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July 17, 2022

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Zain Group 2nd quarter 2022 net profit soars 22% to reach KD 50 million (USD 165 million), Board declares interim dividend of 10 fils per share

Zain Group, a leading telecommunications innovator operating in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces its consolidated financial results for the six months to June 30, 2022. Zain served 51.7 million customers at the end of the period, a 7.1% increase year-on-year (Y-o-Y)...

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stc celebrates Eid Al-Adha with children at Al-Amiri Hospital

Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, celebrated Eid Al-Adha by distributing gifts...

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Nokia partners with Hill Air Force Base on testbed for radar interference management with Open RAN architecture

Nokia announced that it has extended its partnership with Hill Air Force Base and the National Spectrum Consortium to ensure that incumbent radar and 5G networks operating can co-exist seamlessly in shared spectrum by...

Policy and Regulation

•	Benefit, iGA explore digital transformation initiatives Benefit, Bahrain’s innovator and leading firm in Fintech and electronic financial transactions service, and the Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) have explored ways to further enhance advanced technology...

•	PTA defines 3 targets for telecom sector cyber security The PTA has announced the Critical Telecom Data and Infrastructure Security Regulations (CTDISR) 2020 that need to be complied with by all PTA licensees...

South Asia

•	Nepal Telecom reduces service charges The new rate has been reduced to 10% from the current 13% telecommunication service fee, which is currently being charged by the Government of Nepal...

•	SLT-MOBITEL brings 4G Router Home delivery service SLT-MOBITEL is increasingly innovating ways that make it easier and more convenient for customer to have access to what they need...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Viaplay extends reach in pact with Canal+ Poland Viaplay and the Polish pay TV operator have agreed a direct-to-home distribution partnership that will make the Viaplay streaming service available to Canal+ Polska’s premium DTH subscribers across the country...

•	Disney+ added to Spain’s Vodafone TV Vodafone has added Disney+ to its TV offer in Spain, with the steaming service initially being made available on 4K Pro set-top-boxes and rolling out on 4K set-top boxes over the next few weeks...

Global Telecom Update

•	DITO hits 10 million subscriptions DITO Telecommunity, the newest of the Philippines’ three mobile network operators (MNOs), has reached the ten million subscription milestone, 16 months after its launch in March 2021...

•	SKT aims to become first to debut air taxi by 2025 SK Telecom, the nation’s leading telecom carrier, said Friday it aims to debut air taxi service by 2025, calling UAM or urban air mobility a “game changer” for future mobility innovations...

•	Vietnamese firms partner to develop telecom services, e-payment in Cambodia Metfone and eMoney will cooperate comprehensively with partners in providing warehouse management software, customer's care hotline, advertising message services, Internet services, and sim data...

Middle East

•	Kuwait’s Central Agency for IT trains 4000 employees to build digital economy The training programmes were held in cooperation with leading global tech players, including Huawei, Microsoft, Palo Alto, Fortinet and others...

•	Vodafone partners with Tamimah to enable the provision of government-related services to Vodafone customers The collaboration will see the provision of government-based services, such as enquiring about general secondary high school results and parking payments via SMS...

•	Zain KSA’s shares up 2.3% as profit more than doubles Shares of Zain KSA, formally known as Mobile Telecommunication Co. Saudi Arabia, went up after the Saudi telecom operator reported that its profit more than doubled to SR214 million (US$57 million) in the first half of...

•	NexonStar, Snowbell agree to use Wavy in UAE restaurants Breakthrough advancements in AI technology will now be used in some of the UAE’s most prominent restaurants to enhance the level of efficiency for operations and business management...

North Africa

•	Digital transformation key to achieving Egypt’s 2030 Vision With Egypt’s ever improving efforts in moving towards smart cities and alleviating their business transformation goals, it is undeniable that digital transformation is a key factor that will help achieve Egypt’s...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Telefonica reaches half of Germans with 5G Telefonica Deutschland, which provides fixed and mobile services under the brand name O2, has announced that coverage of its 5G network has reached 50% of the population...

•	Vodafone deploys two private 5G networks in Scotland Vodafone designed and installed the Mobile Private Networks (MPNs) in eight weeks, supporting the digitisation and diversification of local economies...

Satellite & Internet

•	Express-RV satellite group to be deployed in 2026 Roscosmos is planning to deploy three Express-RV telecom satellites in highly elliptical orbits in 2026, following the launch of the first satellite of the series...

•	Virgin Media O2 to expand FTTP broadband cover in North Ireland Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK has confirmed that they intend to continue to expand their gigabit-capable fixed line connectivity via Fiber-to-the-Premises technology...

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