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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
May 9, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
The SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit 2022 addresses critical issues of the ICT industry and emphasizes on collective leadership approaches
 
 
SAMENA Telecommunications Council’s annual congregation of Telecoms and multi-industry leaders, “Leaders' Summit 2022” with keynotes and visions statements from H.E. Majed Al Mesmar Director General of UAE’s Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) and the chief patron of the Leaders’ Summit 2022, H.E. Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General, ITU, Eng. Olayan AlWetaid, CEO, stc Group, Saudi Arabia, Mr. Bocar BA, CEO of SAMENA Council, as well as leading private sector members including Mr. Steven Yi President, Huawei Middle East and Africa...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Zain embarks on key corporate sustainability strategy
Member Logo Zain Group, a leading telecom innovator, is focused on providing meaningful connectivity and driving equitable systematic change, centered on a five-year corporate sustainability strategy...
 
•  stc awarded by the World Economic Magazine as “Best Telecommunications Service Provider” and “Most Innovative Digital Transformation Telecom Company”
Member Logo The recognition from the World Economic Magazine reflects stc’s continuous pursuit to elevate customer experience and their journeys through providing a wide range of innovative solutions in the field of Information...
 
•  Nokia wins coveted Red Dot and iF Design Awards
Member Logo Nokia has won 6 Red Dot Awards and 8 iF Awards including a ‘Best of the Best’ distinction from Red Dot for its Nokia Networks Sustainable Packaging System which uses organic, biodegradable material, and reduces...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
UK regulator opens consultation on mmWave 5G
Ofcom outlined an ambition to make mmWave spectrum available to the UK’s mobile industry by 2024, as it launched a consultation on opening access to the 26GHz and 40GHz bands...
 
NCC to strengthen collocation, infrastructure sharing market segment
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has commenced the process of conducting a study to assess the current level of competition in the collocation and infrastructure sharing (CIS) segment of the Nigerian...
 
Middle East
 
Agile startup studios can unlock value for mighty GCC sovereign wealth funds
Gulf Cooperation Council nations are undergoing rapid transformations as their governments and the private sector jointly develop local markets through technology ecosystems, guided by national programs...
 
Digital transformation in startups leads to new solutions
Companies need to continue transforming and updating their products as digital transformation intensifies and businesses are looking for new solutions, according to experts who discussed the role of digital transformation...
 
Digital Encom receives US$150,000 from Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub
Digital Encom is developed as a retail operating system platform to provide technology-enabled solutions for the distribution of Digital goods, services, products like redeem vouchers from a wide selection of respected...
 
South Asia
 
Internet users hit 125 million mark in March
The number of broadband and mobile internet subscribers in Bangladesh stood at 11 million and 113.9 million respectively in March this year, surpassing February's total of 122.8 million...
 
Nepal moves to 109 position in global ranking in mobile broadband speed
The median global performance of mobile broadband was measured at 29.96 Mbps download speed and 8.70 Mbps upload speed, as per Ookla...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Xbox cloud gaming device and smart TV app set to debut within 12 months
Microsoft is looking to release its long-awaited streaming only Xbox device in the next 12 months along with an app for smart TVs...
 
AVOD spend to reach US$70 billion
According to the latest report from Digital TV Research, 13 of the 138 countries covered will generate more than US$1 billion in 2027, up from only five countries in 2021...
 
 
North Africa
 
Morocco launches national digital identity platform
Citizens of Morocco can now scan information from their contactless National Electronic Identity Card (CNIE) to create a digital identity using a national digital identity platform launched by the country’s Digital...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
TIM to delay 3G shutdown until July
Telecom Italia (TIM) has been forced to postpone the shutdown of its 3G network, which had been expected at the end of June...
 
VNPT bolsters 5G services for SEA Games 31
At the international broadcasting and media centre at the National Convention Centre (NCC) in Hanoi, VNPT will bolster 5G services to facilitate news coverage in the fastest and most convenient manner...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
SES to enable GovSatCom satellite broadband with medium Earth orbit constellation
Luxembourg-based satellite provider SES delivers communications platform for governments and institutions will include medium Earth orbit satellite networks in project co-funded by leading European space agency...
 
Cameroon to connect fiber optic network with Central African Republic
Cameroon has signed a MoU with Central African Republic (CAR) that will see the two countries’ communications networks interconnected by terrestrial fiber optic infrastructure by the start of 2023...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
OADC plans edge data centre rollout across Africa
Called OADC Edge, and sited in South Africa, this is said to be the first step in a wider rollout of OADC Edge across Africa, with Nigeria is expected to follow later this year...
 
Amdocs launches Americas 5G Experience Lab
5G Experience Lab will capitalize on a diverse partner ecosystem to unlock new applications and services for our increasingly connected digital society...
 
Obelisk acquisition enables global growth
Engineering services firm for telecoms and power sectors in Ireland, Obelisk, has been acquired by global Constructel Visabeira, subsidiary of multi-sector holding company, Grupo Visabeira...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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