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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 7, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
‘Shlonik’ wins ‘best government project’ award
 
 
‘Shlonik’ was developed by Zain’s team in joint collaboration with the Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT) and under direct supervision from the Ministry of Health...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  Boonville, Indiana to deliver fiber-powered broadband access to more than 4,000 locations via AT&T
Member Logo The city of Boonville, Indiana and AT&T have finalized a US$4.4 million contract that will result in AT&T building its state-of-the-art fiber network to more than 4,000 locations throughout the city...
 
•  Nokia and Orange France deploy Passive Optical LAN solution over 20 sites
Member Logo Nokia has announced it is deploying a passive optical LAN (POL) solution for Orange over 20 sites in France including the new Orange Headquarters, Bridge, in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  AT&T Networks are ready for the world games stage
 
•  eWallet rebrands as e& money, a financial super app set to transform the fintech space
 
•  stc launches hologram doctor for Hajj season 1443 AH
 
•  Zain launches FREE Hajj roaming promotion
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
CITC confirms that more than 13 million calls were made in Makkah one day before Hajj begins
With extensive preparations from CITC, pilgrims ahead of this year’s Hajj consumed 3.44K TB via telecom networks in Makkah City, this is the equivalent of watching 1.41M hours of HD video clips, the Commission...
 
PTA formulates cyber security framework
This framework is based on the Critical Telecom Data and Infrastructure Security Regulation (CTDISR) by PTA and defines the obligation of auditors and PTA's licensees...
 
Middle East
 
KPMG inks MoU with CPX to boost cyber maturity in UAE
KPMG Lower Gulf has signed an MoU with CPX Holding (CPX), a UAE-based provider of digital-first cybersecurity solutions and services, to boost cybersecurity maturity in the UAE and help governments and businesses protect...
 
Ooredoo selects BICS to manage international voice
Qatar-based Ooredoo Group announced an international voice services management agreement with BICS to ‘create an innovative voice business model to deliver new solutions in artificial intelligence, machine learning,...
 
Oman sets Q3 bid submission deadline for smart cities project
Selected consultants will be expected to draw ideas from the government’s Smart Cities platform, which emphasises physical infrastructure in the form of roads and utilities, and digital infrastructure...
 
South Asia
 
Schools adopting technology in Nepal's rural municipality
The rural municipality has started installing internet in all primary public schools to make them technology-friendly...
 
SLT-MOBITEL eSports Platform delivers a rewarding gaming experience for everyone
The web-based, user-intuitive platform provides gaming enthusiasts access to competitive tournaments, challenges, community and private game servers in addition to eSports content and streamed feeds...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
Spree enters AR market
Developer Spree Interactive is entering the augmented reality (AR) market in partnership with Deutsche Telekom Tech Incubator...
 
Iliad expands in Poland
The Polish operator Play, which is part of France’s Iliad Group, has acquired a 92.5% stake in Redge Technologies for an undisclosed fee...
 
 
North Africa
 
Egypt finishes first in 2022 Arab Open Robotics Championship
The four-day tournament provides students with the opportunity to develop their leadership and teamworking skills and expand their engineering knowledge...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Movistar Mexico completes 3G/4G traffic transfer to AT&T’s network
Telefonica Moviles Mexico (Movistar) claims to have finished migrating its 3G and 4G data traffic onto AT&T Mexico’s network after the firms signed a last mile agreement in late 2019...
 
Vivo, TIM, Claro all switch on 5G in Brasilia
Brazil’s three national mobile operators, Claro, TIM and Vivo, have all switched on Standalone (SA) 5G technology in Brasilia this week...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
NT starts building gateway station for OneWeb satellite network
The National Telecommunications (NT) Plc has started building a gateway station for the OneWeb satellite constellation in Ubon Ratchathani province...
 
IQGeo inks US fiber network planning and design deal with global top 5 telecom operator
IQGeo Group PLC said that its fiber planning, design and field survey software has been selected by one of the largest US telecom network operators to accelerate its fiber construction process...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Smithers and Telkwa hoping to upgrade communication infrastructure in event of emergency
The Town of Smithers and the Village of Telkwa are working together to strengthen their Emergency Operation Centres’ communication infrastructures...
 
Telekom unveils cloud and digital services company Credence
Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) unveiled its new cloud and digital services company Credence, with the aim to accommodate private enterprises and the public sectors in its digital transformation journey...
 
MTN Cameroon implements new data analytics and AI solution powered by LigaData
The new solution unifies and correlates mobile operator and subscriber data into a single 360-degree view and enables real-time decisioning with LigaData’s Data Fabric and Flare products...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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