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August 10, 2022

Featured Member News

Cisco and Celcom enhances mobile connectivity experience for Malaysians

Enhancing Celcom’s Transport infrastructure into a state-of-art, programmable, 5G-ready transport network with Segment Routing, which enables a simple, scalable, agile, and reliable network to meet the needs of retails and business segment customers...

Member News

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Zain sponsored Al Qabas Masterclass Summer Program

Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, successfully concluded its sponsorship of Al Qabas Masterclass Summer Program 2022, organized by Al Qabas throughout three weeks to develop the youth’s media skills...

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Huawei calls on Arabic developers to compete with global peers in Apps UP 2022

Under the theme ‘Together we Innovate’, Huawei, a Global Tech Giant, recently inaugurated the 2022 edition of the Huawei Global App Innovation Contest (Apps UP)...

Recent Developments

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AT&T contributes US$1 million to New Dallas Innovation Alliance Program

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Zain joins UN Global Compact initiative for responsible business practices

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inspireU program embracing 18 projects in its 9th intake

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Sirar by stc and Saudi Fintech sign an agreement to support small and medium enterprises, financial technology companies and entrepreneurs

Policy and Regulation

•	NCC develops regulatory instruments for communication sector The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has commenced public inqury on some draft telecom regulations and guidelines as part of its commitment to address challenges in the Country’s communication sector...

•	Regulator approves WINDTRE and Iliad network sharing venture Italy’s Communications Regulatory Authority has given the green light to a proposed joint venture between WINDTRE and Iliad which will deploy a shared mobile network in rural areas of the country...

South Asia

•	SLT Group recorded steady revenue growth SLT Group recorded regular income development amid adversarial socioeconomic atmosphere within the first half of 2022...

•	Grameenphone launches hourly unlimited data packs Grameenphone, the digital connectivity partner, has launched first-of-its-kind data packs hourly unlimited data campaign for its customers...

Content & Immersive Technologies

•	Walmart holds talks with media giants to add streaming to ‘plus’ subscription Walmart has reportedly held talks with a handful of major media organisations over the prospect of bundling streaming services into its Walmart+ membership...

•	Viewers will accept ads on OTT when they’re relevant More than two-thirds of UK consumers are willing to accept ads with OTT content, according to a new study...

Global Telecom Update

•	VMware observes a big uptake in cyberattacks In the past few months, there has been a significant uptick in cyberattacks, such as deepfakes, attacks on APIs, and cybercriminals targeting incident responders, according to VMware's newly released its eighth annual...

•	Vodafone NZ, Landis+Gyr support roll out of smart water meters on NB-IoT network Smart water meters collect real time data, meaning residents can be more aware of their water usage, compared with being manually checked every two months by a WaterCare technician...

•	Cellular low-power WAN connectivity to grow over twofold in next five years Kaleido has called on operators and connectivity providers to embrace initiatives such as BCE and VAS enablement to make this area of the IoT more profitable, and thereby increase investment in the sector...

Middle East

•	Battle against cyber threats to be addressed at WCSS Jordan As the country braces for a protracted cyber insecurity, government and organisations are looking for an action plan to mitigate the risks and become resilient to cyber threats...

•	Ooredoo Group launches new brand positioning as part of ongoing strategic business transformation In a fast-moving industry that thrives on innovation, Ooredoo's new brand positioning reflects a future-proof, employee- and customer-centric narrative that forms the core of its corporate transformation strategy...

•	Vodafone Qatar net profit surges 61% to QR216m in first half Vodafone Qatar announced its consolidated financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2022 with improvement across all key performance indicators...

•	Dubai Web3 firm Bedu expands its services and team Bedu, the Dubai-based Metaverse and Web3 tech company, has gone in for an expansion of its services and team, as it aligns itself closely with Dubai’s recently announced strategy for the Metaverse...

North Africa

•	Morocco, Mauritania discuss building internet cable crossing southern provinces The internet cable will reportedly cross Morocco’s southern provinces in Western Sahara to help Mauritania strengthen its internet capacity...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Airspan adds 60 Private 4G/5G networks in Q2 Airspan has sdded over 60 Private 4G/5G Networks in second quarter 2022 bringing the total number of Private Networks design wins to more than 300...

•	BT demos 4-carrier 5G aggregation – on a live network BT has tested operating four carrier components (4CC) on a 5G Standalone network, and claimed it is the first in Europe to demonstrate this on a live network...

Satellite & Internet

•	Dhiraagu expands fiber network to Veyvah The firm’s fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband service is now available on over 90 islands of the Maldives, representing coverage of 85% of households...

•	D-Orbit signs multi-year launch contract with Astrocast Space infrastructure company D-Orbit, signed a three-year, multi-mission agreement with global nanosatellite IoT network operator, Astrocast, to launch and deploy 20 satellites...

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