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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
May 29, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
China Unicom and Huawei announce new solutions of the 5G Private Network PLUS series
 
 
At the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day Conference 2022 held recently, China Unicom, Huawei, and other partners presented on the latest solutions of China Unicom's 5G Private Network PLUS product series: the 5G Free-Mobility Private Network solution and the 5G Private Network for Multiple Campuses solution...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  AT&T is delivering click-to-play access of popular games directly to smartphones
Member Logo AT&T is offering the hit game Control Ultimate Edition, winner of over 80 awards, to our U.S. customers to begin playing right now on a smartphone, tablet or computer...
 
•  Nokia and Taiwan Mobile strengthen partnership with energy-efficient 5G coverage expansion deal
Member Logo Under the deal, Nokia will provide its latest energy-efficient AirScale portfolio supporting TWM’s commitments to RE100 and reaching 100 percent renewable energy by 2040. It will also provide a smooth network evolution...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  e& announces the future telecom hub ‘SmartHub Kalba‘
 
•  UAE maintains global lead in Fiber to the Home penetration
 
•  Now TV introduces “Now H1”, the new Android TV box which makes homes smarter
 
•  Cisco reports third quarter earnings
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
Ottawa sets new CRTC telecom policy directives to promote competition and affordability
Ottawa says it will direct the federal telecom regulator to emphasize competition and affordability in the internet and mobile phone markets and to improve its wholesale network access regimes...
 
UAE warning for Zoom users: Vulnerabilities detected on video platform
The UAE's Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) has issued a warning to users of the video platform Zoom...
 
South Asia
 
Internet users in Bangladesh decline by 0.69 million in April
The total number of internet users in Bangladesh stood at 124.20 million in April while the number of mobile internet users stood at 183.38 million in April...
 
Thulo.Com, together with SDC and UNCDF, to empower 1,000 micro, small and medium enterprises in Nepal
According to a statement issued by the SDC, the partnership will help MSMEs digitize payments, delivery, and post-sales services in rural areas in Nepal, boosting their sales and helping them recover from the effects of the...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Gracenote launches Streaming Channels Data to improve personalisation
Gracenote Streaming Channels Data represents the latest expansion of its Streaming Video suite of datasets built to help entertainment providers around the world drive engagement with compelling streaming content from a...
 
VOD usage grows in Spain
More than half of Spanish households with internet access (55.1%) used platforms such as Netflix, HBO and Amazon Prime at the end of last year...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Thailand to be first beneficiary of new data centre partnership
Thailand and the Philippines are set to benefit from a partnership involving a US-based pioneer in waterborne data centres and a leader in luxury property development in Thailand...
 
Globe eyes 1,700 cell sites before yearend
Globe Telecoms announced on that it is targeting about 1,700 new cell sites before yearend, for a wider reach, better communication and faster internet connections...
 
AWS launches instances powered by Graviton3 processors
AWS announced the general availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C7g instances, the next generation of compute-optimized instances powered by AWS-designed Graviton3 processors...
 
 
Middle East
 
The EU and Orange Jordan inaugurate in Aqaba a digital village and a center with JOHUD
Additionally, Orange Jordan and the EU launched an incubator and startup accelerator to support entrepreneurs in Aqaba and enable them to scale up...
 
Vodafone Qatar launches new IoT asset tracking solution
Vodafone Qatar launched ‘Assets Tracking’ solution, enabling businesses to maximise the efficiency of their operations by utilising cutting-edge Internet of Things (IoT) technologies...
 
Ooredoo Kuwait launches updated My Ooredoo app
Ooredoo Telecom has nnounced the launch of its updated My Ooredoo App, which enables customers to be in control of their usage at the convenience of their fingertips...
 
Dukkantek expands across MENA
Fuelled by a US$5.2m funding round, store management platform, DukkanTek, has expanded from UAE into Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Turkey and Saudi Arabia...
 
North Africa
 
Orange Tunisia announces IPv6 transition for end of 2022
Telecom operator Orange Tunisia will transition from IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) to IPv6, the latest protocol, by the end of this year...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
IDC expands LTE network in Tiraspol and GPON coverage in Podoima
Moldova-based operator IDC, working in the Republic of Transnistria, has expanded the coverage of its LTE network in the village of Parkan in the Slobozia municipality...
 
Yes unveils range of new unlimited data plans as part of full commercial 5G launch
Malaysian mobile network operator (MNO) Yes, which in December 2021 soft-launched 5G connectivity over the network being rolled out and managed by Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), has announced a full commercial 5G launch...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
SES and Kcell demonstrate cellular network connectivity for remote Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan mobile operator Kcell and satellite operator SES have successfully demonstrated satellite-enabled cellular networks in remote parts of the country...
 
Brightspeed targets one million homes passed by end-2023
New US ISP Brightspeed has announced that it plans to achieve one million new fiber passings across its multi-state territory by the end of 2023...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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