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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 14, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Data’s traffic volume on Arafat, increased by 40% over 2019th season (pre-pandemic)
 
 
stc’s data’s traffic volume over its network in Arafat, has increased by an unprecedented 40% compared to the 2019th season (pre-pandemic). The fifth and fourth generation network accounted 96% of data traffic, where the Snapchat app usage headed the top applications that were frequently used...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  High-speed AT&T fiber internet coming to 750 McDonald’s USA restaurants
Member Logo AT&T and McDonald’s USA are expanding their relationship to bring ultra-fast AT&T Business Fiber to more than 750 McDonald’s restaurants across the U.S...
 
•  Nokia to publish second-quarter and half-year financial report on 21 July 2022
Member Logo Nokia will publish its second-quarter and half-year financial report on 21 July 2022 at approximately 8 a.m. Finnish time, which will be made available on the Nokia website immediately after publication...
 
 
Recent Developments
 
•  Cisco AppDynamics Study: New class of post-pandemic technology leaders emerges to tackle the experience economy
 
•  AT&T delivers Pan-European network for Nippon Gases
 
•  stc increases 5G sites by 132% and records a growth of 55% in its network usage on perfusion day
 
•  ‘Shlonik’ wins ‘best government project’ award
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
• Lithuania kicks off second 5G auction
Lithuanian telecoms watchdog the Communications Regulatory Authority has commenced the auction of 5G mobile spectrum in the 3.5GHz band...
 
• CRTC requests detailed explanation about service outage in letter to Rogers
Canada's telecoms regular has ordered Rogers Communications Inc. to provide a detailed explanation for last week's widespread service outage that affected millions of Canadians...
 
South Asia
 
• U Microfinance Bank enters into strategic partnership with TPL Corp Limited
This strategic partnership will create a platform for strengthening the capability of organizations to provide a comprehensive range of tailor-made solutions for the U Bank’s customer base...
 
• 100 data experts qualify for Robi’s Datathon final round
Data scientists, data engineers, programmers, data community activists, mathematicians, statisticians, business analysts, IT professionals, and subject matter experts took part in the second edition of the datathon event...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
• Telkom completes first phase of 4G expansion in Coast and Lower Eastern regions
Telkom Kenya has announced the completion of the Coast and Lower Eastern phase of its nationwide mobile LTE expansion programme...
 
• O2 Telefónica launches 5G in Munich's subway system
From now on, all O2 customers with the appropriate tariff and device can use the modern 5G mobile communications standard in the entire subway network of the Bavarian capital...
 
Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV
 
• Disney expands adtech partnership with The Trade Desk
Disney has announced a ‘landmark agreement’ with adtech company The Trade Desk to power greater audience activation at scale programmatically...
 
• Harmonic integrates BuyDRM KeyOS for live and VOD streaming
BuyDRM has announced the integration of its Encryption Key API with Harmonic’s VOS360 cloud platform...
 
 
Middle East
 
• Bahrain's Hilal partners CyberArk to enhance cyber footprint
Hilal Computers and information security company CyberArk will be offering organisations in the GCC the capability to secure human or machine identities across business applications...
 
• UAE adopts digital technology to provide best educational options for less fortunate students around the world
It does so through adopting modern technology and advanced digital technologies to enhance future opportunities for generations and improve people’s lives...
 
North Africa
 
• Ripple enters Morocco
Ripple is expanding into Morocco as Thunes, a global cross-border payments company, has formed a strategic collaboration with Attijariwafa bank, one of the biggest banks in Morocco and Africa.
 
Satellite & Internet
 
• MEASAT plans network and service expansion with help from ST Engineering iDirect
The recently launched telecommunications satellite MEASAT-3d will provide C, Ku and Ka-band HTS capacity, helping users to access high-speed broadband regardless of their location within Malaysia...
 
• WOW! introduces gigabit speeds across entire footprint
US ISP Wide Open West (WOW!) has announced that it has enabled 1.2Gbps download speeds across its entire footprint...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
• Vodacom South Africa and Telkom Kenya to invest in expansion
Vodacom has said it plans to spend over R500 million (US$29.4 million) on its mobile network across the Western Cape province during this year to grow coverage reach, increase capacity and improve network uptime...
 
• SK Telecom in talks to launch metaverse service ifland in N. America, Europe
SK Telecom announced that it is in talks with major overseas telecom operators to start rolling out its metaverse platform ifland in North America, Europe and other regions later this year...
 
• Scotland 5G Centre turns to Vodafone for 5G networks to support economic growth
The operator designs and deploys two new 5G mobile private network deployments in Aberdeen and Kilmarnock to support the digitisation and diversification of local economies...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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