SAMENA Daily - Industry News Briefing
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Industry News Briefing
April 19, 2022 |
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Featured Member News |
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Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank joins UAE Trade Connect Fintech Consortium |
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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...
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Middle East |
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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North Africa |
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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...
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3G, 4G and 5G Networks |
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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...
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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...
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