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SAMENA Telecommunications Council - Logo Industry News Briefing
July 24, 2022
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Featured Member News
 
Zhejiang Mobile, Jingyou Technology, and Huawei jointly release the new calling solution
 
 
During Win-Win Huawei Innovation Week, Zhejiang Mobile, Jingyou Technology, and Huawei jointly released an all-new calling solution — New Calling. This solution adopts the "1 platform + 3 capabilities + N services" architecture to redefine existing call services and provide individual users and industry customers with exceptional audio and video call experience...
 
 
 
Member News
 
•  AT&T reports second-quarter results
Member Logo Company posts more than 800,000 postpaid phone net adds for best second quarter in over a decade; more than 300,000 AT&T Fiber net adds...
 
•  Building a green supply chain and “low-carbon” international infrastructure
Member Logo China Mobile has been proactively studying and implementing “low-carbon” network construction and operation models...
 
•  Nokia releases financial report for Q2 and half year 2022
Member Logo Network Infrastructure net sales grew 12% in constant currency, with growth across all four businesses while Mobile Networks returned to growth despite ongoing supply chain constraints...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Policy and Regulation
 
TRA issues advisory on wiring for Internet services
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has published an advisory video on setting up internal communications in buildings...
 
ITU: 5.5G to be Massively Commercialized in 2025
5.5G, an enhanced version of 5G, is expected to be put into large-scale commercial use by 2025 to further digitalize the economy and society, and speed up green and intelligent transformations, according to an International...
 
ZICTA confirms new 800MHz and 2600MHz spectrum awards
The Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority has announced the results of its tender for the allocation of new spectrum in the 800MHz and 2600MHz bands, launched in April 2022...
 
South Asia
 
15% population of Pakistan lacks access to mobile & telecom services
According to the official sources, some of the un-served and under-served areas in Balochistan and FATA still lack access to basic telephone and mobile broadband services...
 
SLT-MOBITEL offers a sustainable initiative connecting medication solution to doorsteps via eChannelling
mAgent are individuals empowered by SLT-MOBITEL to support this worthy initiative and further expand SLT-MOBITEL’s products and services across Sri Lanka...
 
Content & Immersive Technologies
 
Viaplay expansion gathers pace
The streaming service Viaplay ended the second quarter with 5,549,000 paying subscribers, or 69% more than in the same period last year...
 
Telefonica to invest in metaverse through Gamium
Telefonica has been one of the most active companies when it comes to its interest in the metaverse and associated tech...
 
Global Telecom Update
 
Hana, SKT ink partnership in ESG, digital financing
South Korea’s Hana Financial Group and SK Telecom have signed a share-swap deal worth some US$305.3 million to set up a new environmental, social and governance model...
 
Orange and MasMovil sign merger deal in Spain
The merger of the second and fourth largest telecoms operators respectively also leaves third-ranked Vodafone stranded, albeit the beneficiary of a more consolidated market that is expected to reduce competition and boost...
 
Econet banks on digitalisation drive
Econet is expected to see continued growth in earnings for the current financial year and going forward, according to analysts’ projections...
 
 
Middle East
 
Jordan to host Arab League’s media meetings on Tuesday
Jordan on Tuesday will host the media meetings of the Secretariat General of the Arab League / Media and Communication sector, held in cooperation with the Arab Commission for Satellite Broadcasting...
 
Veppy.com: UAE's first q-commerce marketplace set to be launched next month
The boutique digital marketplace offers consumers a whole new online shopping experience...
 
OIFC’s Khedmah application users exceed 700 thousand
The platform has helped the Sultanate's electronic payment industry make a qualitative leap because of its user-friendliness and high degree of security...
 
BisB and University of Bahrain to support FinTech students
Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB), a leading bank in providing digital financial solutions in Bahrain, has partnered with the University of Bahrain in support of the Central Bank of Bahrain’s FinTech and Innovation...
 
North Africa
 
Algerie Telecom partners with Adex to offer Zimail and Zoumi comms tools
Zimail is a "collaborative professional messagng service, hosted in Algeria in the Adex Cloud data center, whereas Zoumi is an "Algerian videoconferencing and collaboration platform, developed in collaboration with ZOOM...
 
3G, 4G and 5G Networks
 
Vodacom to pump US$58 million into KwaZulu-Natal province
Vodacom is planning to expand 4G capacity to 704 base station sites in the province in this financial year...
 
Claro Guatemala launches 5G in all 22 departments
America Movil-backed Claro Guatemala has become the second Guatemalan cellco to launch 5G technology in quick succession...
 
Satellite & Internet
 
YahClick and Phase3 alliance promises satellite broadband throughout Nigeria
Africa’s Phase3 Telecom has partnered with satellite broadband service YahClick to offer high-speed, low-latency satellite broadband services...
 
Digicel SVG inks deal with NTRC to bring high speed internet to the masses
Digicel has established a partnership agreement with the government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to deliver high speed fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband across the mainland...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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