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May 3, 2022

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Huawei to highlight new business opportunities through the integration of technology at SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit 2022

SAMENA Telecommunications Council has partnered with Huawei to host this year’s SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit 2022 for the ninth consecutive year. The annual gathering of Telecoms multi-industry leaders will take place on May 9th, 2022, under the chairmanship of SAMENA, and with the patronage of the UAE’s Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority...

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stc announces the implementation of the new operating model

stc Group announced the implementation of the new operating model in its business, which includes a change in the group's structure, which contributes to achieving stc’s “DARE” strategy goals...

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Nokia and Optus achieve world's first 3CC Carrier Aggregation 5G Standalone data call using a commercial Samsung handset

Nokia, Optus and Samsung Electronics Australia announced that they have achieved a data session using 3 Components (3CC) Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology over a 5G Standalone (SA) network in Australia, the first time...

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Huawei explores the future of connectivity and computing and calls for collaboration to achieve Intelligent World 2030

At the 2022 Huawei Global Analyst Summit, Huawei held the Intelligent World 2030 Forum together with industry partners...

Policy and Regulation

•	TRA Bahrain issues consultation on BNET offer; cut in tariffs seen Bahrain’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has published a public consultation document on the draft reference offer of BNET...

•	22,725 numbers transferred in first three months of MNP Uruguay’s Regulatory Unit of Communications Services has revealed that a total of 22,725 mobile phone numbers were successfully transferred to another network provider in the three months since the launch of mobile...

South Asia

•	USF to launch fiber-optic, 4G services in Gwadar The Universal Service Fund (USF) is set to launch a fiber-optic project for Gwadar, Pakistan to bring 4G compatible high speed internet and telecom services to the region...

•	Airtel Lanka strengthens its 4G network Airtel Lanka announced that it would be upgrading its network with an additional LTE bandwidth and capabilities by shutting down 3G data services...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Telit joins ConectarAGRO to bring 4G connectivity to Brazilian farmers Telit has partnered with the ConectarAGRO Association, a Brazilian non-profit organisation that aims to give Brazilian farmers access to 4G mobile internet throughout the country and promote adoption of smart farming...

•	Econet extends 5G coverage to second city Zimbabwe’s largest mobile operator by subscriptions, Econet Wireless, has expanded its 5G coverage to a second city, Bulawayo...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Virgin offers tiny streaming box Virgin Media O2, has launched a new Stream service that delivers online video through a box that plugs into a television, supposedly to make it smarter, giving it voice search and control...

•	Peacock announces new content, new tech In a presentation in New York, Peacock and Direct-to-Consumer President Kelly Campbell said this was equivalent to 60 million monthly users...

Middle East

•	UAE to send astronaut to Space Station for 180 days Marking its first long-term mission, the UAE is launching a new space mission that will send an Emirati astronaut to the International Space Station for 180 days...

•	SDAIA launches 'Tawakkalna services' app to benefit people in Saudi The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) has announced the launch of 'Tawakkalna services' app through which it provides more than 140 services in one place to benefit people and to facilitate...

North Africa

•	Egyptian Swvl reaches an agreement to acquire UK-based nobility firm, Zeelo Swvl, an Egyptian startup that provides shared bus transportation services for intercity and intracity trips, which recently expanded into Turkey with the acquisition of Volt Lines, a B2B transportation-as-a-service...

Satellite & Internet

•	Azercosmos and Signalhorn to boost C-band satcoms over Africa Satellite operator Azercosmos and teleport and data centre facility Signalhorn have entered into a partnership agreement to provide what are describe as uninterrupted, secure and high-quality satellite services throughout...

•	GTT add Enterprise area to fiber footprint Guyanese full-service provider GTT has expanded its fiber network to ‘hundreds of households’ in the Enterprise area of the East Coast Demerara Corridor...

Global Telecom Update

•	Tanzanian fintech NALA partners Cellulant for remittance support NALA, a Tanzania-based fintech company, has teamed up with pan-African payments company Cellulant to power remittance payments from the United Kingdom and United States into Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Ghana...

•	BT, Toshiba trial first commercial quantum-secured network Britain's BT and Japan's Toshiba have launched the first commercial trial of a quantum-secured network that will block vulnerabilities in encryption that will emerge when quantum computing becomes mainstream...

•	NTT Ltd. debuts IoT services for sustainability NTT’s IoT Services for Sustainability stack incorporates a secure IT/OT integration and end-to-end support...

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