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July 26, 2022

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KD 153.8 million stc’s revenue for the first half of 2022 with KD 15 net profit

Kuwait Telecommunications Company (stc), a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers and enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced its financial results for the six-month period ended 30 June 2022...

Member News

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Omantel kick-starts its participation in ‘Khareef season’ in Dhofar with an engaging campaign

Omantel continues to mark the Khareef (Monsoon) season in Dhofar yearly by engaging with local communities and visitors through entertaining and fun activities...

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Cisco Webex offers greater flexibility for hybrid workers

According to the new Cisco Global Hybrid Work Index, 78 percent of leaders and 66 percent of workers say hybrid work does not negatively affect their productivity, provided they have the right technology at their disposal...

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Huawei proposes a three-level intelligent digital transformation architecture, helping carriers open the Blue Ocean of Digital Intelligence

Based on decades of experience in intelligent digital transformation, Huawei works with telecom carriers to develop a three-layer intelligent digital transformation architecture, five-dimensional and five-phase operations...

Policy and Regulation

•	Bahrain-Nepal bilateral relations discussed The two sides reviewed bilateral relations binding the Kingdom of Bahrain and Republic of Nepal, joint cooperation in the transportation and telecommunications sector, in addition to issues of common interest...

•	Macau cellcos granted 3G and 4G licence extensions The government of Macau has renewed the 3G and 4G licences of incumbent cellcos CTM, Hutchison Telecom Macau (3), SmarTone Macau and China Telecom Macau...

North Africa

•	Egypt’s digital exports hit US$4.9 billion in FY2021/22 Egypt is paying special attention to its digital transformation, as it targets the digitisation of all government services countrywide as part of its 2030 Vision...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Telrad upgrades Zamani’s 4G network to boost capacity and coverage Niger’s Zamani Telecom has completed a wide-ranging upgrade of its 4G TD-LTE network...

•	Zain South Sudan goes live with new provisioning system The solution, which has replaced an existing provisioning system, allows the operator to leverage a 5G cloud-native platform to meet current and future market requirements...

•	Cosmote claims 70% 5G coverage Greek fixed and mobile operator Cosmote, part of OTE Group, says it has reached 70% population coverage with its 5G mobile network...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	NFL to launch dedicated streaming service America’s National Football League has launched its own exclusive video streaming subscription service...

•	Meta launches new video series to explore the coming opportunities of the Metaverse The new series, entitled ‘Are We There Yet?’, will look at how Meta is planning for the future, and how the metaverse will change the way that we connect, engage, create and more...

Satellite & Internet

•	New Malaysian satellite enters commercial service MEASAT-3d, described by Malaysian operator MEASAT as its latest and most advanced satellite, has now entered commercial service, after its handover by Airbus Defence and Space...

•	CityFibre unveils plans to upgrade all its infrastructure to 10Gbps XGS-PON technology British pure fiber provider CityFibre has announced its intention to deploy 10Gbps XGS-PON access technology as standard across its networks from April 2023...

Middle East

•	New platform on health issues is live Bahrain Health Matters, a dedicated online platform to inform the residents and citizens of Bahrain about issues surrounding health is now live...

•	Saudi Networkers Services aims to increase net income by 20% in 2022 Saudi Networkers Services Company (SNS) is constantly developing the services and the consultations in the telecommunications and information technology sector...

•	Umniah’s Sustainability Program launched with a focus on climate change Umniah recently launched its sustainability program, outlining the environmental, social and corporate governance practices as well as its commitment to promoting a positive and sustainable future...

•	CBI is the first UAE bank to be in the Metaverse The space also features a lounge that showcases how CBI is committed to supporting the strategic vision and aspiration of the UAE towards digitisation and innovation...

South Asia

•	Grameenphone conducts 5G trial run in Dhaka, Chattogram Grameenphone conducted a trial run of a 5G network with some use cases in Dhaka and Chattogram, paving the way towards taking digital connectivity to the next level...

•	Huawei Pakistan holds award ceremony for ICT global competition winners Huawei Pakistan held an award ceremony for the winners of the Sixth Huawei ICT Competition 2021-2022 Global Final that took place in Shenzhen and drew to a close on June 25th....

Global Telecom Update

•	BCT expands managed services portfolio Both organisations will combine capabilities to deliver premium digital transformation services including cloud managed services and sophisticated follow-the-sun virtual customer service...

•	Microsoft wins five-year digital transformation deal with Australia’s largest telco Microsoft has secured a five-year partnership with Telstra, Australia’s largest telco, to accelerate the country’s digital transformation...

•	AI-fueled solution by AB Handshake to prevent telecom fraud This solution hits a new standard of 97% accuracy in detecting and preventing all major voice fraud types...

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