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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
April 25, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Zainiac Innovation Academy launched to enhance internal capabilities
 
 
The aim of ZIA is to grow the innovation culture for Zain employees, supporting them to learn creative problem-solving skills, develop the leadership competencies required to drive innovation, and to deliver winning new products and services to benefit Zain's customers and communities...
 
UAE-made MBZ-SAT to be launched in late 2023
Emirati companies are working on international projects, including the UAE-made MBZ-SAT, which will be launched by the end of 2023 as the second operational Emirati satellite...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  AT&T adds more value to unlimited Your Way plans
Member Logo What’s The News? AT&T is consistently listening to its customers and is now including talk, text and high-speed data1 in 19 Latin American countries for customers on its AT&T Unlimited Elite® plan at no extra...
 
•  e& reports consolidated net profit of AED 2.4 billion in Q1 2022, up 3.6 percent
Member Logo e&'s first quarter consolidated revenues increased by 0.8 percent to AED 13.3 billion, while consolidated net profit increased to AED 2.4 billion, a year-over-year increase of 3.6 percent...
 
•  Nokia launches 5G Open Lab to accelerate private wireless network adoption in Korea
Member Logo Nokia announced that it has launched a Private 5G Open Lab, as part of its existing Advanced Technology Center at its Seoul offices to showcase its technology and encourage the development of 5G private wireless networks in...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
NTRA adds e-wallets to ‘My NTRA’ interactive services
The National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has added e-wallets to the range of services included within its ‘My NTRA’ app...
 
Bahrain telecom watchdog readies draft work plan for 2022-23
Bahrain’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), as a consumer centric regulator, has published its draft work plan for 2022-23 period structured upon four main pillars: meeting government policy...
 
Middle East
 
Zubair Corporation signs two agreements to launch digital transformation project
The Zubair Corporation signed two agreements with SAP and KAAR software companies as part of the Corporation’s Digital Transformation Project...
 
Kaspersky to launch services in Saudi Arabia
Kaspersky provides its services to 200 different territories around the world, with 34 offices located across 30 countries...
 
UAE-made MBZ-SAT to be launched in late 2023
Emirati companies are working on international projects, including the UAE-made MBZ-SAT, which will be launched by the end of 2023 as the second operational Emirati satellite...
 
South Asia
 
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and Robi team up for the first ever Digital Population Census
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has selected the leading digital service provider, Robi, as the digital connectivity provider to deliver the country’s first ever digital census...
 
CB launches book on payment services
Along with the traditional payment methods, these new payment processes have completely redefined the customer experience and enabled businesses and consumers to conduct their financial transactions safely and efficiently...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Synamedia targets streamers with new SaaS offering
TV technology provider Synamedia has launched Synamedia Go, a new SaaS offering designed to make it a significant player in the OTT world as well as with its traditional pay TV base...
 
Eastern Europe to gain 20 million SVOD subs
The report notes that this is a hugely important year for SVOD in region, with rollouts for Disney+, SkyShowtime and HBO Max...
 
 
North Africa
 
Tunisie Telecom launches digital literacy campaign after completing white-spot project
The initiative aims to raise awareness of digital services among residents and local businesses, in communities where mobile internet connectivity has been deployed as part of Tunisie Telecom’s white-spot project...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
MTN Nigeria launches nationwide VoLTE call service
The service, also referred to as HD (high definition) calls, provides customers who own compatible devices with superior natural-sounding voice quality, reduced background noise and faster call connectivity...
 
Vodafone offering exclusive 5G networks in 3 new UK locations
The ability to get hyperfast 5G internet connections from Vodafone has opened up in 12 new areas in the UK this month...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
Hawaiian Airlines gets online with Starlink
Hawaiian Airlines will offer fast, free in-flight WiFi on its long-haul flights from 2023. The carrier announced a deal with Starlink to deliver the internet connectivity service on its A330, A321neo, and 787 aircraft...
 
Digicel BVI poised to launch FTTH service
Cellular operator Digicel BVI has disclosed plans to launch fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) connectivity in parts of Tortola in May 2022, under the Digicel+ brand.
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Kyndryl expands strategic partnership with SAP to help customers overcome digital transformation challenges
IT infrastructure services provider, Kyndryl has expanded its strategic partnership with SAP. This is focused on developing new solutions to help customers solve their most complex digital business transformation...
 
Amazon Aurora Serverless delivers fast scaling for databases
Amazon Web Services announced the general availability of Amazon Aurora Serverless v2, the next generation of Amazon Aurora Serverless capable of scaling database workloads to hundreds of thousands of transactions in a...
 
TPG, Optus and Telstra score big for mobile site upgrades
The majority of the projects will take place in Victoria (27), followed by Queensland (13), Western Australia (12), New South Wales (10), South Australia (3) and Tasmania (1)...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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