trade Connect Fintech Consortium
 
 
UTC is the fintech blockchain platform of e& enterprise, from e& (formerly known as Etisalat Group) and is the first commercialised blockchain platform to come out of the UAE. UTC’s multi-award-winning platform aspires to be the national trade finance platform and is already enhancing its capabilities to provide in-depth information about suspicious elements of invoices presented for financing...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  stc partners with Flare Fitness to host fitness challenges during Ramadan
Member Logo Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, announced that in line with its Ramadan theme for this year it has partnered with Flare...
 
•  stc, Nokia and MediaTek first to switch on 5G 3 Component Carrier Aggregation in Middle East and Africa
Member Logo stc, Nokia and MediaTek have announced that they have successfully verified 3 Component Carrier Aggregation (3CC-CA) in a 5G Standalone (SA) network in the city of Makkah for the first time in the Middle East and Africa...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
New UN targets chart path to universal meaningful connectivity
The Office of the SG’s Envoy on Technology and ITU call for fast, affordable digital technology access for all...
 
NCC urges subscribers on infrastructure protection
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged telecom subscribers to play a major role to complement efforts being put in place to ensure effective protection of telecom infrastructure...
 
South Asia
 
Bank Alfalah partners with Paymob for digital payments in Pakistan
The fintech has signed an agreement with Bank Alfalah to activate and support merchant acquisition and integration services across the country...
 
BSCCL to double bandwidth capacity with support from a third submarine cable
The Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL) will double its bandwidth capacity with support from the third submarine cable in a bid to gear itself up for the growing demand...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
FIFA launches FIFA+ streaming platform featuring 40,000 live matches per year
FIFA has launched a standalone streaming service which will provide football fans with free access to over 40,000 live matches per year...
 
TVN revamps Eurosport OTT offer
The Discovery-owned Polish national broadcaster TVN has upgraded the Eurosport offer in its OTT service player.pl...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
South Korea telecom firm aims to launch AI kiosks for customer service
South Korea's largest telecom company has announced plans to launch kiosks that can communicate with humans this year...
 
Coolpad and Tencent Cloud Reach Agreement on Operating System Laboratory
Thee two sides will set up a joint laboratory to conduct in-depth research into operating systems, cloud storage, cloud computing and other fields...
 
SIM authentication platform tru.ID expands its Global footprint
This gives companies the opportunity to offer their customers and employees in Germany the security and user-friendliness of next-generation authentication...
 
 
Middle East
 
Dubai Electronic Security Center launches Cyber Node
Dubai Electronic Security Center (DESC), part of Digital Dubai, has announced the launch of the Cyber Node initiative, in partnership with Thales Group, a global leader in cybersecurity technologies and data protection...
 
Zain Bahrain Q1 net profit up 3pc, revenue soars to $56m
Zain Bahrain, a telecommunications industry innovator in the kingdom, has registered a 3% growth in its net profit for the first three months of the year, while its revenue for the period surged to BD17.2 million (US$56.2...
 
Google Plus Codes make debut in 18 MENA countries to ease navigation
The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, Morocco and Algeria are among the countries that will have Plus Codes now, which use latitude and longitude co-ordinates to display a short sequence of numbers and letters that provide a...
 
Bahrain’s Kalaam expands GCC presence with acquisition of Kuwait’s Zajil
This acquisition, says Kalaam, transforms it into a one-stop digital solution provider for enterprises and makes it one of the top three ISPs in the GCC...
 
North Africa
 
Vodafone raises stake in Ebtikar's units to 10%
Vodafone Egypt Telecommunications has raised its ownership stake in TBE Egypt for Payment Solutions and Services (Bee) and Applications & Payment Systems Development APSD (Masary), the subsidiaries of Ebtikar Holding for...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
MTN and CamTel implement national roaming for 2G, 3G and 4G networks
MTN Cameroon has announced the signing of a strategic national roaming agreement with CamTel (Blue), which will allow the state-owned operator to expand 2G, 3G and 4G coverage in areas of the country that are not already...
 
China's 5G user base passes a record 400 million
China is speeding up 5G base station construction this year, supporting 5G applications in the industrial, education and other sectors and kicking off elderly-friendly 5G services to boost 5G development and the digital...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Hispasat and GlobalSat offer broadband internet via satellite in 500 rural communities in Mexico
HISPASAT, the Spanish telecommunications satellite operator of the Red Eléctrica Group, has collaborated with the internet service provider GlobalSat in the rollout of satellite connectivity hotspots in 500 remote towns...
 
Hyperoptic to extend network to an additional 400,000 premises in 2022
British pure fiber provider Hyperoptic has announced that it plans to invest GBP200 million (US$260 million) in 2022 on expanding its fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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